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Billy Wilder hat viele Ehren und Preise für seine Arbeit gewonnen.

Er hat sechs Oscars gewonnen:
1961, Best Director (The Apartment)
1961, Best Writing, Story & Screenplay (The Apartment)
1961, Best Picture (The Apartment)
1951, Best Writing, Story & Screenplay (Sunset Blvd)
1964, Best Director (The Lost Weekend)
1964, Best Writing, Story and Screenplay (The Lost Weekend)

Er hat 3 Golden Globe Preise gewonnen:
1961 Best Motion Picture Director (Sunset Blvd.)
1955 Best Screenplay (Sabrina)
1964 Best Motion Picture Director (The Lost Weekend)

1964 hat er den Grand Prize of the Cannes Film Festival (The Lost Weekend) gewonnen.

Er hat 5 Writers Guild Preise gewonnen:
1961 Best Written American Comedy (The Apartment)
1968 Best Written American Comedy (Some Like it Hot)
1959 Best Written American Comedy (Love in the Afternoon)
1955 Best Written American Comedy (Sabrina)
1950 Best Written American Drama (Sunset Blvd)

Er hat 7 Lifetime Achievement Awards von:
1997 German Film Awards
1997 Producers Guild of America
1994 Los Angeles Film Critics Association
1992 European Film Awards
1986 American Film Institute
1985 Directors' Guild of America
1972 Career Golden Lion, Venice Film Festival