William A. Wellman
February 29, 1896 (128 years old) 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2008 · You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story as Self (archive footage)
- 2006 · Filmmakers in Action as Self (archive footage)
- 1995 · Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick as Self (archive footage)
- 1975 · Gable: The King Remembered as Himself
- 1973 · The Men Who Made the Movies as
- 1953 · Island in the Sky as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1952 · This Is Your Life as Self
- 1931 · The Star Witness as Company Workman (uncredited)
- 1931 · Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8) as Self
- 1927 · Wings as Doughboy (uncredited)
- 1925 · 1925 Studio Tour as Self
- 1919 · Evangeline as British lieutenant
- 1919 · The Knickerbocker Buckaroo as Henry