Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthdate
1896-02-29
Day of Death
1975-12-09
Place of Birth
Brookline, 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.
Filmography (12)
⭐ 8.5
Role:
Self (archive footage)
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
2008
⭐ 7.2
Role:
Self (archive footage)
Filmmakers in Action
2006
⭐ 8.2
Role:
Self (archive footage)
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
1995
⭐ 6.5
Role:
Himself
Gable: The King Remembered
1975
⭐ 6.3
Role:
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Island in the Sky
1953
⭐ 6.7
Role:
Reporter (uncredited)
Frisco Jenny
1933
⭐ 6.9
Role:
Company Workman (uncredited)
The Star Witness
1931
⭐ 6.0
Role:
Self
Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)
1931
⭐ 7.2
Role:
Doughboy (uncredited)
Wings
1927
⭐ 6.3
Role:
Self
1925 Studio Tour
1925
⭐ 9.0
Role:
British lieutenant
Evangeline
1919
⭐ 7.0
Role:
Henry