Billy Wilder (/ˈwaɪldər/; German: ; born Samuel Wilder; June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian-born filmmaker. His career in Hollywood spanned five decades, and he is regarded as one of the most brilliant and versatile filmmakers of Classic Hollywood cinema. He received seven Academy Awards (among 21 nominations), a BAFTA Award, the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or and two Golden Globe Awards. More about Billy Wilder
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Wilder became a screenwriter while living in Berlin. The rise of the Nazi Party and antisemitism in Germany saw him move to Paris. He then moved to Hollywood in 1934, and had a major hit when he, Charles Brackett and Walter Reisch wrote the screenplay for the Academy Award-nominated film Ninotchka (1939). Wilder established his directorial reputation and received his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director with the film noir Double Indemnity (1944), based on the novel by James M Cain with a screenplay by Wilder and Raymond Chandler. Wilder won the Best Director and Best Screenplay Academy Awards for The Lost Weekend (1945), which also won the Academy Award for Best Picture.The most expensive item with a signature of Billy Wilder (VERY RARE DIRECTOR SIGNED 1970 Copy THE BRIGHT SIDE OF BILLY WILDER, PRIMARILY) was sold in August 2019 for £165.02 while the cheapest item (BILLY WILDER Signed Photograph - Film Star Director / Producer 10x8) found a new owner for £0.99 in August 2015. The month with the most items sold (2) was March 2022 with an average selling price of £32.18 for an autographed item of Billy Wilder. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in January 2024 with £80.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was August 2015. In average, an autographed item from Billy Wilder is worth £19.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Billy Wilder were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
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Billy Wilder - Hollywood Golden Age Film Director - Signed 3x5 Card | £27.50 | ||
Billy Wilder : 1906-2002 : Film Director a : Ink Signature on thin white card | £28.00 | ||
Billy Wilder Autograph Signed Display AFTAL UACC REGISTERED DEALER | £80.00 | ||
Billy Wilder film director signed autograph Some Like It Hot | £50.00 | ||
Billy Wilder original Autogramm, autograph,verstorben, Regisseur | £14.36 | ||
BILLY WILDER SIGNED 10X8 PHOTO, GREAT BEHIND THE SCENES IMAGE LOOKS GREAT FRAMED | £6.32 | ||
BILLY WILDER, DIRECTOR, SIGNED. | £19.99 | ||
Director Billy Wilder Signed. | £45.00 | ||
LEGENDARY HOLLYWOOD DIRECTOR, BILLY WILDER SIGNED. | £28.00 | ||
Liselotte PULVER (1929) orig sign BILLY WILDER EINS ZWEI DREI 20x29cm AUTOGRAPH | £6.78 |