William Wyler was an American filmmaker who, at the time of his death in 1981, was considered by his peers as second only to John Ford as a master craftsman of cinema. The winner of three Best Director Academy Awards, second again only to Ford's four, Wyler's reputation has unfairly suffered as the lack of an obvious signature in his diverse body of work denies him the honorific auteur that has become a standard measure of greatness in the post-Cahiers du Cinema critical community. Estimable ...[Read Story]
