Wilder juggles the three Oscars he won for The Apartment
Billy Wilder (born Samuel Wilder) was a newspaper reporter in Vienna in the 20's, then later Berlin, and began writing screenplays in 1929, which he did until Hitler came to power in 1933. With Jewish ancestry, he fled to Paris to escape the Nazis, then came to the U.S. He first started as a screenwriter, penning the famous Garbo film

These are my recent film reviews at "1000 Dvds to See" (also at 1000 Great Films)

The Visitor (2008) - terrific indie film, beautiful story, Richard Jenkins' best role to date
Frost/Nixon (2008) - Ron Howard's docudrama of the Frost interviews w Nixon after his resignation, Langella's best yet
The Earrings of Madame De.. (1953) - Max Ophuls classic romance, drenched in opulence, Boyer and