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* ''Film/MauvaiseGraine'' (1934) -- A French film co-directed by Wilder, and his first directing credit. Made during Wilder's brief stay in France after fleeing the Nazis and before emigrating to America.

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* ''Film/MauvaiseGraine'' ''Film/BadSeed'' (1934) -- aka ''Mauvaise Graine''. A French film co-directed by Wilder, and his first directing credit. Made during Wilder's brief stay in France after fleeing the Nazis and before emigrating to America.
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* ''Film/MauvaiseGraine'' (1934) -- A French film co-directed by Wilder, and his first directing credit. Made during Wilder's brief stay in France after fleeing the Nazis and before emigrating to America.
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* ''Film/{{Avanti}}'' (1972)
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* ''Film/AceInTheHole'' (aka ''The Big Carnival'') (1951) -- A brutally cynical movie about journalism, starring Creator/KirkDouglas.

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* ''Film/AceInTheHole'' ''Film/AceInTheHole1951'' (aka ''The Big Carnival'') (1951) -- A brutally cynical movie about journalism, starring Creator/KirkDouglas.
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** Creator/JackLemmon (''Some Like it Hot'', ''The Apartment'', ''Irma la Douce,'' ''The Fortune Cookie'', ''The Front Page'', ''Buddy Buddy'')

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** Creator/JackLemmon (''Some Like it Hot'', ''The Apartment'', ''Irma la Douce,'' ''The Fortune Cookie'', ''Avanti!'', ''The Front Page'', ''Buddy Buddy'')
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** Creator/WilliamHolden (''Sunset Boulevard'', ''Stalag 17'', ''Sabrina'')

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** Creator/WilliamHolden (''Sunset Boulevard'', ''Stalag 17'', ''Sabrina'')''Sabrina'', ''Fedora'')
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* PlayingAgainstType: He had a knack for casting actors in roles different from usual and succeeding, with family-friendly Creator/FredMacMurray playing [[Film/DoubleIndemnity hard-boiled detectives]] and [[Film/TheApartment philanderers]], tough guy Creator/HumphreyBogart playing opposite Creator/AudreyHepburn in a [[{{Film/Sabrina1954}} romantic comedy]], and the often dramatic Creator/JamesCagney as the lead of [[Film/OneTwoThree a silly Cold War farce]].

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* PlayingAgainstType: He had a knack for casting actors in roles different from usual and succeeding, with family-friendly Creator/FredMacMurray playing [[Film/DoubleIndemnity hard-boiled detectives]] hard-boiled, morally questionable salesmen]] and [[Film/TheApartment philanderers]], tough guy Creator/HumphreyBogart playing opposite Creator/AudreyHepburn in a [[{{Film/Sabrina1954}} romantic comedy]], and the often dramatic Creator/JamesCagney as the lead of [[Film/OneTwoThree a silly Cold War farce]].
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* ''Film/IrmaLaDouce'' (1963) -- A romantic comedy set in France, featuring a classic "boy meets girl" scenario, except the girl (Creator/ShirleyMacLaine) is a prostitute, and the boy (Creator/JackLemmon) creates an alter ego to stop her from continuing prostituting herself, and gets arrested when he "kills off" the alter ego.
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He was born in Sucha, Galicia, now part of Poland, but at that time, part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In the early '30s, he worked as a screenwriter for German films under the name "Billie Wilder", but after [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Hitler]] came to power, he emigrated to the United States because of his Jewish ancestry. He continued his career as a screenwriter there, further changing his name to "Billy Wilder". He directed his first American movie, ''Film/TheMajorAndTheMinor,'' in 1942, and followed it with a string of critical and commercial hits until the '60s. Wilder equally excelled in dark, cynical [[FilmNoir noir]] dramas and satires or light [[RomanticComedy romantic comedies]]. Always identifying as a writer first, he co-wrote all of his films and won six UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s: two for Best Director, three for Best Writing, and one for Best Picture.

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He was born in Sucha, Galicia, now part of Poland, but at that time, part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In the early '30s, he worked as a screenwriter for German films under the name "Billie Wilder", but after [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Hitler]] came to power, he emigrated to the United States because of his Jewish ancestry. He continued his career as a screenwriter there, further changing his name to "Billy Wilder". He directed his first American movie, ''Film/TheMajorAndTheMinor,'' in 1942, and followed it with a string of critical and commercial hits until the '60s. Wilder equally excelled in dark, cynical [[FilmNoir noir]] dramas and satires [[{{Satire}} satirical]] or light lightly [[RomanticComedy romantic comedies]].romantic]] comedies. Always identifying as a writer first, he co-wrote all of his films and won six UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s: two for Best Director, three for Best Writing, and one for Best Picture.
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Samuel "Billy" Wilder (June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian-American film director, screenwriter, and producer, regarded as one of the greatest and most versatile filmmakers of UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood.

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He was born in Sucha, Galicia, now part of Poland, but at that time, part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In the early '30s, he worked as a screenwriter for German films under the name "Billie Wilder", but after [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Hitler]] came to power, he emigrated to the United States because of his Jewish ancestry. He continued his career as a screenwriter there, further changing his name to "Billy Wilder". He directed his first American movie, ''Film/TheMajorAndTheMinor,'' in 1942, and followed it with a string of critical and commercial hits until the '60s. Wilder equally excelled in dark, cynical [[FilmNoir noir]] dramas and satires or light [[RomanticComedy romantic comedies]]. Always identifying as a writer first, he co-wrote all of his films, and won six UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s, two for Best Director, three for Best Writing, and one for Best Picture.

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He was born in Sucha, Galicia, now part of Poland, but at that time, part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In the early '30s, he worked as a screenwriter for German films under the name "Billie Wilder", but after [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Hitler]] came to power, he emigrated to the United States because of his Jewish ancestry. He continued his career as a screenwriter there, further changing his name to "Billy Wilder". He directed his first American movie, ''Film/TheMajorAndTheMinor,'' in 1942, and followed it with a string of critical and commercial hits until the '60s. Wilder equally excelled in dark, cynical [[FilmNoir noir]] dramas and satires or light [[RomanticComedy romantic comedies]]. Always identifying as a writer first, he co-wrote all of his films, films and won six UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s, Award}}s: two for Best Director, three for Best Writing, and one for Best Picture.



* PlayingAgainstType: He had a knack for casting actors in roles different from usual and succeeding, with family-friendly Creator/FredMacMurray playing [[Film/DoubleIndemnity hard-boiled detectives]] and [[Film/TheApartment villians]], tough guy Creator/HumphreyBogart playing opposite Creator/AudreyHepburn in a [[{{Film/Sabrina1954}} romantic comedy]], and the often dramatic Creator/JamesCagney as the lead of [[Film/OneTwoThree a silly Cold War farce]].

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* PlayingAgainstType: He had a knack for casting actors in roles different from usual and succeeding, with family-friendly Creator/FredMacMurray playing [[Film/DoubleIndemnity hard-boiled detectives]] and [[Film/TheApartment villians]], philanderers]], tough guy Creator/HumphreyBogart playing opposite Creator/AudreyHepburn in a [[{{Film/Sabrina1954}} romantic comedy]], and the often dramatic Creator/JamesCagney as the lead of [[Film/OneTwoThree a silly Cold War farce]].



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Samuel "Billy" Wilder (June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer, regarded as one of the greatest and most versatile filmmakers of UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood.

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* ScrewballComedy: One of its later day saints.

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