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	William Wyler - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		William Wyler (July 1, 1902–July 27, 1981) was a prolific, Oscar-winning motion picture director.
		Wyler was born Willi Wyler to a Jewish family in Mulhouse in the French region of Alsace (then part of the German Empire).
		Wyler is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Wyler (577 words)

	Josh Becker: An Ode to William Wyler
		William Wyler had a theory that after about 35 takes an actor gets so angry and exasperated that they shed all of their preconceived notions about acting and the part they’re playing and move to a truer, higher level.
		When she worked for Wyler she was always nominated for an Oscar, and she won her second Oscar for Wyler's film, "Jezebel" (her first was for the non-Wyler film, "Dangerous").
		William Wyler always made entertaining films that were never thoughtless.
	www.beckerfilms.com /wyler.htm (1636 words)

	William Wyler at Reel Classics
		After Wyler had shot the final scene of WUTHERING HEIGHTS, Goldwyn demanded that it be re-shot to include ghostly images of Heathcliff and Cathy walking away together on the moors.
		Wyler disliked the idea and refused to re-shoot the footage, so Goldwyn finished the film without him.
		Another member of Wyler's 3-or-more club was Audrey Hepburn whom he directed to a Best Actress Oscar in her American film debut, ROMAN HOLIDAY (1953), a romantic comedy about a princess who spends a day escaping from her royal duties while in the company of a newspaper reporter (played by Gregory Peck).
	www.reelclassics.com /Directors/Wyler/wyler.htm (731 words)

	William Wyler
		William Wyler was born in the disputed territory of Alsace on the Franco–German border, and his work has occupied disputed territory ever since.
		Wyler, along with his good friends John Huston and Billy Wilder, represents a school of Hollywood filmmaking that put the script first, moved between entertainments and serious social commentary according to whim, and won too many damn Oscars to ever win the approval of many auteurist critics.
		Wyler himself joked of his Oscar-winning Christian epic “It takes a Jew to do this stuff well.” (3) And if Wyler is selling something he doesn't believe in himself, this seems to preclude artistic credibility.
	www.sensesofcinema.com /contents/directors/05/wyler.html (3058 words)

	William Wyler: bio and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		William Wyler (July 1, EHandler: no quick summary.
		The little foxes is a 1941 film directed by william wyler and starring bette davis....
		Ben-hur is a 1959 film directed by william wyler and is, today, the best-known version of the film based on the ben-hur book by lew wallace....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wi/william_wyler.htm (2303 words)

	bio: beginnings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		William Wyler was perhaps the most honored of Hollywood filmmakers.
		He was born Willi Wyler on July 1, 1902, in Mulhouse in the province of Alsace.
		Wyler left Europe on the Aquitania on September 10, 1920 — he was barely 18.
	www.williamwyler.com /bio/beginnings.html (244 words)

	American Masters . William Wyler \| PBS
		Throughout the mid and late 1930s Wyler was consistently experimenting with the technologies of filmmaking while maintaining great concern for the integrity of the actors’ performances.
		Wyler’s technical precision, his ability to display the meaningful angle of a profound moment, gave each actor a depth that allowed them to create more realistic characters.
		Acknowledged by the Academy Awards and filmmakers everywhere for his lifetime commitment to the highest quality filmmaking, William Wyler stands out as a major source in history of the American dramatic cinema.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/americanmasters/database/wyler_w.html (603 words)

	Special Collections Manuscripts - Margaret Herrick Library - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
		William Wyler (1902-1981) was born Willy Wyler in Mulhouse, Alsace, France, where his father owned a successful haberdashery.
		Wyler's documentary Memphis Belle (Paramount, 1944), filmed for the War Department, is still recognized as one of the best on World War II.
		The William Wyler papers, housed in Special Collections at the UCLA Arts Library, span the years 1925-1975 and encompass 45 linear feet.
	www.oscars.org /mhl/sc/wyler_223.html (972 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/William Wyler
		William Wyler (July 1, 1902 - July 27, 1981) was a prolific and award-winning motion picture director.
		Wyler was born in Mulhouse, France, the nephew of Carl Laemmle, founder of Universal Pictures.
		Upon his death in 1981, Wyler was interred at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/William_Wyler (431 words)

	Amazon.ca: DVD: Save up to 30% on bestselling DVDs. Free shipping within Canada available on orders over $39 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In the opening sequence of The Letter, director William Wyler delivers a primer on film directing: at a rubber plantation, in the tropical funk of a Malaysian night, the heavy stillness is suddenly broken by shots...
		As one of the greatest directors of Hollywood's golden age, William Wyler had a long and distinguished roster of films to his credit, among them a number of classics (including Wuthering Heights and The Heiress) that rank among the finest literary adaptations to emerge from the studio system.
		William Wyler directed this epic Western, about the clash of East and West, intellect and action.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/15668471 (474 words)

	William Wyler >> German-Hollywood Connection
		Willy Wyler spent most of his early years in Switzerland (his father was Swiss).
		By 1921 Willy Wyler was in Hollywood working for Laemmle at Universal Studios, as one of the many family members and relatives that the Swabian Laemmle eventually brought into his nepotistic film empire.
		He spent several weeks in the Salzburg area scouting locations for the film, only a few of which were used in the actual shooting under director Robert Wise, who was chosen to replace Wyler on the film after he suddenly backed out of the project.
	www.germanhollywood.com /wyler.html (337 words)

	William Wyler: A Bibliography of Materials in the UC Berkeley Libraries
		William Wyler: A Bibliography of Materials in the UC Berkeley Libraries
		Profiles the work of director William Wyler at Universal Studio, in particular his westerns such as the early sound period "Hell's heroes".
		However, he enjoyed an advantage denied to other US presidents, and this was the 1956 major motion picture 'Friendly Persuasion' by director William Wyler that was based on a novel written by Nixon's cousin, Jessamyn West.
	www.lib.berkeley.edu /MRC/wylerbib.html (1186 words)

	Fathom :: The Source for Online Learning
		The renowned Hollywood director William Wyler (1902-81) inspired such memorable performances as Bette Davis in Jezebel (1938) and Charlton Heston in Ben-Hur (1959).
		William Wyler: They had decided to do The Letter, which was a remake of an earlier film.
		Wyler: Yes, because everybody would read into it what the director had in mind with that, and everybody would give it a different interpretation, and all sorts of interpretations, which the director never thought of at all.
	www.fathom.com /feature/35677 (1640 words)

	MTV Movies \| William Wyler \| Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		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 America to work in Universal's publicity department, writing publicity for the studio's foreign releases.
		Wyler's painstaking methods and his autocratic on-set behavior exasperated and infuriated many, but he was the favorite director of the equally demanding producer Sam Goldwyn.
		William Wyler's final film was 1970's The Liberation of L.B. Jones; despite failing health, Wyler was primed to start work on 40 Carats (1973), but was advised by his physician not to do so -- possibly the only instance that someone other than Willy Wyler had the last word on a movie decision!
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	William Wyler
		MINIVER (1942), an uplifting tale of a British family's fortitude in the face of the hardships of WW II.
		THE HEIRESS (1949) found Wyler demonstrating his knack for bringing rich, visual staging to the literary classics.
		Wyler can be justifiably called the "Actor's Director;" actors in his films received a record 35 Oscar acting nominations; they won another record 14 Awards.
	theoscarsite.com /whoswho/wyler_w.htm (713 words)

	William Wyler Biography :: Hollywood.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Wyler spent the next year in the publicity department of Universal's New York offices.
		Over the next decade Wyler built a reputation as a director of popular and respectable film adaptations of classic literary works and contemporary theater.
		Wyler's amazing string of hits continued with "Wuthering Heights" (1939), "The Letter" (1940) and "The Little Foxes." Oscar-nominated for all three films, Wyler won his first Academy Award for "Mrs.
	www.hollywood.com /celebs/fulldetail/id/196878 (827 words)

	Honoring the many forms of director William Wyler
		William Wyler was a great film director whose work has always presented one big problem for film scholars.
		Born in Alsace, the son of a Swiss merchant, Wyler (1902-1981) was educated in Switzerland and in Paris, where he studied the violin.
		Wyler was a consummate actor's director, who would shoot and reshoot scenes until they were perfect.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/07/08/DD70565.DTL (838 words)

	Amazon.com: Directed By William Wyler & The Love Trap: DVD: Laura La Plante,Neil Hamilton,Robert Ellis,Jocelyn ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		But the minute director William Wyler has to stage a dialogue scene, his camera suddenly becomes alive to space, depth, and his actors' physicality in a way that anticipates the deep-focus dynamism of his mature visual style.
		William Wyler let's her shine and despite all the horror stories one hears about how frozen actors were in l929 because of the microphone, you certainly don't see any of that stiffness here.
		A bonus documentary of Wyler, originally produced in 1986, is included on The Love Trap disc and provides interview footage of the director that was made only a few days before his death.
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	Amazon.com: The Collector (1965) : Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Near the end of his career, Wyler focused his veteran skills on John Fowles's novel The Collector, and it's easy to see how Wyler would be drawn to the story's resonant psychological underpinnings.
		But it's also underscored by the fact that William Wyler's madman is only an accidental murderer, his intention being only to harbor his object of desire, not murder her (murder, as it happens, being simply the "collateral" result of his own perversity).
		Wyler is best known as the director of such perennial favourites as Ben Hur, The Best Years of Our Lives and Wuthering Heights.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/630279773X?v=glance (2849 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Ben-Hur -- William Wyler - DVD - Letterbox
		Director William Wyler (Best Years of Our Lives) ensured success by surrounding himself with some of the industry’s greatest artisans, many of them rewarded with Oscars for their contributions to this flawlessly produced movie.
		Technical perfection aside, Wyler rated his Best Director Oscar for his superb handling of a fine cast including Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd, Haya Harareet, and Sam Jaffe.
		By hiring William Wyler...MGM hoped to restore some dignity to a genre that had known its greatest triumphs thanks to the enthusiastic vulgarity of Alessandro Blasetti and the inimitable Cecil B. DeMille.
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	Fall Preview 2002-Peter Rainer-A William Wyler retrospective
		A 33-film William Wyler retrospective offers a crash course in Hollywood's Golden Age.
		Film Forum is marking the centennial of the great American director William Wyler with a 33-film retrospective, running from September 13 through October 10.
		Wyler was a supreme craftsman who captured how people look and sound in the most decisive and harrowing moments of their lives, and he framed those moments in ways that make them memorable forever.
	www.newyorkmetro.com /nymetro/urban/seasons/fallpreview2002/n_7639 (284 words)

	Salute to William Wyler \| Academy Press Photo Area \| AMPAS
		Baker was directed by Wyler in the 1958 film, "The Big Country" and Sherman played Harry Becker in Wyler's "Counsellor at Law," which was screened at the tribute.
		Sherman played Harry Becker in Wyler's 1933 film, "Counsellor at Law," which was screened at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater as part of the tribute.
		Baker was directed by Wyler in the 1958 film, "The Big Country." Wyler earned twelve Academy Award®; nominations for directing, and during his career won Oscar®; statuettes for "Mrs.
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	William Wyler at Reel Classics, Page 2
		Wyler's three Best Picture Oscar-winning films also happen to be three of the most commercially successful films of their respective eras -- MRS.
		A Talent for Trouble: The Life of Hollywood's Most Acclaimed Director, William Wyler by Jan Herman (Putnam Publishing Group, 1996).
		TV Now's monthly William Wyler schedule -when his films will be on TV Greatest Films: JEZEBEL
	www.reelclassics.com /Directors/Wyler/wyler2.htm (384 words)

	William Wyler Films >> German-Hollywood Connection
		Before he made his last film in 1970, Wyler had many fine motion pictures to his credit.
		But many critics credit Wyler with drawing out of her some of her best acting performances.
		For more about Wyler, see our Bio page for the director.
	www.germanhollywood.com /wyler_films.html (174 words)

	Buy.com - Big Country : DVD : Gregory Peck : Chuck Connors : William Wyler : MGM
		As the reluctant hero is thrust into the maelstrom, he must summon all of his resolve to save not only his own life, but also the life of the woman he loves.
		Wyler's powerful Western covers a lot of territory with Gregory Peck a fish out of water as a sea captain who travels west to marry and settle, but finds himself in the middle of a bitter dispute over water rights and a jealous clash with the ranch foreman (Charlton Heston).
		Wyler's sprawling tale of the West, filled with feuds, vengeance and violent jealousy.
	www.buy.com /prod/Big_Country/q/loc/322/40148169.html (662 words)

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