Gene Wilder

Gene Wilder (lahir Jerome Silberman; 11 Juni 1933 – 29 Agustus 2016) adalah seorang aktor, sutradara, penulis skenario, produser, penyanyi-penulis lagu, dan penulis Amerika. Ia memulai karirnya di atas panggung, dan membuat debut layarnya dalam sebuah episode serial TV The Play of the Week pada tahun 1961. Meskipun peran film pertamanya adalah memerankan seorang sandera dalam film Bonnie and Clyde tahun 1967, peran utama pertama Wilder adalah sebagai Leopold Bloom dalam film The Producers tahun 1967 yang membuatnya dinominasikan pada Academy Award untuk Aktor Pendukung Terbaik. Ini adalah yang pertama dari serangkaian kolaborasi dengan penulis/sutradara Mel Brooks, termasuk Blazing Saddles dan Young Frankenstein tahun 1974, yang ditulis bersama oleh Wilder, sehingga keduanya mendapatkan nominasi Academy Award untuk Skenario Adaptasi Terbaik. Ia dikenal karena perannya yang ikonik sebagai Willy Wonka dalam Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) dan empat filmnya bersama Richard Pryor: Silver Streak (1976), Stir Crazy (1980), See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989), dan Another You (1991), serta membintangi Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) (1972) karya Woody Allen. Ia menyutradarai dan menulis beberapa filmnya sendiri, termasuk The Woman in Red (1984). Bersama istri ketiganya, Gilda Radner, ia membintangi tiga film, dua film terakhir juga ia sutradarai. Kematiannya pada tahun 1989 akibat kanker ovarium menyebabkan keterlibatan aktifnya dalam mempromosikan kesadaran dan pengobatan kanker, membantu mendirikan Pusat Deteksi Kanker Ovarium Gilda Radner di Los Angeles dan ikut mendirikan Klub Gilda. Setelah penampilan akting terakhirnya pada tahun 2003 – peran tamu di Will & Grace di mana ia menerima Penghargaan Emmy untuk Aktor Tamu Luar Biasa – ia mengalihkan perhatiannya ke dunia penulisan. Dia menghasilkan memoar pada tahun 2005, Kiss Me Like a Stranger: Pencarian Saya untuk Cinta dan Seni; kumpulan cerita Apa Itu Yang Disebut Cinta? (2010); dan novel Pelacur Prancis Saya (2007), Wanita yang Tidak Akan (2008), dan Sesuatu untuk Diingat Anda Oleh (2013).

Gene Wilder (born Jerome Silberman; June 11, 1933 – August 29, 2016) was an American actor, director, screenwriter, producer, singer-songwriter, and author. He began his career on stage, and made his screen debut in an episode of the TV series The Play of the Week in 1961. Although his first film role was portraying a hostage in the 1967 motion picture Bonnie and Clyde, Wilder's first major role was as Leopold Bloom in the 1967 film The Producers for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. This was the first in a series of collaborations with writer/director Mel Brooks, including 1974's Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein, which Wilder co-wrote, garnering the pair an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. He is known for his iconic portrayal of Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) and for his four films with Richard Pryor: Silver Streak (1976), Stir Crazy (1980), See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989), and Another You (1991), as well as starring in Woody Allen's Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) (1972). He directed and wrote several of his own films, including The Woman in Red (1984). With his third wife, Gilda Radner, he starred in three films, the last two of which he also directed. Her 1989 death from ovarian cancer led to his active involvement in promoting cancer awareness and treatment, helping found the Gilda Radner Ovarian Cancer Detection Center in Los Angeles and co-founding Gilda's Club. After his last acting performance in 2003 – a guest role on Will & Grace for which he received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor – he turned his attention to writing. He produced a memoir in 2005, Kiss Me Like a Stranger: My Search for Love and Art; a collection of stories, What Is This Thing Called Love? (2010); and the novels My French Whore (2007), The Woman Who Wouldn't (2008), and Something to Remember You By (2013).