Billy Wilder

...been a breeding ground for fresh new voices, launching careers and solidifying the legacy of writers as diverse as Orson Welles, Billy Wilder and Paddy Chayefsky. But this year the category looks as thin as a supermodel on a crash diet.

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Directors such as Fritz Lang, Billy Wilder, Otto Preminger, Alfred Hitchcock, Orson Welles, and Michael Curtiz introduced the Expressionist style to crime dramas of the 1940s, expanding Expressionism's influence on modern film making. The...

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...unlikely producing partnership. The duo will start off as employees of D.W. Griffith and then cross career paths with such Hollywood greats as John Ford, John Wayne, Raoul Walsh, Bette Davis and Billy Wilder. Through the eyes of the two main...

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...Dali. Helmed by five directors (including John Huston!), scripted by 13 writers (included uncredited work from Billy Wilder and Ben Hecht!), and featuring Peter Sellers, Woody Allen, Orson Welles, Deborah Kerr, William Holden, and o.g. Bond...

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...picture industry. The two protagonists, a mechanical engineer and a cowboy, will begin working for D.W. Griffith, and encounter the likes of John Wayne, Bette Davis and Billy Wilder as they rise through the business. No casting or premiere...

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...Orson Welles' Citizen Kane and Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove. He identified Billy Wilder as a filmmaker with the broadest palette, with Howard Hawks finishing a close second. As for films close to O'Bannon's most successful genres, he...

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...as they begin as employees of D.W. Griffith, and then cross career paths with John Ford, John Wayne, Raoul Walsh, Bette Davis, Billy Wilder and others who gave shape to Hollywood as it grew from the age of rough-hewn silent Westerns, to the...

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...scrounging up five nominees for best original screenplay. In the past, this has been a category that helped launch the careers of Orson Welles, Billy Wilder and Paddy Chayefsky. Now, it looks more like a haven for studio go-to guys. The...

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...and energy thrown into the musical was definitely a tribute to Wilder's work. Wilder's directorial choices reflected his belief in the primacy of writing. He avoided the exuberant cinematography of Alfred Hitchcock and Orson Welles...

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