Acting credits
14
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
William A. Wellman
Directing
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 94Series: 2Crew credits: 86
TMDB ID: 14643
IMDb ID: nm0920074
Known for: Directing
Born: February 29, 1896
Died: December 9, 1975
Age: 79
Place of birth: Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1918 - 2018
Years active: 101
Average TMDB rating: 6.52
Wikidata: Q290962
Also known as
William Augustus Wellman • William Wellman
Other jobs
Director (75)Assistant Director (4)Story (4)Co-Director (1)Original Story (1)Second Unit Director (1)
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with William A. Wellman.
7.5
A Star Is Born
Original Story
2018 Movie
8.5
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
as Self (archive footage)
2008 Movie
6.8
Filmmakers in Action
as Self (archive footage)
2006 Movie
8.0
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
as Self (archive footage)
1995 Movie
6.0
A Star Is Born
Story
1976 Movie
6.0
Gable: The King Remembered
as Himself
1975 Movie
4.5
Lafayette Escadrille
Story
1958 Movie
5.9
Darby's Rangers
Director
1958 Movie
7.7
Good-bye, My Lady
Director
1956 Movie
5.9
Blood Alley
Director
1955 Movie
5.9
Track of the Cat
Director
1954 Movie
7.1
A Star Is Born
Story
1954 Movie
5.9
The High and the Mighty
Director
1954 Movie
6.3
Island in the Sky
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1953 Movie
6.8
My Man and I
Director
1952 Movie
7.1
Westward the Women
Director
1951 Movie
5.3
It's a Big Country
Director
1951 Movie
5.9
Across the Wide Missouri
Director
1951 Movie
7.7
The Happy Years
Director
1950 Movie
5.2
The Next Voice You Hear...
Director
1950 Movie
6.7
Battleground
Director
1949 Movie
6.9
Yellow Sky
Director
1948 Movie
5.8
The Iron Curtain
Director
1948 Movie
6.7
Magic Town
Director
1947 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with William A. Wellman.
