William A. Wellman

Born: 1896-02-29 in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA

Died: 1975-12-09

Known For: Directing

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

2018

A Star Is Born ... (Original Story)

2008

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story as Self (archive footage)

2006

Filmmakers in Action as Self (archive footage)

1955

Blood Alley ... (Director)

1954

The High and the Mighty ... (Director)
A Star Is Born ... (Story)
Track of the Cat ... (Director)

1953

Island in the Sky as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1952

This Is Your Life as Self
My Man and I ... (Director)

1951

Westward the Women ... (Director)
Across the Wide Missouri ... (Director)
It's a Big Country ... (Director)

1950

The Next Voice You Hear... ... (Director)
The Happy Years ... (Director)

1949

Battleground ... (Director)

1948

Yellow Sky ... (Director)
The Iron Curtain ... (Director)

1947

Magic Town ... (Director)

1946

Gallant Journey ... (Director)

1945

Story of G.I. Joe ... (Director)
This Man's Navy ... (Director)

1944

Buffalo Bill ... (Director)

1943

The Ox-Bow Incident ... (Director)
Lady of Burlesque ... (Director)

1942

Thunder Birds ... (Director)
Roxie Hart ... (Director)

1941

The Great Man's Lady ... (Director)
Reaching for the Sun ... (Director)

1939

Beau Geste ... (Director)
The Light That Failed ... (Director)

1938

Men with Wings ... (Director)

1937

Nothing Sacred ... (Director)
A Star Is Born ... (Director)
The Last Gangster ... (Story)

1936

Tarzan Escapes ... (Co-Director)
Small Town Girl ... (Director)
Robin Hood of El Dorado ... (Director)

1935

China Seas ... (Second Unit Director)
Call of the Wild ... (Director)

1934

Stingaree ... (Director)
The President Vanishes ... (Director)
Looking for Trouble ... (Director)

1933

Frisco Jenny as Reporter (uncredited)
Midnight Mary ... (Director)
College Coach ... (Director)
Female ... (Assistant Director)
Central Airport ... (Director)
Wild Boys of the Road ... (Director)
Heroes for Sale ... (Director)
Lilly Turner ... (Director)

1932

So Big! ... (Director)
The Conquerors ... (Director)
The Purchase Price ... (Director)
The Hatchet Man ... (Director)
Love Is a Racket ... (Director)

1931

The Public Enemy ... (Director)
Night Nurse ... (Director)
Safe in Hell ... (Director)
Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8) as Self
The Star Witness as Company Workman (uncredited)
Other Men's Women ... (Director)

1930

Dangerous Paradise ... (Director)
Young Eagles ... (Director)
Maybe It's Love ... (Director)

1929

Chinatown Nights ... (Director)
Woman Trap ... (Director)
The Man I Love ... (Director)

1928

Beggars of Life ... (Director)
The Legion of the Condemned ... (Director)
Ladies of the Mob ... (Director)

1927

Wings as Doughboy (uncredited)

1926

The Boob ... (Director)
The Cat's Pajamas ... (Director)
You Never Know Women ... (Director)

1925

1925 Studio Tour as Self

1924

The Circus Cowboy ... (Director)
Not a Drum Was Heard ... (Director)
The Vagabond Trail ... (Director)

1923

Second Hand Love ... (Director)
The Man Who Won ... (Director)
Cupid's Fireman ... (Director)
Big Dan ... (Director)

1920

Edgar and the Teacher's Pet ... (Assistant Director)
Edgar's Hamlet ... (Assistant Director)

1919

The Knickerbocker Buckaroo as Henry
Evangeline as British lieutenant

1918

The Unwritten Code ... (Assistant Director)