TMI (Today’s Movie Info)
February: Director’s Month
WILLIAM WYLER (1902-1981). His 12 Best Director Oscar nominations are the most ever, and he won the award 3 times: Mrs. Miniver (1942), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Ben-Hur (1959). Wyler put together an incredible streak of 7 consecutive years having films he directed receive an Oscar nomination for Best Picture. His other well known films include: Jezebel (1938), Wuthering Heights (1939), The Little Foxes (1941), The Heiress (1949), Roman Holiday (1953), and his final hit, and Barbra Streisand’s film debut, Funny Girl (1968). In what must be considered one of the more confounding items in Hollywood history, Wyler was so well known for being tough on actors that he was called “Once More Wyler”. Yet, he was credited by both Laurence Olivier and Bette Davis for his influence in their development as actors, and directed a record 36 Oscar nominated performances. A great quote from Wyler: “I made over 40 Westerns. I used to lie awake nights trying to think up new ways of getting on and off a horse.”
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