Directing
Community Rating
6.0
TMDB estimate
Born
February 29, 1896
Died
December 9, 1975 (age 79)
Born 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.
A Star Is Born
as Original Story
2018
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You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
as Self (archive footage)
2008
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Filmmakers in Action
as Self (archive footage)
2006
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Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
as Self (archive footage)
1995
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A Star Is Born
as Story
1976
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Gable: The King Remembered
as Himself
1975
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The Men Who Made the Movies
1973
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Lafayette Escadrille
as Story, Producer, Director
1958
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Darby's Rangers
as Director
1958
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Good-bye, My Lady
as Director
1956
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Blood Alley
as Director
1955
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Track of the Cat
as Director
1954
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A Star Is Born
as Story
1954
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The High and the Mighty
as Director
1954
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Island in the Sky
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director
1953
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This Is Your Life
as Self
1952
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My Man and I
as Director
1952
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Westward the Women
as Director
1951
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It's a Big Country
as Director
1951
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Across the Wide Missouri
as Director
1951
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