William A. Wellman

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

0.8441

Gender

Male

Birthday

29-Feb-1896

Age

(130 years old)

Place of Birth

Brookline, Massachusetts, USA

Also Known As
  • William Augustus Wellman
  • William Wellman

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.


Credits

Cineastes en acció Cineastes en acció (2006) Character: Self (archive footage)
What is the state of cinema and what being a filmmaker means? What are the measures taken to protect authors' copyright? What is their legal status in different countries? (Sequel to “Filmmakers vs. Tycoons.”)
1925 Studio Tour 1925 Studio Tour (1925) Character: Self
A tour of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio in 1925 shows the people who make the movies there, and gives viewers a glimpse at how movies are made.
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick (1995) Character: Self (archive footage)
Documentary exploring the career of noted film directer William A. Wellman.
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story (2008) Character: Self (archive footage)
Jack L. Warner, Harry Warner, Albert Warner and Sam Warner were siblings who were born in Poland and emigrated to Canada near the turn of the century. In 1903, the brothers entered the budding motion picture business. In time, the Warner Brothers moved into film production and would open their own studio in 1923.
Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8) Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8) (1931) Character: Self
Pola Negri, Bebe Daniels, Mitzi Green, Polly Moran, Mack Sennett and Marjorie Beebe are seen relaxing at Palm Springs, a California winter resort; Barbara Stanwyck and Ricardo Cortez play golf; other celebrities are shown in Malibu Beach.
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo The Knickerbocker Buckaroo (1919) Character: Henry
A lost film. Teddy Drake is a pleasure-seeking aristocrat who ends up expelled from his exclusive Fifth Avenue club for playing practical jokes and other rambunctious antics. He decides to reform his selfish ways and boards a train heading heading for the Southwest.
Gable: The King Remembered Gable: The King Remembered (1975) Character: Himself
Friends and co-workers recall the life of Hollywood screen star Clark Gable.
The Star Witness The Star Witness (1931) Character: Company Workman (uncredited)
A tough District Attorney goes after a murderous crime gang, only to find that his witnesses, an innocent family, have clammed up in fear of reprisals.
Island in the Sky Island in the Sky (1953) Character: Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
A C-47 transport plane, named the Corsair, makes a forced landing in the frozen wastelands of Labrador, and the plane's pilot, Captain Dooley, must keep his men alive in deadly conditions while awaiting rescue.
Wings Wings (1927) Character: Doughboy (uncredited)
Two young men, one rich, one middle class, both in love with the same woman, become US Air Corps fighter pilots and, eventually, heroic flying aces during World War I. Devoted best friends, their mutual love of the girl eventually threatens their bond. Meanwhile, a hometown girl who's the lovestruck lifelong next door neighbor of one of them pines away.
Frisco Jenny Frisco Jenny (1933) Character: Reporter (uncredited)
Jenny is carrying the child of a young man who dies in the San Francisco earthquake (1906). After giving birth, she decides to place her child in the custody of a wealthy married couple. Years later, thanks to the protection of a corrupt politician, she becomes the main "madame" of San Francisco, in addition to participating in various illegal activities.
Evangeline Evangeline (1919) Character: British lieutenant
In the Canadian province of Acadia, young Evangeline is betrothed to Gabriel. But before their wedding can take place, the British imprison the men and send them into exile with their lands forfeit to the Crown Evangeline follows the exiled men in hopes of finding her beloved, but even after he and the other Acadians are released in Louisiana, she cannot find him, always arriving at some locale just after he has departed. But she dedicates her life to searching the continent for the man she loves.



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