Billy Wilder winning the Oscar® for Directing‬‬‬‬ "The Apartment"

[@HovaNirvana]

For all the (justifiable) reverence of Hitchcock and Kubrick, this guy might actually be the GOAT. His catalogue can rank with anybody.

[@LinoCoria]

A good year indeed. The Apartment and Psycho. I think Hitchcock innovated more that year in terms of storytelling and camera movement. But The Apartment is one of my favourite films of all time. I love Billy Wilder!

[@SRSM198]

Billy Wilder for ever, when shall there be a director who can live up to Billy Wilder? Alfred Hitchcock comes pretty close.

[@gitanon1]

What a beautiful woman is Gina Lollobrigida.!

[@omarsosa8329]

I can not believe Stanley Kubrick was not nominated for directing "Spartacus".

[@clarencepeterson8646]

Alfred Hitchcock never won a Best Director Oscar. Biggest scandal in the history of the academy.

[@theitalianalien8477]

absolutely

[@TRINZINI]

He truly should have won in 1941 for REBECCA (which won the BEST PICTURE award). Shame. and to think that VERTIGO got no BEST FILM/BEST DIRECTOR nominations in 1958 !! SHAME !!

[@emilybrehmer8021]

the apartment was amazing tho

[@jaganteki4628]

Success or Influences nevermind about Rewards.

[@laurajones1773]

He should've won for Vertigo, this film and Rear Window. I'll give it a pass for On the Waterfront to win Best Picture. However, Hitchcock should've won for directing Rear Window. The directing in that movie is phenomenal. I like how the film is set in one location. Such a clever movie. On the Waterfront's direction is no where near to the direction of Rear Window.

[@MarifBagiyevVLOG]

The fact that Hitchcock never won an oscar can easily prove that the academy award is nothing to be taken serious

[@filmbuff2777]

The Academy have made the right decisions before. Billy Wilder was just as deserving here.

[@jorawesummme609]

Wilder deserved it more. Hitchcock even agreed on that

[@daydreamcon6343]

The Apartment is better than Psycho. Hitchcock deserved the directing award for Vertigo. Even North by Northwest, Rear Window, and Rope are more deserving than Psycho. Just unfortunate that the Oscars never appreciated Hitchcock enough.

[@EricAKATheBelgianGuy]

If he was going to win, I think it should have been for Vertigo.

[@CJODell12]

Damn shame about Hitchcock. But it couldn't have been very easy choosing between him and Wilder. I only hope the vote was pretty close between the two.

[@AA-sn9lz]

The academy had another 52 years to give one to Hitchcock. They just plain suck. The academy that is.

[@laurajones1773]

He should have won the year before for Some Like it Hot. This year should be for Hitchcock.

[@87dramarama]

wrong

[@Roman_Elite.]

That wouldn't have been so bad

[@sorayaforever]

All of them, great DIRECTORS!

[@iliyanmk]

What a great presenter.

[@josephdonato8154]

Thunderous applause.

[@aNdReW16944ever]

gina lollobrigida

[@jorgeesquiviaescobar4149]

this is like Bob Fosse's win, a hugely and underrated deserved victory, unfortunately overshadowed by the great work of some other directors

[@laurajones1773]

Especially considering that Psycho and The Godfather are one of the most iconic films of all time.

[@laurajones1773]

Another example is when John Ford beats Orson Welles.

[@bman560]

If you give it to Billy Wilder for Sunset Boulevard, you have to take in away from Joseph L. Mankiewicz for All About Eve. Not an easy choice.

[@GiovanniGGori]

He deserved to win for "Double Indemnity" instead of Leo McCarey.

[@fitchmate2321]

Damn, Billy Wilder had a really far seat. Nowadays, you see Spielberg and Scorsese and even directors like Tom Hooper in the third row or something!

[@emiliomanueldepedro9650]

Honestly, if i had the final word upon the Academy, i would've given the Oscar to Alfred Hitchcock.

[@Winduct]

Definately to the master of suspense. No one could have pulled off what Hitchock did for "Psycho". Over the top directing. Maybe the Best Picture award deserved to go to The Apartment but not the Best Directing award.

[@laurajones1773]

I heard there's a pointless rip-off of Psycho. I haven't seen it, but I heard it's bad.

[@bman560]

I think it is. Also, Born Yesterday was also nominated for Best Picture. Those are three extremely well written movies. A real good year.

[@steveperry6492]

Were they seating folks according to last name? Wilder wins 3 Oscars and they have him seated in the lobby. Good thing he could still move. He was an absolutely brilliant movie maker. He would be on my Mount Rushmore of movie makers (producers/directors/writers) for sure along with Spielberg and perhaps Hitchcock , Ford or Zannuck.

[@kingcaesar5]

why is he sitting all the way in the back.

[@kingsurya3215]

❤ I would love a movie of him with Brando 😊

[@nestoreliogarcia3128]

La mayor injusticia que Hitckock nunca fue premiado,pese a sus grandes filmes. La ventana indiscreta,Vertigo,Psicosis,La sogaMarnie,Extraños en un tren etc.😢😢😢

[@emiliobello2538]

Ya se. El mereció ganar. Ninguna película de miedo gano Mejor Director

[@Psifonian2]

Wilder deserved his first win for "The Lost Weekend" and also should've won for "Sunset Boulevard," but this Oscar should've been Hitch's.

[@davy209]

They should have given it to him for Double Indemnity!

[@laurajones1773]

Wilder should have won the year before for Some Like it Hot.

[@michaelverbakel7632]

To add to the confusion between the two men. Billy Wilder was nominated for best director and should have won in 1944 for his great film Double Indemnity but lost to Going My Way. He did win the next year in 1945 for The Lost Weekend, generally considered a weaker or inferior film. In 1946 best director went to William Wyler for the Best Years of Our Lives. Wyler won best director again in 1959 for perhaps directing his greatest film Ben-Hur. Next year in 1960 Billy Wilder won again for director for The Apartment.

[@KetchaWill]

Alfred Hitchcock should have won for Psycho.

[@itopinguinito]

Woooww beautiful Gina Lollobrigida ❤❤❤❤⭐⭐⭐

[@lepetitchat123]

Love hos no nonsense thank you speech

[@vioricabalteanu8564]

Splendidissima e bravissima Gina Lollobrigida! Anche lei dimenticata dalle giurie del premio Oscar.

[@Psifonian2]

Oh, it's a fantastic year. I don't hate "All About Eve," but there are a good half-dozen films I prefer from 1950.

[@marcosfeliks]

This Awards are in 1960.

[@brosans1868]

I agree w/you on Mr. Kubricks' omissions; if you didn't buddy-up and play the H-WOOD social game well.... good luck come OSCAR time, same with actors, look at Steve McQueen- all those great roles and what - ONE nomination! BLESS the REBELS!

[@MrImiller07]

Hitchcock certainly desreved to win a competitive Oscar for best director for several classic films: Vertigo, North By Northwest, Notorious and Rear Window, however, the choice of The Apartment was also quite worthy from an artistic standpoint. I believe that the pinnacle of Wilder's career was Sunset Boulevard.

[@laurajones1773]

Alfred Hitchcock wasn't even nominated for directing Vertigo. The Oscar went to Vincente Minnelli for Gigi. That movie stole awards from Vertigo like Score, Film Editing, Director and Picture. Lol.

[@laurajones1773]

Gigi also stole the Oscar from Vertigo for Best Adapted Screenplay.

[@bman560]

@@laurajones1773 I am baffled about the recent praise for Vertigo. I think the story is ridiculous and it is way too long. The filming is beautiful but way too much spent driving around San Francisco. I think Notoios, N by NW, Shadow of a Doubt, are all superior Hitchcok to Vertigo. Gigi is perfection. The last great MGM musical. Minelli's dierection is absolutely sublime .Every scene is like an exquisite painting

[@ronaldmcdonald2817]

@@bman560 How is the story ridiculous?

[@bman560]

@@ronaldmcdonald2817 Lets dye her hair and make her a blonde again? They did the same thing on Dynasty with the substitute Crystal and Linda Evans in the attic.

[@PlayIt4MeAgainSam]

Wilder is an amazing director, there's no doubting that! However, given that this was the last film that Hitchcock was nominated "Best Director" for, and his competition the other four times, this should have been his turn. I can't believe that he didn't win it once! (I don't count "Honorary Oscars".)

[@Pentay]

Spoken like the participation award millennial generation.

[@laurajones1773]

IKR.

[@hasanozturk5182]

Bence Akademi Ödülünü , Sapık Filmiyle Alfred Hitchcock almalıydı, Bencil Akademi O yıl Billy Wilder 3 (Film, Yönetmen, Özgün Senaryo) Akademi Ödülü vermiştir ve Akademinin Tarafsızlığı ortadan kalmış olduğunu gösteriyor bizlere.

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

They had the oscars out on stage

[@TheDopestEthiopian1]

The film Pyscho is much more remembered than The Apartment.

[@joshuajthemovieandanimeguy8253]

I think otherwise, both of them are classics and are remembered equally.

[@filmbuff2777]

Only if you go for extremely mainstream lists of great films.

[@jorawesummme609]

So? The Apartment overall is a much better film

[@Jay-id8im]

why do you guys got to be so negative

[@SRSM198]

I do agree Psycho should have won the Oscar it is a classic more so than The Apartment

[@gohithsrivatsa4746]

I wanna be loved by you just you.

[@Psifonian2]

I didn't think "All About Eve" was as great as "Sunset Boulevard" or "Rashomon."

[@laurajones1773]

Sunset Boulevard is way better.

[@bman560]

The real rip off that year was not just Hitchcock losing but Janet Leigh losing to Shirley Jones. Shirley was great, but Janet Leigh was unbelievable.

[@laurajones1773]

On top of that Anthony Perkins was not even nominated for Best Actor. Shame. That was one of the best performances that starred a villain like Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter.

[@laurajones1773]

Janet Leigh won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress.

[@filmbuff2777]

The Apartment is a great film. Its not as if Hitchcock lost to a no talent hack.

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

Billy wilder eli kazan

[@theitalianalien8477]

Theguy who, after losing for double indemnity dissed the oscars!

[@theitalianalien8477]

BY the way, I absolutely love Wilder!

[@britswitz]

He said:,, Thank you, you descirnig people" Who gets the joke???

[@atulrawat4559]

The shower scene was iconic...you did it wrong oscar..😑

[@旧梦青石]

why not hitch

[@avalyn8111]

billy wilder deserved it idc

[@Wired4Life2]

As awesome as "THE APARTMENT" was in writing and acting, this Oscar was a bad decision. Hands-down should hane been Hitchcock's

[@laurajones1773]

Hitchcock definitely should have. He should also win in Rear Window as well.

[@anderson.placido]

Hitch should have won :'(((((((((((((((((

[@drstrangelove6558]

?

[@anderson.placido]

I don't speak engligh very well strangelove. I mean: Hitch should have won. I love B. Wilder, but Hitchcock should have won.

[@emiliobello2538]

Alfred Hitchcock should have won

[@drstrangelove6558]

so well deserved! the genius Mr. Wilder for THE APARTMENT. nune of the other nominees comes Close, imo! Cardiff comes at a second Place of the nominees for SONS AND LOVERS. but he still did not came near to Mr. Wilder. all the nominees here (Wilder for THE APARTMENT, Dassin for NEVER ON SUNDAY, Cardiff for SONS AND LOVERS and Zinnemann for THE SUNDOWNERS) exept for the so overrated Hitchcock for PSYCHO deserved to be in their imo. Mr. Brooks for ELMER GANTRY should have been nominated instead of Hitchcock. there are so many people who Thinks PSYCHO by Hitchcock deserved its Oscar here-but I could not disagree more! he and bergman is the two most overrated directors in Cinema history. PSYCHO has not even good writers, producers, tographers, costumes, sounds and many more things wich is the reason why Hitchcock dont deserved to be in there. THE APARTMENT has Everything Amazing! the story, the screeplay, the atcting, sound, effects, cinematography, songs, art direction, Writing, costumes, editing, direction, and of course the Picture itself (wich is imo one of the best Movies evermade) ! Itresting how ELMER GANTRY (by Mr. Brooks) and SPARTACUS (by Kubrick) was not nominated here (even of I Think SPARTACUS sucked and the direction was bad) beacuse they won so many other Awards. but THE APARTMENT, SONS AND LOVERS, THE SUNDOWNERS, NEVER ON SUNDAY, ELMER GANTRY and LATE ATUMN by wilder, Cardiff, zinnemann, dassin, brooks and ozy where the right guys to direct this ´great films`. :)

[@scifinerd17]

dr strangelove You always seem to think that the more favored film is overrated simply because it’s more popular.

[@laurajones1773]

Hitchcock was robbed!

[@iamanenglishmajour]

Hitch got screwed again! oh well.

[@atakangoktepe]

Hitch :,(

[@villanodeoro]

Honestly I prefer THE LOST WEEKEND

[@scorsese1]

I love Wilder but Hitch was robbed

[@BiffJackson-o4i]

Stalag 17. The rest of his catalog didn't interest me. Although the ladies liked them.

[@drstrangelove6558]

+BlueFox94 Mr. Wilder deserved this and Hitchcock sucks hands-UP!! :D

[@christophergerety5577]

I don't think the Apartment is a great movie. Lemmon, MacLaine and MacMurray are fine. The film score is uninspired. The cinematography is under-lit. The screenplay is underwhelming. (The big office set is brilliant.) The movie takes a long time to not go anywhere in particular. The movie won best director Oscar in a particularly weak field.

[@emilybrehmer8021]

we must not have watched the same movie. hmmm

[@thecinematicmind]

Christopher Gerety I think we definitely didn’t watch the same movie

[@steveperry6492]

Wow! I have that movie in my all-time top 10... I guess I need to watch more movies.