Known For
Directing
Born
Feb 29, 1896
Died
Dec 09, 1975
Place of Birth
Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
Credits
97 titles
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
Filmography
A Star Is Born
Original Story
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
Self (archive footage)
Filmmakers in Action
Self (archive footage)
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
A Star Is Born
Story
Gable: The King Remembered
Self
The Men Who Made the Movies
Lafayette Escadrille
Story
Darby's Rangers
Director
Good-bye, My Lady
Director
Blood Alley
Director
Track of the Cat
Director
A Star Is Born
Story
The High and the Mighty
Director
Island in the Sky
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
This Is Your Life
Self
My Man and I
Director
Westward the Women
Director
It's a Big Country
Director
Across the Wide Missouri
Director
The Happy Years
Director
The Next Voice You Hear...
Director
Battleground
Director
Yellow Sky
Director
The Iron Curtain
Director
Magic Town
Director
Gallant Journey
Director
Story of G.I. Joe
Director
This Man's Navy
Director
Buffalo Bill
Director
Lady of Burlesque
Director
The Ox-Bow Incident
Director
Thunder Birds
Director
Roxie Hart
Director
The Great Man's Lady
Director
Reaching for the Sun
Director
The Light That Failed
Director
Beau Geste
Director
Men with Wings
Director
Nothing Sacred
Director
The Last Gangster
Story
A Star Is Born
Director
Tarzan Escapes
Co-Director
Small Town Girl
Director
Robin Hood of El Dorado
Director
Call of the Wild
Director
China Seas
Second Unit Director
The President Vanishes
Director
Stingaree
Director