Wilder: Billy

He frequently employed dramatic irony —letting the audience know more than the characters—to build tension and humor [1].

If there is a problem with the end, it was actually born in the first act [3]. billy wilder

For those seeking to "create a paper" or a script in the Wilder style, his ten famous tips from the book Conversations with Wilder remain essential [16, 52]: billy wilder

The Architect of Irony: The Cinematic Legacy of Billy Wilder billy wilder

Named after his mentor Ernst Lubitsch, this tip advises letting the audience "add up two plus two"—they will love you for letting them discover the truth themselves [3, 8].