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

1. The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) — Director
2. The Public Enemy (1931) — Director
3. Wings (1927) — Director
4. A Star Is Born (1937) — Director
5. Yellow Sky (1948) — Director
6. Nothing Sacred (1937) — Director
7. Beau Geste (1939) — Director
8. Battleground (1949) — Director
9. Night Nurse (1931) — Director
10. Westward the Women (1951) — Director
11. The High and the Mighty (1954) — Director
12. Island in the Sky (1953) — Director
13. Blood Alley (1955) — Director
14. Wild Boys of the Road (1933) — Director
15. Call of the Wild (1935) — Director
16. Story of G.I. Joe (1945) — Director
17. Lady of Burlesque (1943) — Director
18. Safe in Hell (1931) — Director
19. Track of the Cat (1954) — Director
20. Beggars of Life (1928) — Director
21. Buffalo Bill (1944) — Director
22. Across the Wide Missouri (1951) — Director
23. Magic Town (1947) — Director
24. The Iron Curtain (1948) — Director
25. The Purchase Price (1932) — Director
26. Roxie Hart (1942) — Director
27. Midnight Mary (1933) — Director
28. Heroes for Sale (1933) — Director
29. Other Men's Women (1931) — Director
30. Lafayette Escadrille (1958) — Director
31. Frisco Jenny (1933) — Director
32. The Star Witness (1931) — Director
33. Love is a Racket (1932) — Director
34. So Big! (1932) — Director
35. Central Airport (1933) — Director
36. The Hatchet Man (1932) — Director
37. College Coach (1933) — Director
38. The Boob (1926) — Director
39. The Great Man's Lady (1941) — Director
40. Small Town Girl (1936) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Wings (1927) — Doughboy (uncredited)
2. Island in the Sky (1953) — Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
3. Frisco Jenny (1933) — Reporter (uncredited)
4. 1925 Studio Tour (1925) — Self
5. The Star Witness (1931) — Company Workman (uncredited)
6. This Is Your Life (1952) — Self
7. You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story (2008) — Self (archive footage)
8. Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick (1995) — Self (archive footage)
9. Filmmakers in Action (2006) — Self (archive footage)
10. The Knickerbocker Buckaroo (1919) — Henry
11. Gable: The King Remembered (1975) — Himself
12. Evangeline (1919) — British lieutenant
13. Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8) (1931) — Self
14. The Men Who Made the Movies (1973)