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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

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Academy Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1936 Best Director Dodsworth Nominated [1]
1939 Wuthering Heights Nominated [2]
1940 The Letter Nominated [3]
1941 The Little Foxes Nominated [4]
1942 Mrs. Miniver Won [5]
1946 The Best Years of Our Lives Won [6]
1949 Best Picture The Heiress Nominated [7]
Best Director Nominated
1951 Detective Story Nominated [8]
1953 Best Picture Roman Holiday Nominated [9]
Best Director Nominated
1956 Best Picture Friendly Persuasion Nominated [10]
Best Director Nominated
1959 Ben-Hur Won [11]
1965 The Collector Nominated [12]
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award Won

BAFTA Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
British Academy Film Awards
1947 Best Film from Any Source The Best Years of Our Lives Won [13]
1951 Detective Story Nominated [14]
1952 Carrie Nominated [15]
1953 Roman Holiday Nominated [16]
1959 Ben-Hur Won [17]
The Big Country Nominated

Golden Globe Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1959 Best Director Ben-Hur Won
1961 The Children's Hour Nominated
1965 The Collector Nominated
1968 Funny Girl Nominated

Other awards

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Cannes Film Festival

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1952 Grand Prix Detective Story Nominated
1957 Palme d'Or Friendly Persuasion Won
1965 The Collector Nominated

Directors Guild of America Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1952 Outstanding Directorial Achievement Detective Story Nominated
1954 Roman Holiday Nominated
1957 Friendly Persuasion Nominated
1959 The Big Country Nominated
1960 Ben-Hur Won
1962 The Children's Hour Nominated
1966 Lifetime Achievement Award Received
1969 Outstanding Directorial Achievement Funny Girl Nominated

National Board of Review

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1946 Best Director The Best Years of Our Lives Won
1955 The Desperate Hours Won

New York Film Critics Circle

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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

Venice International Film Festival

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1938 Best Foreign Film Jezebel Nominated
Special Recommendation Won
1952 Golden Lion Carrie Nominated
1953 Roman Holiday Nominated
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Year Performer Film Result
Academy Award for Best Actor
1940 Laurence Olivier Wuthering Heights Nominated
1943 Walter Pidgeon Mrs. Miniver Nominated
1947 Fredric March The Best Years of Our Lives Won
1960 Charlton Heston Ben-Hur Won
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
1937 Walter Brennan Come and Get It Won
1941 The Westerner Won
James Stephenson The Letter Nominated
1943 Henry Travers Mrs. Miniver Nominated
1947 Harold Russell The Best Years of Our Lives Won
1950 Ralph Richardson The Heiress Nominated
1954 Eddie Albert Roman Holiday Nominated
1959 Burl Ives The Big Country Won
1960 Hugh Griffith Ben-Hur Won
Academy Award for Best Actress
1939 Bette Davis Jezebel Won
1941 The Letter Nominated
1942 The Little Foxes Nominated
1943 Greer Garson Mrs. Miniver Won
1950 Olivia de Havilland The Heiress Won
1952 Eleanor Parker Detective Story Nominated
1954 Audrey Hepburn Roman Holiday Won
1966 Samantha Eggar The Collector Nominated
1969 Barbra Streisand Funny Girl Won
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
1938 Claire Trevor Dead End Nominated
1939 Fay Bainter Jezebel Won
1940 Geraldine Fitzgerald Wuthering Heights Nominated
1942 Patricia Collinge The Little Foxes Nominated
Teresa Wright Nominated
1943 Mrs. Miniver Won
May Whitty Nominated
1952 Lee Grant Detective Story Nominated
1962 Fay Bainter The Children's Hour Nominated
1969 Kay Medford Funny Girl Nominated

References

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  1. ^ "9th Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
  2. ^ "12th Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
  3. ^ "13th Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
  4. ^ "14th Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
  5. ^ "15th Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
  6. ^ "19th Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
  7. ^ "22nd Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
  8. ^ "24th Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
  9. ^ "26th Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
  10. ^ "29th Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
  11. ^ "32nd Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
  12. ^ "38th Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
  13. ^ "1st BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
  14. ^ "5th BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
  15. ^ "6th BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
  16. ^ "7th BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
  17. ^ "13th BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
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