Awards/Nominations for Billy Wilder

1972 Avanti! Runner-Up: Best Director, Golden Globes Runner-Up: Best Screenplay, Golden Globes 1966 The Fortune Cookie Runner-Up: Best Original Screenplay, Academy Awards 1960 The Apartment Win: Best Original Screenplay, Academy Awards Win: Best Director, Academy Awards Runner-Up: Best Director, Golden Globes 1959 Some Like It Hot Runner-Up: Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Awards Runner-Up: Best Director, Academy Awards 1957 Witness for the Prosecution Runner-Up: Best Director, Academy Awards Runner-Up: Best Director, Golden Globes 1954 Sabrina (1954) Runner-Up: Best Screenplay, Academy Awards Runner-Up: Best Director, Academy Awards Win: Best Screenplay, Golden Globes 1953 Stalag 17 Runner-Up: Best Director, Academy Awards 1951 The Big Carnival Runner-Up: Best Story & Screenplay, Academy Awards 1950 Sunset Blvd. Win: Best Story & Screenplay, Academy Awards Runner-Up: Best Director, Academy Awards Win: Best Director, Golden Globes Runner-Up: Best Screenplay, Golden Globes 1948 A Foreign Affair Runner-Up: Best Screenplay, Academy Awards 1945 The Lost Weekend Win: Best Director, Academy Awards Win: Best Screenplay, Academy Awards Win: Best Director, Golden Globes 1944 Double Indemnity Runner-Up: Best Screenplay, Academy Awards Runner-Up: Best Director, Academy Awards 1941 Ball of Fire Runner-Up: Best Original Story, Academy Awards Hold Back the Dawn Runner-Up: Best Screenplay, Academy Awards 1939 Ninotchka Runner-Up: Best Screenplay, Academy Awards

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