Directing · b. 1896 · Brookline, Massachusetts, USA

William A. Wellman

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.

Directed
Darby's Rangers 1958 Lafayette Escadrille 1958 Good-bye, My Lady 1956 Blood Alley 1955 The High and the Mighty 1954 Track of the Cat 1954 Island in the Sky 1953 My Man and I 1952 Across the Wide Missouri 1951 It's a Big Country 1951 Westward the Women 1951 The Next Voice You Hear... 1950 The Happy Years 1950 Battleground 1949 Yellow Sky 1948 The Iron Curtain 1948 Magic Town 1947 Gallant Journey 1946 Story of G.I. Joe 1945 This Man's Navy 1945 Buffalo Bill 1944 The Ox-Bow Incident 1943 Lady of Burlesque 1943 Roxie Hart 1942 Thunder Birds 1942 The Great Man's Lady 1941 Reaching for the Sun 1941 Beau Geste 1939 The Light That Failed 1939 Men with Wings 1938 A Star Is Born 1937 Nothing Sacred 1937 Robin Hood of El Dorado 1936 Small Town Girl 1936 Call of the Wild 1935 Looking for Trouble 1934 Stingaree 1934 The President Vanishes 1934 Heroes for Sale 1933 Wild Boys of the Road 1933 Midnight Mary 1933 Frisco Jenny 1933 Central Airport 1933 Lilly Turner 1933 College Coach 1933 The Purchase Price 1932 Love is a Racket 1932 So Big! 1932 The Hatchet Man 1932 The Conquerors 1932 Other Men's Women 1931 The Public Enemy 1931 Safe in Hell 1931 Night Nurse 1931 The Star Witness 1931 Maybe It's Love 1930 Dangerous Paradise 1930 Young Eagles 1930 The Man I Love 1929 Woman Trap 1929 Chinatown Nights 1929 Beggars of Life 1928 Ladies of the Mob 1928 The Legion of the Condemned 1928 Wings 1927 The Boob 1926 You Never Know Women 1926 The Cat's Pajamas 1926 When Husbands Flirt 1925 The Vagabond Trail 1924 Not a Drum Was Heard 1924 The Circus Cowboy 1924 The Man Who Won 1923 Second Hand Love 1923 Cupid's Fireman 1923 Big Dan 1923
Acting
Other Credits
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