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William Wyler | |
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c. 1945 | |
Born | Willi Wyler (1902-07-01)July 1, 1902 |
Died | July 27, 1981(1981-07-27) (aged 79) |
Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Film director, producer |
Years active | 1925–1970 |
Spouse(s) | Margaret Sullavan (m. 1934; div. 1936) Margaret Tallichet (m. 1938) |
Children | 5 |
William Wyler (/ˈwaɪlər/; born Willi Wyler[1] (German: [ˈvɪlɪ ˈvi:lɐ]); July 1, 1902 – July 27, 1981) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Notable works include Ben-Hur (1959), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), and Mrs. Miniver (1942), all of which won Academy Awards for Best Director, as well as Best PictureDodsworth in 1936, starring Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton and Mary Astor[2]:24
Film historian Ian Freer calls Wyler a "bona fide[2]:57 His ability to direct a string of classic literary adaptations into huge box-office and critical successes made him one of "Hollywood's[3]
He helped propel a number of actors to stardom, finding and directing Audrey Hepburn in her Hollywood debut film, Roman Holiday (1953), and directing Barbra Streisand in her debut film, Funny Girl (1968). Both of these performances won Academy Awards. He directed Olivia de Havilland to her second Oscar in The Heiress (1949) and Laurence Olivier in Wuthering Heights (1939), for his first Oscar nomination. Olivier credited Wyler with teaching him how to act for the screen. And Bette Davis, who received three Oscar nominations under his direction and won her second Oscar in Jezebel (1938), said Wyler made her a "far, far better actress" than she had ever been.
Other popular Wyler films include: Hell's Heroes (1929), Dodsworth (1936), The Westerner (1940), The Letter (1940), Friendly Persuasion (1956), The Big Country (1958), The Children's Hour (1961) and How to Steal a Million (1966).
Wyler was born to a Jewish family[4]:1220 in Mulhouse, Alsace (then part of the German Empire[5]:3 His Swisstraveling salesman but later became a thriving haberdasher[6]:37[7] His mother, Melanie (née Auerbach;[3] died February 13, 1955, Los Angeles, aged 77), was GermanCarl Laemmle, founder of Universal Pictures[4]:1222 His mother often took him and his older brother Robert to concerts, opera, and the theatre, as well as the early cinema[4]:1223
Wyler was supposed to take over the family haberdashery business in Mulhouse, France. After World War I, he spent a dismal year working in ParisChemisesPigalle
Laemmle was in the habit of coming to Europe each year, searching for promising young men who would work in AmericaSwiss citizen (his father's status automatically conferred Swiss citizenship to his sons), met Laemmle who hired him to work at Universal Studios in New YorkCzech man, Paul KohnerNew York Army National Guard for a year, Wyler moved to Hollywood[6]:37
Around 1923, Wyler arrived in Los Angeles and began work on the Universal Studios lot in the swing gangwesterns
He directed his first non-Western, the lost Anybody Here Seen Kelly?, in 1928. This was followed by his first part-talkie films, The Shakedown and The Love Trap. He proved himself an able craftsman. In 1928 he became a naturalized[5]:73 His first all-talking film, and Universal's first sound production to be filmed entirely on location, was Hell's Heroes, filmed in the Mojave Desert
In the early 1930s Wyler directed a wide variety of films at Universal, ranging from high profile dramas such as The Storm, A House Divided, and Counsellor at Law, to comedies like Her First Mate and The Good Fairy. He became well known for his insistence on multiple retakes, resulting in often award-winning and critically acclaimed performances from his actors. After leaving Universal he began a long collaboration with Samuel Goldwyn for whom he directed such classics as Dodsworth (1936),[8] These Three (1936), Dead End (1937), Wuthering Heights (1939),[9] The Westerner (1940), The Little Foxes (1941) and The Best Years of Our Lives (1946). It was during this time that Wyler began his famous collaboration with cinematographer Gregg Toland. Toland and Wyler virtually created the "deep focus" style of filmmaking wherein multiple layers of action or characters could be seen in one scene, most famous being the bar scene in The Best Years of Our Lives. Toland went on to use the deep focus he mastered with Wyler when he shot Orson Welles' Citizen Kane.[10][11]
Bette Davis received three Oscar nominations for her screen work under Wyler, and won her second Oscar for her performance in Wyler's 1938 film Jezebel.[13][14] She told Merv Griffin[15] She recalled a scene that was only a bare paragraph in the script, but "without a word of dialog, Willy created a scene of power and tension. This was moviemaking on the highest plane," she said. "A scene of such suspense that I never have not marveled at the direction of it."[5]:162 During her acceptance speech when she received the AFI Life Achievement Award[16]
Laurence Olivier, whom Wyler directed in Wuthering Heights (1939) for his first Oscar nomination, credited Wyler with teaching him how to act for the screen, despite clashing with Wyler on multiple occasions. Olivier would go on to hold the record for the most nominations in the Best Actor category at nine, tied with Spencer TracyFrank S. Nugent wrote in the New York Times, "William Wyler has directed it magnificently. It is, unquestionably, one of the most distinguished pictures of the year."[17]:88 Variety described Olivier's performance as "fantastic... he not only brings conviction to his portrayal but translates intelligently its mystical quality."[17]:93
Five years later, in 1944, while visiting London, Wyler met with Olivier and his actress wife, Vivien LeighThe Doctor's Dilemma, and Olivier asked him to direct him in his planned film, Henry V[18][19]
—Laurence Olivier[17]:86
In 1950, Wyler and Olivier made a second film together, Carrie, which was not a commercial success. However, some critics state that it nonetheless contains Olivier's finest film performance, but because of its old-fashioned story, the film was very under-appreciated:[17]:128[20] In critic Michael Billington's opinion:
If there were any justice in the world, Laurence Olivier would have got an Oscar for his unforgettable performance in Carrie.[21]:137
Director and screenwriter John HustonWalter Huston, in A House Divided in 1931, and they got along well. Wyler read dialogue suggestions that Huston had given to his father Walter and hired John to work on the dialogue for the script. He later inspired Huston to become a director and became his "early mentor."[22]:xiii When America entered World War II in 1941, Wyler, Huston, Anatole Litvak and Frank Capra[23] Later in his career, Huston recalled his friendship with Wyler during an interview:
Willy was certainly my best friend in the industry.... We seemed instantly to have many things in common.... Willy liked the things that I liked. We'd go down to Mexico. We'd go up in the mountains. And we'd gamble. He was a wonderful companion....He was equally capable of playing Beethoven on his violin, speeding around town on his motorcycle, or schussing down steep virgin snow trails.[24]
In 1941, Wyler directed Mrs. Miniver, based on the 1940 novel; it was the story of a middle-class English family adjusting to the war in Europe and the bombing blitz[25][26] It starred Greer Garson and Walter PidgeonPaul LukasMrs. Miniver"[27]:335 He received his first Oscar nomination for his role, while his co-star, Greer Garson
The idea for the film was controversial, since it was intended to make America less isolationist. By portraying the real-life suffering of British citizens in a fictional story, Americans might be more prone to help Britain during their war effort.[25][28] The film succeeded in its propaganda elements, showing England during its darkest days of the war.[27]:145 Years later, after having been in the war himself, Wyler said that the film "only scratched the surface of war... It was incomplete."[27]:228
However, before America entered the war in December 1941, all films that could be considered anti-Nazi were banned by the Hays Office[29]:277
U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom, Joseph Kennedy[30] But MGM producer Eddie Mannix[29]:344 Mrs. Miniver went on to win six Academy Awards, becoming the top box office hit of 1942. It was Wyler's first Academy Award for Best Director.[31]
—producer David Selznick[6]:235
President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston ChurchillVoice of AmericaLouis B. Mayer a telegram claiming that "Mrs. Miniver is propaganda worth 100 battleships."[32] Bosley Crowther wrote in his New York Times review that Mrs. Miniver was the finest film yet made about the war, "and a most exalting tribute to the British."[33]
Between 1942 and 1945 Wyler volunteered to serve as a major in the United States Army Air Forces and directed a pair of documentaries: The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress (1944), about a Boeing B-17[34] and Thunderbolt! (1947), highlighting a P-47 fighterbomber squadron in the MediterraneanThe Memphis Belle at great personal risk, flying over enemy territory on actual bombing missions in 1943; on one flight, Wyler lost consciousness from lack of oxygen. Wyler's associate, cinematographer Harold J. Tannenbaum, a First Lieutenant, was shot down and perished during the filming.[35] Director Steven Spielberg describes Wyler's filming of Memphis Belle in the 2017 Netflix series, Five Came Back[36]
Working on Thunderbolt! Wyler was exposed to such loud noise that he passed out. When he awoke, he found he was deaf in one ear.[5] Partial hearing with the aid of a hearing aid eventually came back years later.[37] Wyler returned from the War a disabled veteran.[38]
Returning from the War and unsure whether he could work again, Wyler turned to a subject that he knew well[38] and directed a film which captured the mood of the nation as it turned to peace after the war, The Best Years of Our Lives (1946).[39] This story of the homecoming of three veterans from World War IIBest Years drew on Wyler's own experience returning home to his family after three years on the front. The Best Years of Our Lives won the Academy Award for Best Director (Wyler's second) and Academy Award for Best Picture
In 1949 Wyler directed The Heiress, which earned Olivia de Havilland her second Oscar and garnered additional Oscars for Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, and Best Music[40][41][42]
De Havilland had seen the play in New York and felt she could play the lead perfectly. She then called Wyler to convince him to have Paramount buy the film rights. He flew to New York to see the play, and moved by the story, convinced the studio to buy it. Along with de Havilland, he managed to get Montgomery Clift and Ralph Richardson[18]:265[43][44]
In 1951, Wyler produced and directed Kirk Douglas and Eleanor Parker in Detective StoryLee Grant and Joseph Wiseman made their screen debuts in the film, which was nominated for four Academy Awards[45] Critic Bosley Crowther[46]
Carrie was released in 1952 starring Jennifer Jones in the title role and Laurence Olivier as Hurstwood. Eddie Albert played Charles Drouet. Carrie received two Academy Award nominations: Costume Design (Edith Head), and Best Art Direction (Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson, Emile Kuri). Wyler was reluctant to cast Jennifer Jones, and the filming was subsequently plagued by a variety of troubles. Jones had not revealed that she was pregnant; Wyler was mourning the death of his year-old son; Olivier had a painful leg ailment, and he developed a dislike for Jones. Hollywood was reeling under the effects of McCarthyism, and the studio was afraid to distribute a film that could be attacked as immoral. Ultimately, the ending was changed and the film was cut to make it more positive in tone.
During the immediate postwar period, Wyler directed a handful of critically acclaimed and influential films. Roman Holiday (1953) introduced Audrey Hepburn[47][48] Wyler said of Hepburn years later, when describing truly great actresses, "In that league there's only ever been Garbo, and the other Hepburn, and maybe Bergman. It's a rare quality, but boy, do you know when you've found it."[49] The film was an instant hit, also winning for Best Costume Design (Edith Head), and Best Writing (Dalton Trumbo[50][51]
Friendly Persuasion (1956) was awarded the Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) at the Cannes Film FestivalBen-Hur, which won 11 Oscars, a feat unequaled until Titanic in 1997. He had also assisted in the production of the 1925 version
Wyler and its star, Charlton Heston[52] They were aware that if it failed at the box office, MGM might go bankrupt.[53]
The film, like many epics, was difficult to make. When Heston was asked which scene he enjoyed doing most, he said "I didn't enjoy any of it. It was hard work."[54] Part of the reason for that was the financial stress placed on making the film a success. With a cast of fifteen thousand extras, a leading star, and being shot on 70mm film with stereophonic tracks, it was the most expensive film ever made at that time.[53] The nine-minute chariot race, for example, took six months to film.[55]
Ben-Hur became a great box office success. Wyler won his third Academy Award for Best Director and Charlton Heston[56][57][58] Heston recalled in his autobiography that at first he had doubts about taking the role. But his agent advised him otherwise: "Don't you know that actors take parts with Wyler without even reading the damn script? I'm telling you, you have to do this picture!"[18]
Kirk Douglas had lobbied Wyler, who directed him in Detective Story in 1951, for the title role, but only after Wyler had already decided on Heston. He offered him instead the role of Messala, which Douglas rejected. Douglas then went on to star in Spartacus[59][60]
Ben-Hur cost $15 million to produce but earned $47 million by the end of 1961 and $90 million worldwide.[61][62] Audiences mobbed movie theaters in the months after it opened. Critic Pauline Kael praised Wyler's achievement:
I admire the artist who can make something good for the art house audience; but I also applaud the commercial heroism of a director who can steer a huge production and keep his sanity and perspective and decent human feelings beautifully intact.[63]:96
In 1968 he directed Barbra Streisand in her debut film, Funny Girl, costarring Omar Sharif[18]:385 It was nominated for eight Academy Awards, and like Audrey Hepburn[18]:385[64][65]
Streisand had already starred in the Broadway musical of Funny Girl, with seven hundred performances. And although she knew the part well, Wyler still had to mold her stage role for the screen.[66] She naturally wanted to be involved in the film's production, often asking Wyler questions, but they got along well.[67][68][69] "Things were ironed out when she discovered some of us knew what we were doing," kidded Wyler.
What originally attracted him to direct Streisand was similar to what attracted him about Audrey Hepburn, who had also been new to film audiences. He met with Streisand during her musical run and became excited at the prospect of guiding another new star into an award-winning performance. He sensed and admired that Streisand had the same kind of dedication to being an actress as did Bette Davis, early in her career. "It just needed to be controlled and toned down for the movie camera."[21] Wyler said afterwards:
I'm terribly fond of her. She was very professional, very good, a hard worker, too hard at times. She would work day and night if you would let her. She is absolutely tireless.[70][71]
The last film Wyler directed was The Liberation of L.B. Jones, released in 1970.
Wyler had worked with cinematographer Gregg Tolanddeep focus[63]:77
A perfectionistJezebel, Wyler forced Henry FondaCharlton Heston quizzed the director about the supposed shortcomings of his performance in Ben-Hur, Wyler simply told Heston "Be better!"[72] However, Heston notes that by the time a scene is done, regardless of how hard it was to do, it always came off well:
The only answer I have is that his taste is impeccable and every actor knows it. Your faith in his taste and what it will do for your performance is what makes casting a Wyler picture a cinch...doing a film for Wyler is like getting the works in a Turkish bath. You darn near drown, but you come out smelling like a rose.[5]:351
Fourteen actors won Oscars under Wyler's direction, including Bette Davis in Jezebel (1938) and her nomination for The Letter (1940).[73] Davis summed up their work together: "It was he who helped me to realize my full potential as an actress. I met my match in this exceptionally creative and talented director."[63]:79[74]
Other Oscar winners were Olivia de Havilland in The Heiress (1949), Audrey Hepburn in her debut film, Roman Holiday (1953),[75] Charlton Heston in Ben-Hur (1959), and Barbra Streisand in her debut film, Funny Girl (1968).
Wyler's films garnered more awards for participating artists and actors than any other director in the history of Hollywood.[76] He received 12 Oscar nominations for Best Director, while dozens of his collaborators and actors won Oscars or were nominated. In 1965, Wyler won the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial AwardAmerican Film Institute Life Achievement AwardThe Children's Hour (1961), which was nominated for five Academy Awards.[77] Later films included The Collector (1963), Funny Girl (1968), and his final film, The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970).
Wyler was briefly married to actress Margaret Sullavan (from November 25, 1934 – March 13, 1936)[78] and married actress Margaret "Talli" Tallichet[79][80] The couple remained together until his death; they had five children: Catherine, Judith, William Jr., Melanie and David. Catherine said during an interview that her mother played an important part in his career, often being his "gatekeeper" and his reader of scripts presented to him.[81]
On July 24, 1981, Wyler gave an interview with his daughter, Catherine, for Directed by William Wyler, a PBS[82] Three days later, he died from a heart attackForest Lawn Memorial Park CemeteryCathy O'Donnell and his son, William "Billy" Wyler, Jr in Glendale, California[83][84][85][86]
Wyler is the most nominated director in Academy Awards history with twelve nominations. He won the Academy Award for Best Direction on three occasions, for his direction of Ben-Hur, The Best Years of Our Lives, and Mrs. Miniver. He is tied with Frank Capra and behind John Ford
He has the distinction of having directed more actors to Oscar-nominated performances than any other director in history: thirty-six. Out of these nominees, fourteen went on to win Oscars, also a record.[87] He received the fourth AFI Life Achievement Award[88] Among those who thanked him for directing her in her debut film, was Barbra Streisand[89]
For his contributions to the motion picture industry, on February 8, 1960, Wyler has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1731 Vine Street[90][91]
Year | Film | Category | Result | ||||
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Academy Awards | |||||||
1936 | Dodsworth | Best Director | Nominated | ||||
1939 | Wuthering Heights | Best Director | Nominated | ||||
1940 | The Letter | Best Director | Nominated | ||||
1941 | The Little Foxes | Best Director | Nominated | ||||
1942 | Mrs. Miniver | Best Director | Won | ||||
1946 | The Best Years of Our Lives | Best Director | Won | ||||
1949 | The Heiress | Best Motion Picture | Nominated | ||||
Best Director | Nominated | ||||||
1952 | Detective Story | Best Director | Nominated | ||||
1953 | Roman Holiday | Best Motion Picture | Nominated | ||||
Best Director | Nominated | ||||||
1956 | Friendly Persuasion | Best Motion Picture | Nominated | ||||
Best Director | Nominated | ||||||
1959 | Ben-Hur | Best Director | Won | ||||
1965 | The Collector | Best Director | Nominated | ||||
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award | Won | ||||||
Directors Guild of America | |||||||
1952 | Detective Story | Outstanding Directorial Achievement | Nominated | ||||
1954 | Roman Holiday | Outstanding Directorial Achievement | Nominated | ||||
1957 | Friendly Persuasion | Outstanding Directorial Achievement | Nominated | ||||
1959 | The Big Country | Outstanding Directorial Achievement | Nominated | ||||
1960 | Ben-Hur | Outstanding Directorial Achievement | Won | ||||
1962 | The Children's Hour | Outstanding Directorial Achievement | Nominated | ||||
1966 | Lifetime Achievement Award | ||||||
1969 | Funny Girl | Outstanding Directorial Achievement | Nominated |
This is a list of films directed by William Wyler.
Silent films | |||||
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Year | Title | Studio | Genre | Cast | Notes |
1925 | The Crook Buster | Universal | Western | Jack Mower, Janet Gaynor | UMS* |
1926 | The Gunless Bad Man | Universal | Western | UMS | |
1926 | Ridin' for Love | Universal | Western | UMS | |
1926 | The Fire Barrier | Universal | Western | UMS | |
1926 | Don't Shoot | Universal | Western | UMS | |
1926 | The Pinnacle Rider | Universal | Western | UMS | |
1926 | Martin of the Mounted | Universal | Western | UMS | |
1926 | Lazy Lightning | Universal | Western | UBSS** | |
1926 | The Stolen Ranch | Universal | Western | UBSS | |
1927 | The Two Fister | Universal | Western | UMS | |
1927 | Kelcy Gets His Man | Universal | Western | UMS | |
1927 | Tenderfoot Courage | Universal | Western | UMS | |
1927 | The Silent Partner | Universal | Western | UMS | |
1927 | Blazing Days | Universal | Western | UBSS | |
1927 | Straight Shootin' | Universal | Western | UBSS | |
1927 | Galloping Justice | Universal | Western | UMS | |
1927 | The Haunted Homestead | Universal | Western | UMS | |
1927 | Hard Fists | Universal | Western | UBSS | |
1927 | The Lone Star | Universal | Western | UMS | |
1927 | The Ore Raiders | Universal | Western | UMS | |
1927 | The Home Trail | Universal | Western | UMS | |
1927 | Gun Justice | Universal | Western | UMS | |
1927 | The Phantom Outlaw | Universal | Western | UMS | |
1927 | The Square Shooter | Universal | Western | UMS | |
1927 | The Horse Trader | Universal | Western | UMS | |
1927 | Daze of the West | Universal | Western | UMS | |
1927 | The Border Cavalier | Universal | Western | UBSS | |
1927 | Desert Dust | Universal | Western | Ted Wells | |
1928 | Thunder Riders | Universal | Western | Ted Wells | |
1928 | Anybody Here Seen Kelly? | Universal | Comedy | Bessie Love, Tom Moore | |
1929 | The Shakedown | Universal | Drama | James Murray, Barbara Kent | Part-Talking film |
1929 | The Love Trap | Universal | Comedy | Laura La Plante, Neil Hamilton | Part-Talking film |
Sound films | |||||
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Year | Title | Studio | Genre | Cast | Notes |
1929 | Hell's Heroes | Universal | Drama | Charles Bickford, Raymond Hatton, Fred Kohler | |
1930 | The Storm | Universal | Drama | Lupe Vélez, Paul Cavanagh, William Boyd | |
1931 | A House Divided | Universal | Drama | Walter Huston, Kent Douglas, Helen Chandler | |
1932 | Tom Brown of Culver | Universal | Drama | Tom Brown, H.B. Warner, Slim Summerville | |
1933 | Her First Mate | Universal | Comedy | Slim Summerville, Zasu Pitts, Una Merkel | |
1933 | Counsellor at Law | Universal | Drama | John Barrymore, Bebe Daniels | |
1934 | Glamour | Universal | Drama | Paul Lukas, Constance Cummings, Philip Reed | |
1935 | The Good Fairy | Universal | Comedy | Margaret Sullavan | |
1935 | The Gay Deception | Fox | Comedy | Frances Dee, Francis Lederer | |
1936 | These Three | Samuel Goldwyn Co. | Drama | Miriam Hopkins, Merle Oberon, Joel McCrea | |
1936 | Dodsworth | Samuel Goldwyn Co. | Drama | Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton, Mary Astor | Nominated - Academy Award for Best Picture |
1936 | Come and Get It | Samuel Goldwyn Co. | Drama | Joel McCrea, Edward Arnold, Frances Farmer, Walter Brennan | Replaced Howard Hawks after 42 days |
1937 | Dead End | Samuel Goldwyn Co. | Crime | Humphrey Bogart, Joel McCrea, Sylvia Sydney | Nominated - Academy Award for Best Picture |
1938 | Jezebel | Warner Bros. | Romance | Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, George Brent, Fay Bainter | Nominated - Academy Award for Best Picture Won - Academy Award for Best Actress |
1939 | Wuthering Heights | Samuel Goldwyn Co. | Romance | Laurence Olivier, Merle Oberon | Nominated - Academy Award for Best Picture |
1940 | The Westerner | Samuel Goldwyn Co. | Western | Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan | Won - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor |
1940 | The Letter | Warner Bros. First National | Drama | Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall | Nominated - Academy Award for Best Picture |
1941 | The Little Foxes | Samuel Goldwyn Co. | Drama | Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, Teresa Wright | Nominated - Academy Award for Best Picture |
1942 | Mrs. Miniver | MGM | War Drama | Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright | Won - Academy Award for Best Picture Won - Academy Award for Best Actress |
1944 | The Memphis Belle | First Motion Picture Unit | War | Documentary First Technicolor film | |
1946 | The Best Years of Our Lives | Samuel Goldwyn Co. | War Drama | Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Harold Russell, Teresa Wright | Won - Academy Award for Best Picture Won - Academy Award for Best Actor |
1947 | Thunderbolt! | United States Air Force | War | Co-directed with John Sturges Documentary / Short Film | |
1949 | The Heiress | Paramount | Drama | Olivia De Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Miriam Hopkins | Nominated - Academy Award for Best Picture
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1951 | Detective Story | Paramount | Film-noir | Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker | |
1952 | Carrie | Paramount | Drama | Laurence Olivier, Jennifer Jones, Miriam Hopkins | |
1953 | Roman Holiday | Paramount | Romance | Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck | Nominated - Academy Award for Best Picture
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1955 | The Desperate Hours | Paramount | Film-noir | Humphrey Bogart, Fredric March | |
1956 | Friendly Persuasion | Allied Artists | Drama | Gary Cooper | DeLuxe Color film Nominated - Academy Award for Best Picture |
1958 | The Big Country | Anthony Productions | Drama | Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Charlton Heston | Technicolor film Won - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor |
1959 | Ben-Hur | MGM | Drama | Charlton Heston | Technicolor film Won - Academy Award for Best Picture Won - Academy Award for Best Actor |
1961 | The Children's Hour | Mirisch Productions | Drama | Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine, James Garner, Miriam Hopkins | |
1965 | The Collector | Columbia | Drama | Terence Stamp, Samantha Eggar | Technicolor film |
1966 | How to Steal a Million | Fox | Comedy | Audrey Hepburn, Peter O'Toole | Technicolor film |
1968 | Funny Girl | Columbia / Rastar | Drama | Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif | Technicolor film Nominated - Academy Award for Best Picture |
1970 | The Liberation of L.B. Jones | Columbia | Drama | Lee J. Cobb, Anthony Zerbe, Roscoe Lee Browne, Lola Falana | Technicolor film |