Collaborating with “Is”
This would be the second collaboration with I.A.L Diamond, known as “IS.” The pair even went on to write ten more films together. According to Jack Lemmon; “Billy felt that the writing was 90% of the film with directing the only being a small fraction of the business.”
Some Like It Hot – 1959, Billy Wilder, Marilyn Monroe. Photo By United Artists/Kobal/Shutterstock
This may be a testament to Billy’s success as even today most movie writers will complain that their writing gets overlooked by directors, and that it changes the essence of the script they originally wrote.