Sept. 15, 2014
Movies
“Don’t give me logic, give me emotion,” Billy Wilder always told his collaborator, I. A. L.
March 8, 1986
Billy Wilder’s favorite spots in L.A. reflect the appreciation he had for his adopted home and its people.
April 4, 2002
In screenwriter Charles Brackett’s diary entry for Aug. 18, 1936, he recalls working for the first time with Billy Wilder, with whom Paramount had paired him to write the comedy “Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife.”
Jan. 9, 2015
Entertainment & Arts
Audrey L. Wilder gives $5 million to the UCLA Hammer Museum to complete its theater, which will be named for her late husband.
July 25, 2003
The writer-director was skilled at capturing uniquely American traits, but his eye also was trained by his life in Europe. A UCLA archive takes a look.
Aug. 12, 2007
Billy Wilder was having trouble finding a teaspoon--in his own kitchen yet--so finally, sheepishly, he curled a finger and led a visitor to the Wilder dining room.
March 2, 1986
Wilder’s the Winner: Legendary filmmaker Billy Wilder has been named as the 1991 recipient of the Preston Sturges Award, jointly presented by the Directors Guild of America and the Writers Guild of America for career achievement.
Sept. 19, 1991
Billy Wilder remembers almost nothing about this sleepy town in the Carpathian Mountains where he made his earthly debut nearly nine decades ago.
May 26, 1996
Billy Wilder has a message for all you sourpusses, stick-in-the-muds and snobs: “If you don’t have a sense of humor, don’t come.” * The legendary film director isn’t talking about his movies--or re-creations of them.
Dec. 18, 1993