# List of awards and nominations received by William Wyler

This article is a List of awards and nominations received by William Wyler
Known for his work in numerous genres over five decades he has received numerous award accolades including three Academy Awards. He holds a record twelve nominations for the Academy Award for Best Director. For his work Wyler was awarded the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, the Directors Guild of America Lifetime Achievement Award, and the American Film Institute Life Achievement Award. Wyler went on to win the Academy Award for Best Director three times, those being for Mrs. Miniver (1942), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), and Ben-Hur (1959), all of which also won for Best Picture. He was Oscar-nominated for Dodsworth (1936), Wuthering Heights (1939), The Letter (1940), The Little Foxes (1941), The Heiress (1949), Detective Story (1952), Roman Holiday (1953), Friendly Persuasion (1956), and The Collector (1965).

## Major associations
### Academy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1936 | Best Director | Dodsworth | Nominated |
| 1939 | Best Director | Wuthering Heights | Nominated |
| 1940 | Best Director | The Letter | Nominated |
| 1941 | Best Director | The Little Foxes | Nominated |
| 1942 | Best Director | Mrs. Miniver | Won |
| 1946 | Best Director | The Best Years of Our Lives | Won |
| 1949 | Best Picture | The Heiress | Nominated |
| 1949 | Best Director | The Heiress | Nominated |
| 1951 | Best Director | Detective Story | Nominated |
| 1953 | Best Picture | Roman Holiday | Nominated |
| 1953 | Best Director | Roman Holiday | Nominated |
| 1956 | Best Picture | Friendly Persuasion | Nominated |
| 1956 | Best Director | Friendly Persuasion | Nominated |
| 1959 | Best Director | Ben-Hur | Won |
| 1965 | Best Director | The Collector | Nominated |
| 1965 | Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award | Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award | Won |

### BAFTA Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| British Academy Film Awards |||||
| 1947 | Best Film from Any Source | The Best Years of Our Lives | Won |
| 1951 | Best Film from Any Source | Detective Story | Nominated |
| 1952 | Best Film from Any Source | Carrie | Nominated |
| 1953 | Best Film from Any Source | Roman Holiday | Nominated |
| 1959 | Best Film from Any Source | Ben-Hur | Won |
| 1959 | Best Film from Any Source | The Big Country | Nominated |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1959 | Best Director | Ben-Hur | Won |
| 1961 | Best Director | The Children's Hour | Nominated |
| 1965 | Best Director | The Collector | Nominated |
| 1968 | Best Director | Funny Girl | Nominated |

## Other awards
### Cannes Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1952 | Grand Prix | Detective Story | Nominated |
| 1957 | Palme d'Or | Friendly Persuasion | Won |
| 1965 | Palme d'Or | The Collector | Nominated |

### Directors Guild of America Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1952 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement | Detective Story | Nominated |
| 1954 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement | Roman Holiday | Nominated |
| 1957 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement | Friendly Persuasion | Nominated |
| 1959 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement | The Big Country | Nominated |
| 1960 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement | Ben-Hur | Won |
| 1962 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement | The Children's Hour | Nominated |
| 1966 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Lifetime Achievement Award | Received |
| 1969 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement | Funny Girl | Nominated |

### National Board of Review

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1946 | Best Director | The Best Years of Our Lives | Won | |
| 1955 | Best Director | The Desperate Hours | Won | |

### New York Film Critics Circle

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1936 | Best Director | Dodsworth | Nominated |
| 1940 | Best Director | The Letter | Nominated |
| 1946 | Best Director | The Best Years of Our Lives | Won |
| 1955 | Best Director | The Desperate Hours | Nominated |
| 1959 | Best Director | Ben-Hur | Nominated |

### Venice International Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1938 | Best Foreign Film | Jezebel | Nominated |
| 1938 | Special Recommendation | Jezebel | Won |
| 1952 | Golden Lion | Carrie | Nominated |
| 1953 | Golden Lion | Roman Holiday | Nominated |

## Direction for Oscar-related performances

| Year | Performer | Film | Result |
| Academy Award for Best Actor ||||
| 1937 | Walter Huston | Dodsworth | Nominated |
| 1940 | Laurence Olivier | Wuthering Heights | Nominated |
| 1943 | Walter Pidgeon | Mrs. Miniver | Nominated |
| 1947 | Fredric March | The Best Years of Our Lives | Won |
| 1960 | Charlton Heston | Ben-Hur | Won |
| Academy Award for Best Actress ||||
| 1939 | Bette Davis | Jezebel | Won |
| 1941 | Bette Davis | The Letter | Nominated |
| 1942 | Bette Davis | The Little Foxes | Nominated |
| 1943 | Greer Garson | Mrs. Miniver | Won |
| 1950 | Olivia de Havilland | The Heiress | Won |
| 1952 | Eleanor Parker | Detective Story | Nominated |
| 1954 | Audrey Hepburn | Roman Holiday | Won |
| 1966 | Samantha Eggar | The Collector | Nominated |
| 1969 | Barbra Streisand | Funny Girl | Won |
| Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ||||
| 1937 | Walter Brennan | Come and Get It | Won |
| 1941 | Walter Brennan | The Westerner | Won |
| 1941 | James Stephenson | The Letter | Nominated |
| 1943 | Henry Travers | Mrs. Miniver | Nominated |
| 1947 | Harold Russell | The Best Years of Our Lives | Won |
| 1950 | Ralph Richardson | The Heiress | Nominated |
| 1954 | Eddie Albert | Roman Holiday | Nominated |
| 1957 | Anthony Perkins | Friendly Persuasion | Nominated |
| 1959 | Burl Ives | The Big Country | Won |
| 1960 | Hugh Griffith | Ben-Hur | Won |
| Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ||||
| 1937 | Bonita Granville | These Three | Nominated |
| 1937 | Maria Ouspenskaya | Dodsworth | Nominated |
| 1938 | Claire Trevor | Dead End | Nominated |
| 1939 | Fay Bainter | Jezebel | Won |
| 1940 | Geraldine Fitzgerald | Wuthering Heights | Nominated |
| 1942 | Patricia Collinge | The Little Foxes | Nominated |
| 1942 | Teresa Wright | The Little Foxes | Nominated |
| 1943 | Teresa Wright | Mrs. Miniver | Won |
| 1943 | May Whitty | Mrs. Miniver | Nominated |
| 1952 | Lee Grant | Detective Story | Nominated |
| 1962 | Fay Bainter | The Children's Hour | Nominated |
| 1969 | Kay Medford | Funny Girl | Nominated |