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Awards
Billy Wilder
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Academy Awards, USA (22)
American Film Institute, USA (1)
Berlin International Film Festival (1)
Bodil Awards (1)
BAFTA Awards (3)
Cannes Film Festival (1)
Chicago International Film Festival (1)
David di Donatello Awards (1)
Directors Guild of America, USA (10)
Edgar Allan Poe Awards (1)
European Film Awards (1)
Film Society of Lincoln Center (1)
Fotogramas de Plata (1)
German Film Awards (2)
Golden Globes, USA (8)
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (1)
Laurel Awards (10)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (1)
National Board of Review, USA (1)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards (6)
PGA Awards (2)
Valladolid International Film Festival (3)
Venice Film Festival (5)
Walk of Fame (1)
Writers Guild of America, USA (17)
Blue Ribbon Awards (1)
Flaiano International Prizes (1)
Jules Verne Awards (1)
Online Film & Television Association (2)
Boxoffice Magazine Awards (1)
The Kennedy Center Honors (1)
Cahiers du Cinéma (1)
52 wins & 58 nominations
Academy Awards, USA
1967 Nominee
Oscar
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen
The Fortune Cookie
Shared with:
I.A.L. Diamond
1961 Winner
Oscar
Best Picture
The Apartment
1961 Winner
Oscar
Best Director
The Apartment
1961 Winner
Oscar
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen
The Apartment
Shared with:
I.A.L. Diamond
1960 Nominee
Oscar
Best Director
Some Like It Hot
17 more
All
American Film Institute, USA
1986 Winner
Life Achievement Award
Berlin International Film Festival
1993 Winner
Honorary Golden Berlin Bear
Bodil Awards
1951 Winner
Bodil
Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film)
Sunset Boulevard
BAFTA Awards
1995 Winner
Academy Fellowship
1961 Winner
BAFTA Film Award
Best Film from any Source
The Apartment
USA.
1960 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Film from any Source
Some Like It Hot
USA.
Cannes Film Festival
1946 Winner
Grand Prize of the Festival
Feature Film
The Lost Weekend
Chicago International Film Festival
1978 Nominee
Gold Hugo
Best Feature
Fedora
David di Donatello Awards
1975 Winner
David
Best Foreign Director (Migliore Regista Straniero)
The Front Page
Directors Guild of America, USA
1991 Winner
Preston Sturges Award
1985 Winner
Lifetime Achievement Award
1961 Winner
DGA Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
The Apartment
Shared with:
Hal W. Polaire
1960 Nominee
DGA Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
Some Like It Hot
1958 Nominee
DGA Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
Witness for the Prosecution
5 more
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Edgar Allan Poe Awards
1958 Nominee
Edgar
Best Motion Picture
Witness for the Prosecution
Shared with:
Harry Kurnitz
European Film Awards
1992 Winner
Lifetime Achievement Award
Film Society of Lincoln Center
1982 Winner
Gala Tribute
Fotogramas de Plata
1982 Winner
Fotogramas de Plata
Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
Fedora
Tied with
Atlantic City (1980)
.
German Film Awards
1997 Winner
Lifetime Achievement Award
Billy Wilder was not present at the award's ceremony. The presentation was made at his home in Los Angeles and taped for inclusion in the broadcast.
1973 Winner
Honorary Award
For his continued outstanding individual contributions to the german film over the years.
Golden Globes, USA
1973 Nominee
Golden Globe
Best Director - Motion Picture
Avanti!
1973 Nominee
Golden Globe
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Avanti!
Shared with:
I.A.L. Diamond
1961 Nominee
Golden Globe
Best Director
The Apartment
1958 Nominee
Golden Globe
Best Director
Witness for the Prosecution
1955 Winner
Golden Globe
Best Screenplay
Sabrina
Shared with:
Samuel A. Taylor
·
Ernest Lehman
3 more
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Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
1951 Winner
Silver Ribbon
Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
Sunset Boulevard
Laurel Awards
1971 Nominee
Golden Laurel
Best Producer-Director
4th place.
1970 Nominee
Golden Laurel
Producer-Director
7th place.
1965 Nominee
Golden Laurel
Producer-Director
9th place.
1964 Nominee
Golden Laurel
Top Producer/Director
4th place.
1963 Winner
Golden Laurel
Top Producer/Director
5 more
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Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
1994 Winner
Career Achievement Award
National Board of Review, USA
1994 Winner
Billy Wilder Award
For excellence in directing
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
1961 Nominee
NYFCC Award
Best Screenplay
One, Two, Three
Shared with:
I.A.L. Diamond
1960 Winner
NYFCC Award
Best Director
The Apartment
Tied with
Jack Cardiff
for
Sons and Lovers (1960)
.
1960 Winner
NYFCC Award
Best Screenplay
The Apartment
Shared with:
I.A.L. Diamond
1950 Nominee
NYFCC Award
Best Director
Sunset Boulevard
1945 Winner
NYFCC Award
Best Director
The Lost Weekend
1 more
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PGA Awards
2000 Winner
PGA Hall of Fame - Motion Pictures
Some Like It Hot
1997 Winner
Lifetime Achievement Award in Motion Pictures
Valladolid International Film Festival
1975 Winner
Jury Special Prize
Best Film
The Front Page
1975 Nominee
Golden Spike
Best Film
The Front Page
1975 Nominee
Golden Spike
Best Film
The Front Page
Venice Film Festival
1972 Winner
Career Golden Lion
1960 Nominee
Golden Lion
The Apartment
1959 Nominee
Golden Lion
Some Like It Hot
1951 Winner
International Award
Ace in the Hole
1951 Nominee
Golden Lion
Ace in the Hole
Walk of Fame
1960 Winner
Star on the Walk of Fame
Motion Picture
On 8 February 1960. At 1751 Vine Street.
Writers Guild of America, USA
1980 Winner
Laurel Award for Screen Writing Achievement
1975 Nominee
WGA Award (Screen)
Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium
The Front Page
Shared with:
I.A.L. Diamond
1973 Nominee
WGA Award (Screen)
Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium
Avanti!
Shared with:
I.A.L. Diamond
1971 Nominee
WGA Award (Screen)
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Shared with:
I.A.L. Diamond
1967 Nominee
WGA Award (Screen)
Best Written American Comedy
The Fortune Cookie
Shared with:
I.A.L. Diamond
12 more
All
Blue Ribbon Awards
1952 Winner
Blue Ribbon Award
Best Foreign Language Film
Sunset Boulevard
Flaiano International Prizes
2000 Winner
Career Award
Cinema
Jules Verne Awards
2009 Winner
Jules Verne Légendaire Award
Some Like It Hot
Online Film & Television Association
2002 Winner
OFTA Film Hall of Fame
Creative
1999 Winner
OFTA Film Hall of Fame
Creative
Boxoffice Magazine Awards
1957 Winner
Boxoffice Blue Ribbon Award
Best Picture of the Month for the Whole Family (April)
The Spirit of St. Louis
The Kennedy Center Honors
1990 Winner
Kennedy Center Honors
Cahiers du Cinéma
1951 Nominee
Top 10 Film Award
Best Film
Sunset Boulevard
Eighth Place
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