AFI CATALOG OF FEATURE FILMS

THE FIRST 100 YEARS 1893–1993

Movie Title

Billy Wilder

Also Known As: Billie Wilder

53 Titles in Filmography DIRECTOR | PRODUCER | WRITER | HISTORY | AUTHOR

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FILMOGRAPHY

WRITER

TITLE
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
YEAR
MUSIC IN THE AIR
Billie Wilder
Scr
1934
LOTTERY LOVER
Billie Wilder
Scr
1935
UNDER PRESSURE
Billie Wilder
Revisions and addl dial
1935
THUNDER IN THE NIGHT
Billie Wilder
Contr to scr const
1935
CHAMPAGNE WALTZ
Story
1937
BLUEBEARD'S EIGHTH WIFE
Scr
1938
THAT CERTAIN AGE
Contr wrt
1938
NINOTCHKA
Scr
1939
MIDNIGHT
Scr
1939
WHAT A LIFE
Scr
1939
ARISE, MY LOVE
Scr
1940
RHYTHM ON THE RIVER
Story
1940
HOLD BACK THE DAWN
Wrt by
1941
BALL OF FIRE
Scr
1942
THE MAJOR AND THE MINOR
Written by
1942
FIVE GRAVES TO CAIRO
Scr
1943
DOUBLE INDEMNITY
Scr
1944
THE LOST WEEKEND
Scr
1945
THE EMPEROR WALTZ
Wrt
1948
A FOREIGN AFFAIR
Scr
1948
A SONG IS BORN
Based on the story "From A to Z" by
1948
SUNSET BLVD.
Wrt
1950
ACE IN THE HOLE
Wrt
1951
STALAG 17
Wrt for the screen by
1953
SABRINA
Wrt for the screen by
1954
THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH
Scr
1955
LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON
Scr
1957
THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS
Scr
1957
WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION
Scr
1958
SOME LIKE IT HOT
Scr
1959
THE APARTMENT
Wrt
1960
ONE, TWO, THREE
Scr
1961
IRMA LA DOUCE
Scr
1963
KISS ME, STUPID
Scr
1964
THE FORTUNE COOKIE
Scr
1966
CASINO ROYALE
Wrt
1967
THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
Scr
1970
AVANTI!
Scr
1972
THE FRONT PAGE
Scr
1974
BUDDY BUDDY
Scr
1981

DIRECTOR

TITLE
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
YEAR

PRODUCER

TITLE
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
YEAR
ACE IN THE HOLE
Prod
1951
STALAG 17
Prod
1953
SABRINA
Prod
1954
THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH
Prod
1955
LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON
Prod
1957
THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS
Prod
1957
SOME LIKE IT HOT
Prod
1959
THE APARTMENT
Prod
1960
ONE, TWO, THREE
Prod
1961
IRMA LA DOUCE
Prod
1963
KISS ME, STUPID
Prod
1964
THE FORTUNE COOKIE
Prod
1966
THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
Prod
1970
AVANTI!
Prod
1972

AUTHOR

TITLE
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
YEAR
ADORABLE
Billie Wilder
1933
ONE EXCITING ADVENTURE
Billie Wilder
1934
SABRINA
1995

HISTORY

TITLE
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
YEAR
TALES OF MANHATTAN
1942
IT'S A PLEASURE!
1945
THE BISHOP'S WIFE
1948
THE WELL
1951
THE BAD SEED
1956
A FAREWELL TO ARMS
1957
THE BARBARIAN AND THE GEISHA
1958
BY LOVE POSSESSED
1961
IRMA LA DOUCE
1963
GOODBYE CHARLIE
1964
ALMOST FAMOUS
2000

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