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William Wyler (July 1, 1902 – July 27, 1981) was a leading Alsatian-born American motion picture director, producer, and screenwriter who made his mark in Hollywood as one of film industry's icons.
Notable works included Ben-Hur (1959), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), and Mrs. Miniver (1942), all of which won Wyler Academy Awards for Best Director, and also won Best Picture. He earned his first Oscar nomination for directing Dodsworth in 1936, starring Walter Huston and Mary Astor, "sparking a 20-year run of almost unbroken greatness."
Film historian Ian Freer calls Wyler a "bona fide perfectionist," whose penchant for retakes and an attempt to hone every last nuance, "became the stuff of legend." His ability to direct a string of classic literary adaptations into huge box-office and critical successes made him one of "Hollywood's most bankable moviemakers" during the 1930s and 1940s.
Other popular films include Funny Girl (1968), How to Steal a Million (1966), The Big Country (1958), Roman Holiday (1953), The Heiress (1949), The Letter (1940), The Westerner (1940), Wuthering Heights (1939), Jezebel (1938), Dodsworth (1936), A House Divided (1931), and Hell's Heroes (1930).
William Wyler Accepts the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1976
Documental: William Wyler biografía (William Wyler biography)
King Vidor And William Wyler interviewed, 1950's -- Film 15695
Ben-Hur and William Wyler Win Best Picture and Directing: 1960 Oscars
"The Letter" (1940) William Wyler Incredible opening scene
WILLIAM WYLER -TRIBUTE (The letter-Friendly Persuasion-Ben Hur)
Reel America: "Thunderbolt" - 1947 & Director William Wyler
la loi du seigneur de William Wyler avec Gary Cooper,Dorothy McGuire,Anthony Perkins
William Wyler, One of the Greatest
The AFI Presents a Salute to William Wyler (1976)
Top 10 Best William Wyler Movies
Jezebel (William Wyler, 1938) - Trailer
Actors: Gregory Peck (actor), Tom Rack (actor), Eric McCormack (actor), James Bradford (actor), Steve Adams (actor), Mel Ferrer (actor), Richard Jutras (actor), Noel Burton (actor), Tony Calabretta (actor), Mark Camacho (actor), Humphrey Bogart (actor), William Holden (actor), Keir Dullea (actor), Vlasta Vrana (actor), Sam Stone (actor),
Plot: Biographic made-for-TV movie of the life of one of Hollywood's most famous actreses: Audrey Hepburn, spaning from her early childhood to the 1960's which details her life as Dutch overachieving ballerina, coming to grips with her parents divorce and enduring five hard years of living in Nazi occupied Holland during World War II. Audrey then settles in the USA where she tries to make it big as a movie actress and the emotional trials that follow her with it.
Keywords: 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, actress, anorexia, baby, ballerina, based-on-true-story, behind-the-scenes, broadway-manhattan-new-york-city