William A. Wellman
Director · Actor · WriterWilliam 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.
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FILMOGRAPHY
ACTOR12
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
2008
Self (archive footage)
Filmmakers in Action
2006
Self (archive footage)
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
1995
Self (archive footage)
Gable: The King Remembered
1975
Himself
Island in the Sky
1953
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Frisco Jenny
1933
Reporter (uncredited)
The Star Witness
1931
Company Workman (uncredited)
Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)
1931
Self
Wings
1927
Doughboy (uncredited)
1925 Studio Tour
1925
Self
Evangeline
1919
British lieutenant
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
1919
Henry
DIRECTOR82
Darby's Rangers
1958
Director
Lafayette Escadrille
1958
Director
Good-bye, My Lady
1956
Director
Blood Alley
1955
Director
The High and the Mighty
1954
Director
Track of the Cat
1954
Director
Island in the Sky
1953
Director
My Man and I
1952
Director
Across the Wide Missouri
1951
Director
It's a Big Country
1951
Director
Westward the Women
1951
Director
The Next Voice You Hear...
1950
Director
The Happy Years
1950
Director
Battleground
1949
Director
Yellow Sky
1948
Director
The Iron Curtain
1948
Director
Magic Town
1947
Director
Gallant Journey
1946
Director
Story of G.I. Joe
1945
Director
This Man's Navy
1945
Director
Buffalo Bill
1944
Director
The Ox-Bow Incident
1943
Director
Lady of Burlesque
1943
Director
Roxie Hart
1942
Director
Thunder Birds
1942
Director
The Great Man's Lady
1941
Director
Reaching for the Sun
1941
Director
Beau Geste
1939
Director
The Light That Failed
1939
Director
Men with Wings
1938
Director
A Star Is Born
1937
Director
Nothing Sacred
1937
Director
Robin Hood of El Dorado
1936
Director
Small Town Girl
1936
Director
Tarzan Escapes
1936
Co-Director
Call of the Wild
1935
Director
China Seas
1935
Second Unit Director
Looking for Trouble
1934
Director
Stingaree
1934
Director
The President Vanishes
1934
Director
Heroes for Sale
1933
Director
Wild Boys of the Road
1933
Director
Midnight Mary
1933
Director
Frisco Jenny
1933
Director
Central Airport
1933
Director
Lilly Turner
1933
Director
College Coach
1933
Director
Female
1933
Assistant Director
The Purchase Price
1932
Director
Love is a Racket
1932
Director
So Big!
1932
Director
The Hatchet Man
1932
Director
The Conquerors
1932
Director
Other Men's Women
1931
Director
The Public Enemy
1931
Director
Safe in Hell
1931
Director
Night Nurse
1931
Director
The Star Witness
1931
Director
Maybe It's Love
1930
Director
Dangerous Paradise
1930
Director
Young Eagles
1930
Director
The Man I Love
1929
Director
Woman Trap
1929
Director
Chinatown Nights
1929
Director
Beggars of Life
1928
Director
The Legion of the Condemned
1928
Director
Ladies of the Mob
1928
Director
Wings
1927
Director
The Boob
1926
Director
You Never Know Women
1926
Director
The Cat's Pajamas
1926
Director
When Husbands Flirt
1925
Director
The Vagabond Trail
1924
Director
Not a Drum Was Heard
1924
Director
The Circus Cowboy
1924
Director
The Man Who Won
1923
Director
Second Hand Love
1923
Director
Cupid's Fireman
1923
Director
Big Dan
1923
Director
Edgar and the Teacher's Pet
1920
Assistant Director
Edgar's Hamlet
1920
Assistant Director
The Unwritten Code
1918
Assistant Director
