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    Birthday: July 01, 2002

    The son of a prosperous Swiss dry goods merchant, William Wyler was studying the violin in Paris when he met Universal Pictures executive Carl Laemmle, a distant cousin of his mother, in 1922. Another version of this fateful meeting claims that Wyler made the acquaintance of one of Laemmle's many European relatives; whatever the case, the 20-year-old Wyler was invited to ...more
    • 1976
    • American Film Institute
    • Lifetime Achievement Award
    • win
    • 1968
    • Directors Guild of America
    • Best Director
    • Funny Girl
    • nom
    • 1965
    • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
    • Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
    • win
    • 1965
    • Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    • Best Director
    • The Collector
    • nom
    • 1965
    • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
    • Best Director
    • The Collector
    • nom


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