Born: June 22, 1906, Galicia.
1934: Mauvaise Graine
1942: The Major and the Minor
1943: Five Graves To Cairo
1944: Double Indemnity (Oscar Nominations: Best Director, Best Screenplay)
1945: The Lost Weekend (Oscar Winner: Best Director, Best Screenplay)
1948: The Emperor Waltz, A Foreign Affair (Oscar Nomination: Best Screenplay)
1950: Sunset Boulevard (Oscar Winner: Best Screenplay; Oscar Nomination: Best Director)
1951: Ace In The Hole (Oscar Nomination: Best Screenplay)
1953: Stalag 17 (Oscar Nomination: Best Director)
1954: Sabrina (Oscar Nominations: Best Director, Best Screenplay)
1955: The Seven Year Itch
1957: The Spirit of St. Louis, Love In The Afternoon, Witness For The Prosecution (Oscar Nominations: Best Director)
1959: Some Like It Hot (Oscar Nominations: Best Director, Best Screenplay)
1960: The Apartment (Oscar Winner: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay)
1961: One, Two, Three
1963: Irma La Douce
1964: Kiss Me, Stupid
1966: The Fortune Cookie (Oscar Nomination: Best Screenplay)
1970: The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
1972: Avanti!
1974: The Front Page
1978: Fedora
1981: Buddy Buddy
Died: March 27, 2002, Los Angeles, California.