Personal Info
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
BirthdayFebruary 28, 1896 (129 years old)
Place of BirthBrookline, Massachusetts, USA
William A. Wellman
Biography
William Augustus Wellman was an American film director. Although Wellman began his film career as an actor, he worked on over 80 films, as director, producer and consultant but most often as a director, notable for his work in crime, adventure and action genre films, often focusing on aviation themes, a particular passion. He also directed several well regarded satirical comedies. Wellman directed the 1927 film Wings, which became the first film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture at the 1st Academy Awards ceremony.
Known For
The Star Witness
Evangeline
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
Island in the Sky
Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
Wings
Filmmakers in Action
1925 Studio Tour
Gable: The King Remembered
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
Frisco Jenny
The Men Who Made the Movies
This Is Your Life
The Ox-Bow Incident
Yellow Sky
A Star Is Born
A Star Is Born
Battleground
Other Men's Women
The Iron Curtain
Across the Wide Missouri
Island in the Sky
The Last Gangster
Wings
Blood Alley
Beau Geste
Beau Geste
Buffalo Bill
Nothing Sacred
Story of G.I. Joe
Darby's Rangers
The Next Voice You Hear...
The Public Enemy
The High and the Mighty
Heroes for Sale
Lafayette Escadrille
Lafayette Escadrille
Lady of Burlesque
Wild Boys of the Road
Midnight Mary
Safe in Hell
Night Nurse
Frisco Jenny
Magic Town
It's a Big Country
The Purchase Price
The Star Witness
Roxie Hart
Beggars of Life
Thunder Birds
The Man I Love
Central Airport
Track of the Cat
The Great Man's Lady
The Great Man's Lady
Westward the Women
This Man's Navy
Love Is a Racket
Lilly Turner
Robin Hood of El Dorado
The Happy Years
So Big!
Small Town Girl
Lafayette Escadrille
The Hatchet Man
Call of the Wild
College Coach
Looking for Trouble
Maybe It's Love
The Light That Failed
The Boob
Stingaree
Woman Trap
The Legion of the Condemned
The Legion of the Condemned
Ladies of the Mob
Ladies of the Mob
Men with Wings
Men with Wings
The Conquerors
Dangerous Paradise
My Man and I
You Never Know Women
Reaching for the Sun
The Man Who Won
Young Eagles
Gallant Journey
Good-bye, My Lady
Chinatown Nights
The President Vanishes
The Vagabond Trail
Robin Hood of El Dorado
Magic Town
Female
Second Hand Love
Cupid's Fireman
Not a Drum Was Heard
The Circus Cowboy
Tarzan Escapes
A Star Is Born
Gallant Journey
The Light That Failed
Big Dan
A Star Is Born
Gallant Journey
A Star Is Born
China Seas
Edgar and the Teacher's Pet
Edgar's Hamlet
The Cat's Pajamas