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About William Lee Wilder
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Lee_Wilder
William Lee Wilder (August 22, 1904, Sucha, Galicia, Austria-Hungary – February 14, 1982, Los Angeles, California) was an Austrian-born American screenwriter, film producer and director.[1] He was the brother of the film director Billy Wilder.
Biography[edit] Wilder started his own film production company and produced his first film The Great Flamarion in 1945 and directed his first film The Glass Alibi the following year.
From 1949 to 1950, Wilder directed, wrote and produced 16 musical short subjects featuring traditional spirituals and folk-music.
During the 1950s Wilder formed a film production company called Planet Filmplays where he produced and directed several low budget science fiction films with screenplays cowritten by his son Miles.
Selected filmography[edit] The Glass Alibi (1946) The Pretender (1947) Yankee Fakir (1947) The Vicious Circle (1948) (also known as Woman in Brown) Once a Thief (1950) Three Steps North (1951) Phantom from Space (1953) Killers from Space (1954) The Snow Creature (1954) The Big Bluff (1955) Fright (1956) Manfish (1956) (also known as Calypso) The Man Without a Body (1957) Spy in the Sky! (1958) Bluebeard's Ten Honeymoons (1960) Caxambu (1967) The Omegans (1968)
William Lee Wilder's Timeline
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August 22, 1904
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1982 |
February 14, 1982
Age 77
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Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA, United States
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