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William Wyler
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Academy Awards, USA (15)
American Film Institute, USA (1)
Bodil Awards (1)
BAFTA Awards (3)
Cannes Film Festival (3)
Directors Guild of America, USA (8)
Golden Globes, USA (5)
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (1)
Laurel Awards (12)
National Board of Review, USA (2)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards (5)
Venice Film Festival (4)
Walk of Fame (1)
Sant Jordi Awards (1)
Kinema Junpo Awards (4)
Online Film & Television Association (1)
20 wins & 47 nominations
Academy Awards, USA
1966 Nominee
Oscar
Best Director
The Collector
1960 Winner
Oscar
Best Director
Ben-Hur
1957 Nominee
Oscar
Best Picture
Friendly Persuasion
1957 Nominee
Oscar
Best Director
Friendly Persuasion
1954 Nominee
Oscar
Best Picture
Roman Holiday
10 more
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American Film Institute, USA
1976 Winner
Life Achievement Award
Bodil Awards
1948 Winner
Bodil
Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film)
The Best Years of Our Lives
BAFTA Awards
1960 Winner
BAFTA Film Award
Best Film from any Source
Ben-Hur
USA.
1960 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Film from any Source
The Big Country
USA.
1949 Winner
BAFTA Film Award
Best Film from any Source 1947
The Best Years of Our Lives
Accepted by Jane Wyman on behalf of William Wyler
Cannes Film Festival
1965 Nominee
Palme d'Or
The Collector
1957 Winner
Palme d'Or
Friendly Persuasion
1952 Nominee
Grand Prize of the Festival
Detective Story
Directors Guild of America, USA
1969 Nominee
DGA Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
Funny Girl
1966 Winner
Lifetime Achievement Award
1962 Nominee
DGA Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
The Children's Hour
1960 Winner
DGA Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
Ben-Hur
Shared with:
Gus Agosti
·
Alberto Cardone
1959 Nominee
DGA Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
The Big Country
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Golden Globes, USA
1969 Nominee
Golden Globe
Best Director
Funny Girl
1966 Nominee
Golden Globe
Best Director
The Collector
1962 Nominee
Golden Globe
Best Director
The Children's Hour
1960 Winner
Golden Globe
Best Director
Ben-Hur
1950 Nominee
Golden Globe
Best Director
The Heiress
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
1948 Nominee
Crystal Globe
Best Film
The Best Years of Our Lives
Laurel Awards
1971 Nominee
Golden Laurel
Best Producer-Director
8th place.
1970 Nominee
Golden Laurel
Producer-Director
1967 Nominee
Golden Laurel
Producer-Director
7th place.
1966 Nominee
Golden Laurel
Producer-Director
1965 Nominee
Golden Laurel
Producer-Director
4th place.
7 more
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National Board of Review, USA
1955 Winner
NBR Award
Best Director
The Desperate Hours
1946 Winner
NBR Award
Best Director
The Best Years of Our Lives
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
1959 Nominee
NYFCC Award
Best Director
Ben-Hur
Tied with
Basil Dearden
for
Sapphire (1959)
.
1955 Nominee
NYFCC Award
Best Director
The Desperate Hours
1946 Winner
NYFCC Award
Best Director
The Best Years of Our Lives
1940 Nominee
NYFCC Award
Best Director
The Letter
1936 Nominee
NYFCC Award
Best Director
Dodsworth
These Three
Venice Film Festival
1953 Nominee
Golden Lion
Roman Holiday
1952 Nominee
Golden Lion
Carrie
1938 Winner
Special Recommendation
Jezebel
For its overall artistic contribution.
1938 Nominee
Mussolini Cup
Best Foreign Film
Jezebel
Walk of Fame
1960 Winner
Star on the Walk of Fame
Motion Picture
On 8 February 1960. At 1731 Vine Street.
Sant Jordi Awards
1966 Winner
Sant Jordi
Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
The Collector
Kinema Junpo Awards
1963 Nominee
Kinema Junpo Award
Best Foreign Language Film
The Children's Hour
Ninth place, ex aequo
1959 Winner
Kinema Junpo Award
Best Foreign Language Film
The Big Country
1955 Nominee
Kinema Junpo Award
Best Foreign Language Film
Roman Holiday
Sixth place
1955 Nominee
Kinema Junpo Award
Best Foreign Language Film
The Little Foxes
Tenth place
Online Film & Television Association
2001 Winner
OFTA Film Hall of Fame
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