Legendary director Billy Wilder on the set of his 1963 film
Irma la Douce. Wilder's films all bear his stamp and unique vision. He felt so strongly about a director's right to put his name above the title that in 1967 he joined with such other directing icons as George Stevens, Frank Capra, Alfred Hitchcock and William Wyler to protest the actions of the Motion Picture Association of America when they secretly negotiated with the Writers Guild of America to take away a director's right to negotiate for a
possessory credit. For a contemporary appraisal of Wilder's classic films, see
Andrew Sarris' article here.
