All 3 William Wyler Oscar Wins, Ranked
William Wyler won the Best Director Oscar three times for three Best Picture-winning movies, including The Best Years of Our Lives and Ben-Hur.
Without a doubt, William Wyler was one of the greatest directors active during the Golden Age of Hollywood, with his most notable movies coming out during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. Some of them won Oscars for Wyler himself while also winning Best Picture in their respective years, and they’ll be focused on below… though it’s worth pointing out that perhaps the director’s best film, Roman Holiday, did not win him an Oscar, though Dalton Trumbo won for Best Story (a since discontinued category), Audrey Hepburn won Best Actress, and Edith Head won Best Costume Design – Black-and-White. Additionally, Wyler was nominated for Best Director, and other nominations he received came for his work on movies like Detective Story, The Heiress, and Friendly Persuasion.
