WILLIAM WYLER

William Wyler was a great German director from the 1920s to the 1970s. Some of his movies include: The Collector (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for this film), The Best Years of Our Lives, Dodsworth, Wuthering Heights (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for this film), Roman Holiday, Ben-Hur, Detective Story (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for this film), and Counsellor at Law. Along with having made many of the greatest movies of all time (across many genres), he also directed more stars to Academy Awards than any other director, and that surely was no coincidence! Wyler passed away in 1981 at the age of 79.