Director
William A. Wellman
Born 1896 · Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
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.
Directed
The Ox-Bow Incident
Director · 1943
The Public Enemy
Director · 1931
Wings
Director · 1927
A Star Is Born
Director · 1937
Yellow Sky
Director · 1948
Beau Geste
Director · 1939
Westward the Women
Director · 1951
Battleground
Director · 1949
Night Nurse
Director · 1931
Nothing Sacred
Director · 1937
Tarzan Escapes
Co-Director · 1936
Beggars of Life
Director · 1928
Wild Boys of the Road
Director · 1933
Island in the Sky
Director · 1953
Safe in Hell
Director · 1931
The High and the Mighty
Director · 1954
Story of G.I. Joe
Director · 1945
Call of the Wild
Director · 1935
Acting
Wings
Doughboy (uncredited) · 1927
Island in the Sky
Narrator (voice) (uncredited) · 1953
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
Self (archive footage) · 2008
The Star Witness
Company Workman (uncredited) · 1931
Frisco Jenny
Reporter (uncredited) · 1933
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
Self (archive footage) · 1995
Evangeline
British lieutenant · 1919
1925 Studio Tour
Self · 1925
This Is Your Life
Self · 1952
Filmmakers in Action
Self (archive footage) · 2006
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
Henry · 1919
Gable: The King Remembered
Himself · 1975
Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)
Self · 1931
