02/29/1896
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.
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Cineastes en acció (2006) as Himself (archive footage) |
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Island in the Sky (1953) as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
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Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8) (1931) as Himself |
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Wings (1927) as Doughboy (uncredited) |
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The Knickerbocker Buckaroo (1919) as Henry |
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A Star Is Born (2018) Story |
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A Star Is Born (1976) Story |
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Lafayette Escadrille (1958) Director |
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Darby's Rangers (1958) Director |
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Good-bye, My Lady (1956) Director |
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Blood Alley (1955) Director |
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Track of the Cat (1954) Director |
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A Star Is Born (1954) Story |
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The High and the Mighty (1954) Director |
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Island in the Sky (1953) Director |
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My Man and I (1952) Director |
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Westward the Women (1951) Director |
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It's a Big Country (1951) Director |
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Across the Wide Missouri (1951) Director |
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The Happy Years (1950) Director |
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The Next Voice You Hear.... (1950) Director |
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Battleground (1949) Director |
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Yellow Sky (1948) Director |
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The Iron Curtain (1948) Director |
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Magic Town (1947) Director |
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Magic Town (1947) Producer |
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Gallant Journey (1946) Director |
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Gallant Journey (1946) Writer |
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Story of G.I. Joe (1945) Director |
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This Man's Navy (1945) Director |
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Buffalo Bill (1943) Director |
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Lady of Burlesque (1943) Director |
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The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) Director |
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Thunder Birds (1942) Director |
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The Great Man's Lady (1942) Director |
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The Great Man's Lady (1942) Producer |
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Roxie Hart (1942) Director |
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Reaching for the Sun (1941) Director |
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The Light That Failed (1939) Director |
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The Light That Failed (1939) Producer |
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Beau Geste (1939) Director |
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Beau Geste (1939) Producer |
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Men with Wings (1938) Director |
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Men with Wings (1938) Producer |
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Nothing Sacred (1937) Director |
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The Last Gangster (1937) Story |
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A Star Is Born (1937) Director |
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A Star Is Born (1937) Story |
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Tarzan Escapes (1936) Director |
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Small Town Girl (1936) Director |
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Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936) Director |
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Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936) Screenplay |
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China Seas (1935) Second Unit Director |
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Call of the Wild (1935) Director |
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The President Vanishes (1934) Director |
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Stingaree (1934) Director |
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Viva Villa! (1934) Director |
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Looking for Trouble (1934) Director |
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College Coach (1933) Director |
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Female (1933) Assistant Director |
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Wild Boys of the Road (1933) Director |
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Midnight Mary (1933) Director |
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Heroes for Sale (1933) Director |
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Lilly Turner (1933) Director |
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Central Airport (1933) Director |
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Frisco Jenny (1932) Director |
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The Conquerors (1932) Director |
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The Purchase Price (1932) Director |
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Love Is a Racket (1932) Director |
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So Big! (1932) Director |
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The Hatchet Man (1932) Director |
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Safe in Hell (1931) Director |
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The Star Witness (1931) Director |
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Night Nurse (1931) Director |
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The Public Enemy (1931) Director |
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Other Men's Women (1931) Director |
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Maybe It's Love (1930) Director |
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Young Eagles (1930) Director |
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Dangerous Paradise (1930) Director |
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Woman Trap (1929) Director |
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The Man I Love (1929) Director |
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Chinatown Nights (1929) Director |
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Beggars of Life (1928) Director |
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Ladies of the Mob (1928) Director |
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Ladies of the Mob (1928) Producer |
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The Legion of the Condemned (1928) Director |
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The Legion of the Condemned (1928) Producer |
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Wings (1927) Director |
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You Never Know Women (1926) Director |
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The Boob (1926) Director |
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Big Dan (1923) Director |
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The Man Who Won (1923) Director |