beginning to reinvent american cinema douglas sirk roberts mack otto preminger fritz la michael curtis and the man who became his mentor and lubitsch. a budding screenwriter wilder worked by his master's side and even squeezed a laugh out of grad a guard in the movie. while there soon teamed up with writer charles brackett and in one thousand nine hundred two they expanded their collaboration to include producing and directing. for the day before i went to lubitsch and said tomorrow morning i start shooting my first film i'm going to crapped my pants yes yes. yes and you get said i'm making my seventy a thorough and i still crap my pants every day doc. bracket and wilder proceeded to produce masterpieces like double indemnity and sunset boulevard with stolid seventeen sabrina and the seven year itch wilder proved himself