Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Wyler akawana budiriro mukupera kwama 1940 nama 1950. Akanga ari mutevedzeri wemugadziri wehama yake "The Heiress" (1949), iyo yakasarudzwa kuti ive Best Film paAcademy Awards
uye akakunda nyeredzi yaro, Olivia de Havilland, Oscar yake yechipiri. Wyler akasarudzwa nokuda kweBest Screenplay for "Detective Story" (1951), imwe firimu yakatungamirirwa nemukoma wake uye yakaita nharo muzuva rayo. Akanga achibatanidzwa semubatsiri wemugadziri pamafirimu akawanda emukoma wake muma1950, akadai se "Roman Holiday" (1953) uye "Friendly Persuasion" (1956).