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William Wyler

Awards

William Wyler

20 wins & 47 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Terence Stamp and Samantha Eggar in The Collector (1965)
    1966 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Director
    • The Collector
  • Ben-Hur (1959)
    1960 Winner Oscar
    • Best Director
    • Ben-Hur
  • Gary Cooper, Anthony Perkins, Pat Boone, Richard Eyer, Dorothy McGuire, and Samantha the Goose in Friendly Persuasion (1956)
    1957 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Picture
    • Friendly Persuasion
  • Gary Cooper, Anthony Perkins, Pat Boone, Richard Eyer, Dorothy McGuire, and Samantha the Goose in Friendly Persuasion (1956)
    1957 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Director
    • Friendly Persuasion
  • Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck in Roman Holiday (1953)
    1954 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Picture
    • Roman Holiday

American Film Institute, USA

  • William Wyler
    1976 Winner Life Achievement Award

Bodil Awards

  • Dana Andrews, Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Virginia Mayo, and Teresa Wright in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
    1948 Winner Bodil
    • Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film)
    • The Best Years of Our Lives

BAFTA Awards

  • Ben-Hur (1959)
    1960 Winner BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Film from any Source
    • Ben-Hur
    USA.
  • Charlton Heston, Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, and Burl Ives in The Big Country (1958)
    1960 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Film from any Source
    • The Big Country
    USA.
  • Dana Andrews, Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Virginia Mayo, and Teresa Wright in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
    1949 Winner BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Film from any Source 1947
    • The Best Years of Our Lives
    Accepted by Jane Wyman on behalf of William Wyler

Cannes Film Festival

  • Terence Stamp and Samantha Eggar in The Collector (1965)
    1965 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • The Collector
  • Gary Cooper, Anthony Perkins, Pat Boone, Richard Eyer, Dorothy McGuire, and Samantha the Goose in Friendly Persuasion (1956)
    1957 Winner Palme d'Or
    • Friendly Persuasion
  • Kirk Douglas, William Bendix, Frank Faylen, Lee Grant, Horace McMahon, Cathy O'Donnell, Eleanor Parker, and Joseph Wiseman in Detective Story (1951)
    1952 Nominee Grand Prize of the Festival
    • Detective Story

Directors Guild of America, USA

  • Barbra Streisand and Omar Sharif in Funny Girl (1968)
    1969 Nominee DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
    • Funny Girl
  • William Wyler
    1966 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine, and James Garner in The Children's Hour (1961)
    1962 Nominee DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
    • The Children's Hour
  • Ben-Hur (1959)
    1960 Winner DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
    • Ben-Hur
    Shared with: Gus Agosti · Alberto Cardone
  • Charlton Heston, Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, and Burl Ives in The Big Country (1958)
    1959 Nominee DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
    • The Big Country

Golden Globes, USA

  • Barbra Streisand and Omar Sharif in Funny Girl (1968)
    1969 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Director
    • Funny Girl
  • Terence Stamp and Samantha Eggar in The Collector (1965)
    1966 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Director
    • The Collector
  • Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine, and James Garner in The Children's Hour (1961)
    1962 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Director
    • The Children's Hour
  • Ben-Hur (1959)
    1960 Winner Golden Globe
    • Best Director
    • Ben-Hur
  • Olivia de Havilland and Montgomery Clift in The Heiress (1949)
    1950 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Director
    • The Heiress

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

  • Dana Andrews, Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Virginia Mayo, and Teresa Wright in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
    1948 Nominee Crystal Globe
    • Best Film
    • The Best Years of Our Lives

Laurel Awards

  • William Wyler
    1971 Nominee Golden Laurel
    • Best Producer-Director
    8th place.
  • William Wyler
    1970 3rd Place Golden Laurel
    • Producer-Director
  • William Wyler
    1967 Nominee Golden Laurel
    • Producer-Director
    7th place.
  • William Wyler
    1966 3rd Place Golden Laurel
    • Producer-Director
  • William Wyler
    1965 Nominee Golden Laurel
    • Producer-Director
    4th place.

National Board of Review, USA

  • Humphrey Bogart, Fredric March, Robert Middleton, and Mary Murphy in The Desperate Hours (1955)
    1955 Winner NBR Award
    • Best Director
    • The Desperate Hours
  • Dana Andrews, Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Virginia Mayo, and Teresa Wright in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
    1946 Winner NBR Award
    • Best Director
    • The Best Years of Our Lives

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Ben-Hur (1959)
    1959 3rd Place NYFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • Ben-Hur
    Tied with Basil Dearden for Sapphire (1959).
  • Humphrey Bogart, Fredric March, Robert Middleton, and Mary Murphy in The Desperate Hours (1955)
    1955 3rd Place NYFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • The Desperate Hours
  • Dana Andrews, Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Virginia Mayo, and Teresa Wright in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
    1946 Winner NYFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • The Best Years of Our Lives
  • Bette Davis in The Letter (1940)
    1940 2nd Place NYFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • The Letter
  • Ruth Chatterton and Walter Huston in Dodsworth (1936)
    1936 3rd Place NYFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • Dodsworth
    • These Three

Venice Film Festival

  • Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck in Roman Holiday (1953)
    1953 Nominee Golden Lion
    • Roman Holiday
  • Carrie (1952)
    1952 Nominee Golden Lion
    • Carrie
  • Bette Davis in Jezebel (1938)
    1938 Winner Special Recommendation
    • Jezebel
    For its overall artistic contribution.
  • Bette Davis in Jezebel (1938)
    1938 Nominee Mussolini Cup
    • Best Foreign Film
    • Jezebel

Walk of Fame

  • William Wyler
    1960 Winner Star on the Walk of Fame
    • Motion Picture
    On 8 February 1960. At 1731 Vine Street.

Sant Jordi Awards

  • Terence Stamp and Samantha Eggar in The Collector (1965)
    1966 Winner Sant Jordi
    • Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
    • The Collector

Kinema Junpo Awards

  • Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine, and James Garner in The Children's Hour (1961)
    1963 Nominee Kinema Junpo Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • The Children's Hour
    Ninth place, ex aequo
  • Charlton Heston, Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, and Burl Ives in The Big Country (1958)
    1959 Winner Kinema Junpo Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • The Big Country
  • Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck in Roman Holiday (1953)
    1955 Nominee Kinema Junpo Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • Roman Holiday
    Sixth place
  • Bette Davis, Richard Carlson, and Teresa Wright in The Little Foxes (1941)
    1955 Nominee Kinema Junpo Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • The Little Foxes
    Tenth place

Online Film & Television Association

  • William Wyler
    2001 Winner OFTA Film Hall of Fame
    • Creative

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