Director
William A. Wellman
130 years · Brookline, Massachusetts, USA · 84 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 84
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 · Self
Lafayette Escadrille
1958 · Producer, Director
Darby's Rangers
1958 · Director
Good-bye, My Lady
1956 · Director
On Mometu
Blood Alley
1955 · Director
On YouTube TV
Track of the Cat
1954 · Director
On Mometu
The High and the Mighty
1954 · Director
On YouTube TV
Island in the Sky
1953 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director
On Kanopy
My Man and I
1952 · Director
Westward the Women
1951 · Director
On Fawesome
It's a Big Country
1951 · Director
Across the Wide Missouri
1951 · Director
On Artiflix
The Happy Years
1950 · Director
The Next Voice You Hear...
1950 · Director
Battleground
1949 · Director
Yellow Sky
1948 · Director
The Iron Curtain
1948 · Director
Magic Town
1947 · Director, Producer
Gallant Journey
1946 · Director, Producer
Story of G.I. Joe
1945 · Director
On Plex
This Man's Navy
1945 · Director