I don’t object to foreigners speaking a foreign language; I just wish they’d all speak the same foreign language.
Billy Wilder Quotes
If you're going to tell people the truth, be funny or they'll kill you.
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| Birth: | 22nd June, 1906 |
| Death: | 27th March, 2002 |
| Nationality: | American, Austrian |
| Profession: | Artist, Film Director, Journalist, Producer, Screenwriter |
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Billy Wilder was an Austrian-born American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, artist and journalist, whose career spanned more than 50 years and 60 films. He is regarded as one of the most brilliant and versatile filmmakers of Hollywood's golden age. Wilder is one of only five people to have won Academy Awards as producer, director and screenwriter for the same film, and was the first person to accomplish this.
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