William A. Wellman
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.
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Movies (94)
A Star Is Born
2018 · Original Story
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)
A Star Is Born
1976 · Story
Gable: The King Remembered
1975 · Self
Lafayette Escadrille
1958 · Story, Producer, Director
Darby's Rangers
1958 · Director
Good-bye, My Lady
1956 · Director
Blood Alley
1955 · Director
Track of the Cat
1954 · Director
A Star Is Born
1954 · Story
The High and the Mighty
1954 · Director
Island in the Sky
1953 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director
My Man and I
1952 · Director
Westward the Women
1951 · Director
It's a Big Country
1951 · Director
Across the Wide Missouri
1951 · Director
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, Writer
Story of G.I. Joe
1945 · Director
This Man's Navy
1945 · Director
Buffalo Bill
1944 · Director
Lady of Burlesque
1943 · Director
The Ox-Bow Incident
1943 · Director
Thunder Birds
1942 · Director
Roxie Hart
1942 · Director
The Great Man's Lady
1941 · Director, Producer
Reaching for the Sun
1941 · Director
The Light That Failed
1939 · Director, Producer
Beau Geste
1939 · Director, Producer
Men with Wings
1938 · Director, Producer
Nothing Sacred
1937 · Director
The Last Gangster
1937 · Story
A Star Is Born
1937 · Director, Story
Tarzan Escapes
1936 · Co-Director
Small Town Girl
1936 · Director
Robin Hood of El Dorado
1936 · Director, Screenplay
Call of the Wild
1935 · Director
China Seas
1935 · Second Unit Director
The President Vanishes
1934 · Director
Stingaree
1934 · Director
Looking for Trouble
1934 · Director
Female
1933 · Assistant Director
College Coach
1933 · Director
Wild Boys of the Road
1933 · Director
Midnight Mary
1933 · Director
Heroes for Sale
1933 · Director
Lilly Turner
1933 · Director
Central Airport
1933 · Director
Frisco Jenny
1933 · Reporter (uncredited), Director
The Conquerors
1932 · Director
The Purchase Price
1932 · Director
Love is a Racket
1932 · Director
So Big!
1932 · Director
The Hatchet Man
1932 · Director
Safe in Hell
1931 · Director
The Star Witness
1931 · Company Workman (uncredited), Director
Night Nurse
1931 · Director
Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)
1931 · Self
The Public Enemy
1931 · Director
Other Men's Women
1931 · Director
Maybe It's Love
1930 · Director
Young Eagles
1930 · Director
Dangerous Paradise
1930 · Director
Woman Trap
1929 · Director
The Man I Love
1929 · Director
Chinatown Nights
1929 · Director
Beggars of Life
1928 · Director
Ladies of the Mob
1928 · Director, Producer
The Legion of the Condemned
1928 · Director, Producer
Wings
1927 · Doughboy (uncredited), Director
You Never Know Women
1926 · Director
The Cat's Pajamas
1926 · Director
The Boob
1926 · Director
When Husbands Flirt
1925 · Director
1925 Studio Tour
1925 · Self
The Circus Cowboy
1924 · Director
The Vagabond Trail
1924 · Director
Not a Drum Was Heard
1924 · Director
Cupid's Fireman
1923 · Director
Big Dan
1923 · Director
The Man Who Won
1923 · Director
Second Hand Love
1923 · Director
Edgar's Hamlet
1920 · Assistant Director
Edgar and the Teacher's Pet
1920 · Assistant Director
Evangeline
1919 · British lieutenant
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
1919 · Henry
The Unwritten Code
1918 · Assistant Director
