William Wyler was a leading American motion picture director, producer, and screenwriter. He was considered by his peers as second only to John Ford as a "master craftsman of cinema."
Notable works included Ben-Hur (1959), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), and Mrs. Miniver (1942), all of which won Wyler Academy Awards for Best Director, and also won Best Picture. He earned his first Oscar nomination for directing Dodsworth in 1936, starring Walter Huston and Mary Astor, "sparking a 20-year run of almost unbroken greatness."
Other popular films include Funny Girl (1968), How to Steal a Million (1966), The Big Country (1958), Roman Holiday (1953), The Heiress (1949), The Letter (1940), The Westerner (1940), Wuthering Heights (1939), Jezebel (1938), Dodsworth (1936), A House Divided (1931), and Hell's Heroes (1930).
%20backlot%20at%20Cinecitta%20Studios%20outside%20Rome%5B5%5D.jpg "Charlton Heston, Stephen Boyd & William Wyler (On set of 'Ben-Hur') backlot at Cinecitta Studios outside Rome")
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