Movie Credits
Sabrina	(1995)
[ Randy Becker ][ Harrison Ford ][ Greg Kinnear ][ Paul Giamatti ][ John Williams ]
Witness for the Prosecution	(1982)
[ Beau Bridges ][ Lloyd Bridges ][ Donald Pleasence ][ Michael Gough ]
Buddy Buddy	(1981)
[ Jack Lemmon ][ Walter Matthau ][ Klaus Kinski ][ Ed Begley Jr. ][ Dana Elcar ]
Fedora	(1978)
[ William Holden ][ Stephen Collins ][ Henry Fonda ]
The Front Page	(1974)
[ Jack Lemmon ][ Walter Matthau ][ Charles Durning ][ Harold Gould ][ Austin Pendleton ]
Double Indemnity	(1973)
[ Richard Crenna ][ John Fiedler ][ Lee J. Cobb ]
Avanti!	(1972)
[ Jack Lemmon ]
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes	(1970)
[ Christopher Lee ]
Casino Royale	(1967)
[ William Holden ][ Peter O'Toole ][ Graham Stark ][ Woody Allen ][ Orson Welles ]
The Fortune Cookie	(1966)
[ Jack Lemmon ][ Walter Matthau ]
Ates gibi kadin	(1965)
Kiss Me, Stupid	(1964)
[ Dean Martin ][ Ray Walston ][ Mel Blanc ][ John Fiedler ][ Henry Gibson ]
Irma la Douce	(1963)
[ James Caan ][ Jack Lemmon ][ Bill Bixby ]
One, Two, Three	(1961)
[ Red Buttons ]
The Apartment	(1960)
[ Jack Lemmon ][ Fred MacMurray ][ Ray Walston ]
Ninotchka	(1960)
Ocean's Eleven	(1960)
[ Dean Martin ][ Sammy Davis Jr. ][ Cesar Romero ][ Norman Fell ]
Some Like It Hot	(1959)
[ Jack Lemmon ][ Tony Curtis ]
Witness for the Prosecution	(1957)
[ Charles Laughton ][ Tyrone Power ]
Love in the Afternoon	(1957)
[ Gary Cooper ]
The Spirit of St. Louis	(1957)
[ James Stewart ][ Dabbs Greer ]
The Seven Year Itch	(1955)
Double Indemnity	(1954)
Hold Back the Dawn	(1954)
Emil und die Detektive	(1954)
Sabrina	(1954)
[ William Holden ][ Humphrey Bogart ]
Stalag 17	(1953)
[ William Holden ][ Peter Graves ]
Ace in the Hole	(1951)
[ Kirk Douglas ]
Sunset Blvd.	(1950)
[ William Holden ][ Buster Keaton ]
The Emperor Waltz	(1948)
A Song Is Born	(1948)
[ Danny Kaye ]
A Foreign Affair	(1948)
The Bishop's Wife	(1947)
[ Cary Grant ][ David Niven ]
The Lost Weekend	(1945)
[ Ray Milland ]
Double Indemnity	(1944)
[ Fred MacMurray ]
Five Graves to Cairo	(1943)
The Major and the Minor	(1942)
[ Ray Milland ]
Ball of Fire	(1941)
[ Gary Cooper ][ Dana Andrews ]
Hold Back the Dawn	(1941)
Arise, My Love	(1940)
[ Ray Milland ]
Rhythm on the River	(1940)
[ Bing Crosby ][ William Frawley ]
Ninotchka	(1939)
[ Bela Lugosi ]
What a Life	(1939)
[ Jackie Cooper ]
Midnight	(1939)
[ Don Ameche ]
That Certain Age	(1938)
[ Jackie Cooper ]
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife	(1938)
[ Gary Cooper ][ David Niven ]
Champagne Waltz	(1937)
[ Fred MacMurray ]
The Lottery Lover	(1935)
Under Pressure	(1935)
[ Ward Bond ]
Emil and the Detectives	(1935)
Music in the Air	(1934)
One Exciting Adventure	(1934)
Mauvaise graine	(1934)
Adorable	(1933)
Was Frauen träumen	(1933)
[ Peter Lorre ]
Madame wünscht keine Kinder	(1933)
Madame ne veut pas d'enfants	(1933)
Happy Ever After	(1932)
Un rêve blond	(1932)
Un peu d'amour	(1932)
Blaue vom Himmel, Das	(1932)
Scampolo, ein Kind der Straße	(1932)
Blonder Traum, Ein	(1932)
Es war einmal ein Walzer	(1932)
Sieger, Der	(1932)
Where Is the Lady?	(1932)
Emil und die Detektive	(1931)
Princesse, à vos ordres!	(1931)
Falsche Ehemann, Der	(1931)
Seitensprünge	(1931)
Ihre Hoheit befiehlt	(1931)
Mann, der seinen Mörder sucht, Der	(1931)
Burschenlied aus Heidelberg, Ein	(1930)
Menschen am Sonntag	(1930)
Teufelsreporter, Der	(1929)

Originally planning to become a lawyer, Billy Wilder abandoned that career in favor of working as a reporter for a Viennese newspaper, using this experience to move to Berlin, where he worked for the city's largest tabloid. He broke into films as a screenwriter in 1929, and wrote scripts for many German films until Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933. Wilder immediately realized his Jewish ancestry would cause problems, so he emigrated to Paris, then the US. Although he spoke no English when he arrived in Hollywood, Wilder was a fast learner, and thanks to contacts such as Peter Lorre (with whom he shared an apartment), he was able to break into American films. His partnership with Charles Brackett started in 1938 and the team was responsible for writing some of Hollywood's classic comedies, including Ninotchka (1939) and Ball of Fire (1941). The partnership expanded into a producer-director one in 1942, with Brackett producing, and the two turned out such classics as Double Indemnity (1944), Five Graves to Cairo (1943), The Lost Weekend (1945) (Oscars for Best Picture, Director and Screenplay) and Sunset Blvd. (1950) (Oscars for Best Screenplay), after which the partnership dissolved. Wilder's subsequent self-produced films would become more caustic and cynical, notably Ace in the Hole (1951), though he also produced such sublime comedies as Some Like It Hot (1959) and The Apartment (1960) (which won him Best Picture and Director Oscars). He retired in 1981.