Gene Wilder listening to one of his favorite songs, a rendition of "Over the Rainbow" sung by Ella Fitzgerald. Gene Wilder Jerome Silberman (June 11, 1933 – August 29, 2016), known professionally as Gene Wilder, was an American actor, screenwriter, director, producer, singer-songwriter and author. Wilder 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
My Name Is 'A' by Anonymous to releasing the film Ryan chose to release the work anonymously due to negative initial critic reviews. At this point the film's title had changed to "My Name Is 'A'" and Ryan added the words "By Anonymous" to the title to reflect on what was supposed to be the anonymity of the director. He later decided against releasing the film anonymously, but chose to leave "By Anonymous" in the title to reflect on the anonymity of several of the characters in the film. Theatrical and VOD film rights to "My Name Is 'A' By Anonymous" were purchased shortly after its