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Billy Wilder

Person·1939–1987

Nominated at 14 ceremonies, most recently the 60th Academy Awards (1987).

Nominations 22
Wins 7
Span 1939–1987
Films 14
Oscar history Nominated films IMDb page

Latest result

1 win

At the 60th Academy Awards (1987).

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
22Nominations
7Wins
6Categories
14Ceremonies
14Films
1939–1987Span
1987 Most Recent

Oscar History

Every nomination and win on record for Billy Wilder, by ceremony.

60th Academy Awards

1987

39th Academy Awards

1966

33rd Academy Awards

1960

32nd Academy Awards

1959

30th Academy Awards

1957

27th Academy Awards

1954

26th Academy Awards

1953

24th Academy Awards

1951

23rd Academy Awards

1950

21st Academy Awards

1948

18th Academy Awards

1945

17th Academy Awards

1944

14th Academy Awards

1941

12th Academy Awards

1939

Nominated Films

Films with nominations credited to Billy Wilder, most awarded first. Showing 12 of 14.

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The Career Arc

Billy Wilder at the Oscars, 1939 to 1987: each nomination above its year, the 7 wins in gold. Select any nomination to open its full race.

Billy Wilder: 22 nominations and 7 wins, 1939 to 19871939 · Writing (adapted Screenplay) · Ninotchka — nominated1941 · Writing (adapted Screenplay) · Hold Back the Dawn — nominated1941 · Writing (original Story) · Ball of Fire — nominated1944 · Best Director · Double Indemnity — nominated1944 · Writing (adapted Screenplay) · Double Indemnity — nominated1945 · Best Director · The Lost Weekend — won1945 · Writing (adapted Screenplay) · The Lost Weekend — won1948 · Writing (adapted Screenplay) · A Foreign Affair — nominated1950 · Best Director · Sunset Blvd. — nominated1950 · Writing (original Screenplay) · Sunset Blvd. — won1951 · Writing (original Screenplay) · The Big Carnival — nominated1953 · Best Director · Stalag 17 — nominated1954 · Best Director · Sabrina — nominated1954 · Writing (adapted Screenplay) · Sabrina — nominated1957 · Best Director · Witness for the Prosecution — nominated1959 · Best Director · Some Like It Hot — nominated1959 · Writing (adapted Screenplay) · Some Like It Hot — nominated1960 · Best Picture · The Apartment — won1960 · Best Director · The Apartment — won1960 · Writing (original Screenplay) · The Apartment — won1966 · Writing (original Screenplay) · The Fortune Cookie — nominated1987 · Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award — won193919441948195119541957196019661987The Lost WeekendSunset Blvd.The Apartment

22 nominations 7 wins

Ledger Crossroads

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