My Favorite Directors63 of 67
Billy Wilder (1906-2002)
Bad Seed (1934) (Co-directed with Alexander Esway)
The Major and the Minor (1942)
Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
Double Indemnity (1944) (Nominated for Academy Award for Best Director)
The Lost Weekend (1945) (Won Academy Award for Best Director)
The Emperor Waltz (1948)
A Foreign Affair (1948)
Sunset Blvd. (1950) (Nominated for Academy Award for Best Director)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Stalag 17 (1953) (Nominated for Academy Award for Best Director)
Sabrina (1954) (Nominated for Academy Award for Best Director)
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Love in the Afternoon (1957)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957) (Nominated for Academy Award for Best Director)
Some Like It Hot (1959) (Nominated for Academy Award for Best Director)
The Apartment (1960) (Won Academy Award for Best Director)
One, Two, Three (1961)
Irma la Douce (1963)
Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)
The Fortune Cookie (1966)
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
Avanti! (1972)
The Front Page (1974)
Fedora (1978)
Buddy Buddy (1981)
Bad Seed (1934) (Co-directed with Alexander Esway)
The Major and the Minor (1942)
Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
Double Indemnity (1944) (Nominated for Academy Award for Best Director)
The Lost Weekend (1945) (Won Academy Award for Best Director)
The Emperor Waltz (1948)
A Foreign Affair (1948)
Sunset Blvd. (1950) (Nominated for Academy Award for Best Director)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Stalag 17 (1953) (Nominated for Academy Award for Best Director)
Sabrina (1954) (Nominated for Academy Award for Best Director)
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Love in the Afternoon (1957)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957) (Nominated for Academy Award for Best Director)
Some Like It Hot (1959) (Nominated for Academy Award for Best Director)
The Apartment (1960) (Won Academy Award for Best Director)
One, Two, Three (1961)
Irma la Douce (1963)
Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)
The Fortune Cookie (1966)
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
Avanti! (1972)
The Front Page (1974)
Fedora (1978)
Buddy Buddy (1981)
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