What is Billy Wilder?
[[File:Billy Wilder.jpg|thumb|180px]] [[File:Gloria Swanson & Billy Wilder - ca. 1950.JPG|thumb|right|180px|Wilder (right) with [[Gloria Swanson]] (left), c. 1950]] '''Billy Wilder''' (born '''Samuel Wilder''', June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an [[Austrians|Austrian]]-[[Americans|American]] filmmaker, artist and journalist. He was known for directing movies such as ''[[Some Like It Hot]]'', ''[[The Apartment]]'', ''[[Sunset Boulevard]]'', ''[[Double Ideminty]]'' and ''[[The Seven Year Itch]]''. He won two [[Golden Globe Awards]] and three [[Academy Awards]]. Wilder was born in [[Sucha]], [[Galicia]], [[Austria-Hungary]] (present-day [[Sucha Beskidzka]], [[Poland]]). He was [[Jew]]ish.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2022164_2021894_2021889,00.html |title=Time |access-date=2013-02-07 |archive-date=2013-02-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130204203252/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2022164_2021894_2021889,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He married Judith Coppicus from 1936 to 1946. He married Audrey Young from 1949 to 2002. Wilder has two children. Wilder died of [[pneumonia]] in [[Beverly Hills, California]].<ref>{{cite news | author=Clinton, Paul | title=Legendary director Billy Wilder dead at 95 | work=CNN | url=http://archives.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/28/billy.wilder.obit/ | access-date=January 20, 2006 | date=2002-03-29 | archive-date=2009-04-01 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090401122106/http://archives.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/28/billy.wilder.obit/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{wikiquote}} *{{IMDb name|0000697}} *{{IBDB name|11229}} *{{tcmdb name|206104}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilder, Billy}} [[Category:1906 births]] [[Category:2002 deaths]] [[Category:French Academy Award winning actors]] [[Category:American artists]] [[Category:American journalists]] [[Category:American movie directors]] [[Category:American movie producers]] [[Catego