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.
Acting (12 movies)
The Star Witness
1931
Evangeline
1919
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
1995
Island in the Sky
1953
Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)
1931
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
1919
Wings
1927
Filmmakers in Action
2006
1925 Studio Tour
1925
Gable: The King Remembered
1975
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
2008
Frisco Jenny
1933
Directing (75 movies)
The Ox-Bow Incident
1943
Yellow Sky
1948
A Star Is Born
1937
Battleground
1949
Other Men's Women
1931
The Iron Curtain
1948
Across the Wide Missouri
1951
Island in the Sky
1953
Wings
1927
Blood Alley
1955
Beau Geste
1939
Buffalo Bill
1944
Nothing Sacred
1937
Story of G.I. Joe
1945
Darby's Rangers
1958
The Next Voice You Hear...
1950
The Public Enemy
1931
The High and the Mighty
1954
Heroes for Sale
1933
Lady of Burlesque
1943
Wild Boys of the Road
1933
Midnight Mary
1933
Safe in Hell
1931
Frisco Jenny
1933
Night Nurse
1931
Magic Town
1947
It's a Big Country
1951
The Purchase Price
1932
The Star Witness
1931
Roxie Hart
1942
Beggars of Life
1928
Thunder Birds
1942
The Man I Love
1929
Track of the Cat
1954
Central Airport
1933
The Great Man's Lady
1941
Westward the Women
1951
This Man's Navy
1945
Love Is a Racket
1932
Lilly Turner
1933
Robin Hood of El Dorado
1936
The Happy Years
1950
So Big!
1932
Small Town Girl
1936
Lafayette Escadrille
1958
The Hatchet Man
1932
Call of the Wild
1935
College Coach
1933
Looking for Trouble
1934
Maybe It's Love
1930
The Light That Failed
1939
The Boob
1926
Stingaree
1934
Woman Trap
1929
Ladies of the Mob
1928
The Legion of the Condemned
1928
Men with Wings
1938
The Conquerors
1932
Dangerous Paradise
1930
My Man and I
1952
You Never Know Women
1926
Reaching for the Sun
1941
The Man Who Won
1923
Young Eagles
1930
Gallant Journey
1946
Good-bye, My Lady
1956
Chinatown Nights
1929
The President Vanishes
1934
The Vagabond Trail
1924
Second Hand Love
1923
Cupid's Fireman
1923
Not a Drum Was Heard
1924
The Circus Cowboy
1924
Big Dan
1923
The Cat's Pajamas
1926
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| The Legion of the Condemned | 1928 | Producer |
| Ladies of the Mob | 1928 | Producer |
| Robin Hood of El Dorado | 1936 | Screenplay |
| Men with Wings | 1938 | Producer |
| Beau Geste | 1939 | Producer |
| The Light That Failed | 1939 | Producer |
| The Great Man's Lady | 1941 | Producer |
| Gallant Journey | 1946 | Producer |
| Gallant Journey | 1946 | Writer |
| Magic Town | 1947 | Producer |
| Lafayette Escadrille | 1958 | Producer |