About Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder was an Austrian and American film director and screenwriter. His career in Hollywood spanned five decades, and he is regarded as one of the most versatile filmmakers of classical Hollywood cinema. He received seven Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or, and two Golden Globe Awards.
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Awards & Honors
Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
Academy Award for Best Picture
Academy Award for Best Director
Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
BAFTA Award for Best Film
Palme d'Or
AFI Life Achievement Award
European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award
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Golden Globe Award for Best Director
Directors Guild of America Award
Kennedy Center Honors
National Medal of Arts
National Board of Review Award for Best Film
Goethe Medal
BAFTA Fellowship
Berliner Bär
Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay
David di Donatello for Best Foreign Director
Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Great Golden Medal of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
honorary citizen of Vienna
