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William Wyler (July 1, 1902 – July 27, 1981) was a German-born film director, producer, and screenwriter. Notable works include Ben-Hur (1959), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), and Mrs. Miniver (1942), all which won Wyler Academy Awards for Best Director, and also won Best Picture. He earned his first Oscar nomination for directing Dodsworth in 1936, sparking a 20-year run of almost unbroken greatness.
Film historian Ian Freer calls Wyler a "bona fide perfectionist," whose penchant for retakes and an attempt to hone every last nuance "became the stuff of legend." His ability to direct a string of classic literary adaptations into huge box office and critical successes made him one of Hollywood's most bankable moviemakers during the 1930s and 1940s.
Most Popular William Wyler Trailers
Total trailers found: 78
01 January 1958
Behind-the-scenes look during the filming of William Wyler's 1958 western, "The Big Country."
18 November 1959
In ancient Judea, a Jewish aristocrat opposing Roman occupation of his homeland reunites with his childhood friend, now a Roman commander — setting in motion a saga of betrayal, adventure, tragedy, revenge, and faith.
26 August 1953
Overwhelmed by her suffocating schedule, touring European princess Ann takes off for a night while in Rome.
17 August 1930
Burr and Dave, two close friends who have backed each other up in countless difficulties, are torn apart by the arrival of a woman, Manette, who becomes stranded with them in their cabin during a raging blizzard.
24 April 1927
The story is about a fake army colonel who blackmails Alvord into doing his bidding, including smearing a rancher and his pretty daughter .
07 April 1939
Young orphan Heathcliff is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights.
30 June 1932
Boy who thought his father a war hero finds he was really a deserter.
07 August 1926
Nancy Burton, niece of the sheriff, is in love with Deputy Tom Farrell, but she as an aversion to bloodshed.
09 April 1934
An ambitious chorus girl finds fame, marriage, and motherhood with a talented composer, only to leave him for a handsome singer.
18 December 1927
Frank Fortune, a young rancher, is jailed along with two of his men for fighting with rival ranchers.
13 July 1966
A woman must steal a statue from a Paris museum to help conceal her father's art forgeries.
25 December 1946
It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home.
19 December 1961
An unruly student at a private all-girls boarding school scandalously accuses the two women who run it of having a romantic relationship.
27 March 1927
While he goes to his lender to repay his debts, Sam Perry is robbed. He decides to hunt down the bandit, whose description corresponds strangely to that of Dutton, known as "Dude".
13 August 1958
Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between his future father-in-law, Major Terrill, and the rough and lawless Hannasseys over a valuable patch of land.
03 July 1942
Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxford-educated son Vin court Carol Beldon, the charming granddaughter of the local nobility as represented by Lady Beldon.
19 September 1968
The life of famed 1930s comedienne Fanny Brice, from her early days in the Jewish slums of New York, to the height of her career with the Ziegfeld Follies, as well as her marriage to the rakish gambler Nick Arnstein.
14 October 2000
Documentary about how the creative energies of Darryl F. Zanuck and John Ford combined to forge an enduring masterpiece despite the challenges of wartime production.
06 October 1949
In 1840s New York, the uneventful and boring days of the daughter of a wealthy doctor come to an end when she meets a dashing poorer man — who may or may not be after her inheritance.
17 June 1965
A man kidnaps a woman and holds her hostage just for the pleasure of having her there.
19 October 1951
Tells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective squad. An embittered cop, Det.
09 September 1928
A French girl falls in love with an American soldier, and after the War she follows him to New York, where he is a police officer.
01 May 1986
A documentary on the film director William Wyler (1902-1981), this feature was conceived by his daughter, Catherine, as a loving tribute.
05 October 1955
Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they're holding hostage.
06 September 1923
In 15th century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.
26 March 1938
In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.
27 August 1937
The lives of a young man and woman, an infamous gangster and a group of street kids converge one day in a volatile New York City slum.
18 September 1940
Drifter Cole Harden is accused of stealing a horse and faces hanging by self-appointed Judge Roy Bean, but Harden manages to talk his way out of it by claiming to be a friend of stage star Lillie Langtry, with whom the judge is obsessed, even though he has never met her.
17 July 1952
In the late 1890s, the ambitious, innocent Carrie arrives in Chicago’s South Side and stays with her nagging, dullish married sister.
31 March 1927
Bandits kidnap an old prospector, threatening to let him starve if he refuses to reveal the location of his gold mine.
17 November 1938
Mary Smith decides after a lifetime of being a shut-in to do something wild while her father is out campaigning for the presidency, so she takes off for the family's home in West Palm Beach and inadvertently becomes romantically entangled with earnest cowboy Stretch Willoughby.
23 September 1936
A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life.
25 December 1933
A successful lawyer struggles to deal with his wife's unfaithfulness and his own hidden past.
26 July 1947
Documentary about the U.S. Air Force's P-47 Thunderbolt bomber's role in the Italian Campaign during WW2.
18 March 1970
A successful African American businessman has a quarrel with a white policeman, suspecting that he is having an affair with his wife.
13 March 1926
A band of desperadoes employed as cow punchers take advantage of an ordinance prohibiting the carrying of firearms to hold up the owner and escape with the payroll.
30 October 1956
The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to violence and war.
07 October 2001
The life and work of Samuel Goldwyn, a Polish-born glove salesman who became one of Hollywood's greatest independent producers, is remembered in this classy documentary created for the PBS American Masters series.
24 October 1982
A multi-award winning biography covering the life and career of legendary screen and stage actor/director Laurence Olivier.
21 November 1940
After a woman shoots a man to death, a damning letter she wrote raises suspicions.
18 February 1935
In 1930s Budapest, naïve orphan Luisa Ginglebuscher becomes an usherette at the local movie house, determined to succeed in her first job by doing good deeds for others and maintaining her purity.
07 June 2000
Explores the many facets of Vivien Leigh's life and performances through rarely-seen home movies, personal photographs and interviews with her family and friends.
31 March 2017
The extraordinary story of how Hollywood changed World War II – and how World War II changed Hollywood, through the interwoven experiences of five legendary filmmakers who went to war to serve their country and bring the truth to the American people: John Ford, William Wyler, John Huston, Frank Capra, and George Stevens.
13 April 1944
This WW2 documentary centers on the crew of the American B-17 Flying Fortress Memphis Belle as it prepares to execute a strategic bombing raid on Nazi submarine pens in Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
03 August 1933
A camp butcher on an Albany night boat dreams of the South Seas.
14 April 2019
The history of the peplum genre, known as sword-and-sandal cinema, set in Antiquity, from the silent film era to the present day.
18 March 1936
Close friends Martha and Karen build a private boarding school together with the aid of the local doctor Joe.
13 March 1951
A behind-the-scenes look at all the responsibilities (and headaches) a director assumes when making a motion picture.
29 August 1941
In 1900, a clan attempts to strike a deal with a Chicago industrialist to get him to build cotton mills in their Deep South town.
15 October 1956
The wife of a rubber plantation administrator shoots a man to death and claims it was self-defense; a letter in her own hand may prove her undoing.
26 December 1925
A 1925 silent Western
06 November 1936
An ambitious lumberjack abandons his saloon girl lover so that he can marry into wealth, but years later becomes infatuated with the woman's daughter.
03 May 2006
Combining unprecedented access to Davis' vast personal archives with original interviews, this documentary reveals a startling portrait of one of Hollywood's most gifted and enigmatic stars.
03 September 2019
For the USA, World War 2 was an all-out war - to mobilize the masses, the US government launched a huge propaganda campaign and cinema, the medium of the masses, was quite simply their most important weapon.
11 December 1926
Martin, the heroine's father is falsely believed to be in league with fur thieves, but the real villain, not content with robbing the old man of his furs, also plots the theft of his fair daughter.
13 September 2005
Current filmmakers such as Ridley Scott and George Lucas reflect on the importance and influence of the epic classic "Ben-Hur".
02 April 2002
illustrates how directors pushed boundaries and altered the art of filmmaking during the turbulent, swinging 1960s.
12 June 1926
An irascible and brutal boss, Will King, owner of the Deux Croix ranch, sends his employees back on the slightest pretext.
