William Wyler publicity portrait
This article is a List of awards and nominations received by William Wyler
Known for his work in numerous genres over five decades he has received numerous award accolades including three Academy Awards . He holds a record twelve nominations for the Academy Award for Best Director . For his work Wyler was awarded the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award , the Directors Guild of America Lifetime Achievement Award , and the American Film Institute Life Achievement Award . Wyler went on to win the Academy Award for Best Director three times, those being for Mrs. Miniver (1942), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), and Ben-Hur (1959), all of which also won for Best Picture . He was Oscar-nominated for Dodsworth (1936), Wuthering Heights (1939), The Letter (1940), The Little Foxes (1941), The Heiress (1949), Detective Story (1952), Roman Holiday (1953), Friendly Persuasion (1956), and The Collector (1965).
Major associations
Other awards
Year
Category
Nominated work
Result
Ref.
1946
Best Director
The Best Years of Our Lives
Won
1955
The Desperate Hours
Won
Year
Category
Nominated work
Result
Ref.
1936
Best Director
Dodsworth
Nominated
1940
The Letter
Nominated
1946
The Best Years of Our Lives
Won
1955
The Desperate Hours
Nominated
1959
Ben-Hur
Nominated
Year
Category
Nominated work
Result
Ref.
1938
Best Foreign Film
Jezebel
Nominated
Special Recommendation
Won
1952
Golden Lion
Carrie
Nominated
1953
Roman Holiday
Nominated
References
"9th Academy Awards" . Oscars.org . Retrieved December 22, 2023.
"12th Academy Awards" . Oscars.org . Retrieved December 22, 2023.
"13th Academy Awards" . Oscars.org . Retrieved December 22, 2023.
"14th Academy Awards" . Oscars.org . Retrieved December 22, 2023.
"15th Academy Awards" . Oscars.org . Retrieved December 22, 2023.
"19th Academy Awards" . Oscars.org . Retrieved December 22, 2023.
"22nd Academy Awards" . Oscars.org . Retrieved December 22, 2023.
"24th Academy Awards" . Oscars.org . Retrieved December 22, 2023.
"26th Academy Awards" . Oscars.org . Retrieved December 22, 2023.
"29th Academy Awards" . Oscars.org . Retrieved December 22, 2023.
"32nd Academy Awards" . Oscars.org . Retrieved December 22, 2023.
"38th Academy Awards" . Oscars.org . Retrieved December 22, 2023.
"1st BAFTA Awards" . awards.bafta.org . Retrieved December 22, 2023.
"5th BAFTA Awards" . awards.bafta.org . Retrieved December 22, 2023.
"6th BAFTA Awards" . awards.bafta.org . Retrieved December 22, 2023.
"7th BAFTA Awards" . awards.bafta.org . Retrieved December 22, 2023.
"13th BAFTA Awards" . awards.bafta.org . Retrieved December 22, 2023.
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