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William A. Wellman

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1896 - 1975

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.

Birthday: 1896-02-29

Born At: Brookline, Massachusetts, USA

Casted In:

Island in the Sky

Cineastes en acció

1925 Studio Tour

The Knickerbocker Buckaroo

Crewed In:

The Ox-Bow Incident

The Public Enemy

The High and the Mighty

Yellow Sky

The Iron Curtain

The Last Gangster

Wings

Blood Alley

Battleground

Other Men's Women

Across the Wide Missouri

Beau Geste

Nothing Sacred

Tarzan Escapes

Island in the Sky

Buffalo Bill

Ernie Pyle's Story of G.I. Joe

Darby's Rangers

Lady of Burlesque

Wild Boys of the Road

Night Nurse

It's a Big Country

Roxie Hart

The Next Voice You Hear...

Heroes for Sale

Midnight Mary

China Seas

Frisco Jenny

The Purchase Price

Safe in Hell

Female

Beggars of Life

Track of the Cat

The Man I Love

Magic Town

The Star Witness

Love Is a Racket

Lilly Turner

Robin Hood of El Dorado

The Great Man's Lady

So Big!

Thunder Birds

Central Airport

Gallant Journey

Westward the Women

This Man's Navy

The Happy Years

Small Town Girl

The Hatchet Man

Call of the Wild

Lafayette Escadrille

College Coach

The Boob

The Light That Failed

Looking for Trouble

Maybe It's Love

Stingaree

The Legion of the Condemned

Ladies of the Mob

Men with Wings

The Conquerors

Dangerous Paradise

Reaching for the Sun

The Man Who Won

You Never Know Women

Good-bye, My Lady

Chinatown Nights

The President Vanishes