William A. Wellman

Known for: Directing
Born: February 29, 1896, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
Died: December 9, 1975
Movies: 88

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.

Best-Known Movies

7.7

The Ox-Bow Incident

1943

7.3

The Public Enemy

1931

7.2

Wings

1927

7.2

A Star Is Born

1937

7.0

Yellow Sky

1948

6.3

Nothing Sacred

1937

7.0

Beau Geste

1939

6.7

Battleground

1949

6.8

Night Nurse

1931

5.9

The High and the Mighty

1954

Filmography

2008	You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story	Self (archive footage)
2006	Filmmakers in Action	Self (archive footage)
1995	Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick	Self (archive footage)
1975	Gable: The King Remembered	Self
1953	Island in the Sky	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1933	Frisco Jenny	Reporter (uncredited)
1931	The Star Witness	Company Workman (uncredited)
1931	Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)	Self
1927	Wings	Doughboy (uncredited)
1925	1925 Studio Tour	Self
1919	Evangeline	British lieutenant
1919	The Knickerbocker Buckaroo	Henry

Directing, Writing & Producing

1958	Lafayette Escadrille	Producer, Director
1958	Darby's Rangers	Director
1956	Good-bye, My Lady	Director
1955	Blood Alley	Director
1954	Track of the Cat	Director
1954	The High and the Mighty	Director
1953	Island in the Sky	Director
1952	My Man and I	Director
1951	Westward the Women	Director
1951	It's a Big Country	Director
1951	Across the Wide Missouri	Director
1950	The Happy Years	Director
1950	The Next Voice You Hear...	Director
1949	Battleground	Director
1948	Yellow Sky	Director
1948	The Iron Curtain	Director
1947	Magic Town	Director, Producer
1946	Gallant Journey	Director, Producer, Writer
1945	Story of G.I. Joe	Director
1945	This Man's Navy	Director
1944	Buffalo Bill	Director
1943	Lady of Burlesque	Director
1943	The Ox-Bow Incident	Director
1942	Thunder Birds	Director
1942	Roxie Hart	Director
1941	The Great Man's Lady	Director, Producer
1941	Reaching for the Sun	Director
1939	The Light That Failed	Director, Producer
1939	Beau Geste	Director, Producer
1938	Men with Wings	Director, Producer
1937	Nothing Sacred	Director
1937	A Star Is Born	Director
1936	Small Town Girl	Director
1936	Robin Hood of El Dorado	Director, Screenplay
1935	Call of the Wild	Director
1934	The President Vanishes	Director
1934	Stingaree	Director
1934	Looking for Trouble	Director
1933	College Coach	Director
1933	Wild Boys of the Road	Director
1933	Midnight Mary	Director
1933	Heroes for Sale	Director
1933	Lilly Turner	Director
1933	Central Airport	Director
1933	Frisco Jenny	Director
1932	The Conquerors	Director
1932	The Purchase Price	Director
1932	Love is a Racket	Director
1932	So Big!	Director
1932	The Hatchet Man	Director
1931	Safe in Hell	Director
1931	The Star Witness	Director
1931	Night Nurse	Director
1931	The Public Enemy	Director
1931	Other Men's Women	Director
1930	Maybe It's Love	Director
1930	Young Eagles	Director
1930	Dangerous Paradise	Director
1929	Woman Trap	Director
1929	The Man I Love	Director
1929	Chinatown Nights	Director
1928	Beggars of Life	Director
1928	Ladies of the Mob	Director, Producer
1928	The Legion of the Condemned	Director, Producer
1927	Wings	Director
1926	You Never Know Women	Director
1926	The Cat's Pajamas	Director
1926	The Boob	Director
1925	When Husbands Flirt	Director
1924	The Circus Cowboy	Director
1924	The Vagabond Trail	Director
1924	Not a Drum Was Heard	Director
1923	Cupid's Fireman	Director
1923	Big Dan	Director
1923	The Man Who Won	Director
1923	Second Hand Love	Director

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