William A. Wellman
Directing
Born February 29, 1896 in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
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
A Star Is Born
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
Self (archive footage)
Filmmakers in Action
Self (archive footage)
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
Self (archive footage)
A Star Is Born
Gable: The King Remembered
Himself
The Men Who Made the Movies
Lafayette Escadrille
Darby's Rangers
Good-bye, My Lady
Blood Alley
Track of the Cat
A Star Is Born
The High and the Mighty
Island in the Sky
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
This Is Your Life
Self
My Man and I
Westward the Women
It's a Big Country
Across the Wide Missouri
The Happy Years
The Next Voice You Hear...
Battleground
Yellow Sky
The Iron Curtain
Magic Town
Gallant Journey
Story of G.I. Joe
This Man's Navy
Buffalo Bill
Lady of Burlesque
The Ox-Bow Incident
Thunder Birds
Roxie Hart
The Great Man's Lady
Reaching for the Sun
The Light That Failed
Beau Geste
Men with Wings
Nothing Sacred
The Last Gangster
A Star Is Born
Tarzan Escapes
Small Town Girl
Robin Hood of El Dorado
Call of the Wild
China Seas
The President Vanishes
Stingaree
Looking for Trouble
Female
College Coach
Wild Boys of the Road
Midnight Mary
Heroes for Sale
Lilly Turner
Central Airport
Frisco Jenny
Reporter (uncredited)
The Conquerors
The Purchase Price
Love is a Racket
So Big!
The Hatchet Man
Safe in Hell
The Star Witness
Company Workman (uncredited)
Night Nurse
Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)
Self
The Public Enemy
Other Men's Women
Maybe It's Love
Young Eagles
Dangerous Paradise
Woman Trap
The Man I Love
Chinatown Nights
Beggars of Life
Ladies of the Mob
The Legion of the Condemned
Wings
Doughboy (uncredited)
You Never Know Women
The Cat's Pajamas
The Boob
When Husbands Flirt
1925 Studio Tour
Self
The Circus Cowboy
The Vagabond Trail
Not a Drum Was Heard
Cupid's Fireman
Big Dan
The Man Who Won
Second Hand Love
Edgar's Hamlet
Edgar and the Teacher's Pet
Evangeline
British lieutenant
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
Henry
The Unwritten Code