Funny Girl (film) is an American television show.
Funny Girl is a 1968 American biographical romantic musical comedy-drama film directed by William Wyler . Produced by Brice 's son-in-law , Ray Stark , with music and lyrics by Jule Styne and Bob Merrill , the film stars Barbra Streisand ( reprising her Broadway role ) as Brice and Omar Sharif as Arnstein , with a supporting cast featuring Kay Medford , Anne Francis , Walter Pidgeon , Lee Allen , and Mae Questel . In 2006 , the American Film Institute ranked the film # 16 on its list commemorating AFI 's Greatest Movie Musicals . In 2016 , Funny Girl was deemed `` culturally , historically , or aesthetically significant '' by the United States Library of Congress , and selected for preservation in its National Film Registry