Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
2/29/1896
Place of Birth
Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
Also Known As
William Augustus WellmanWilliam 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.
Known For
Wings
as Doughboy (uncredited)
Frisco Jenny
as Reporter (uncredited)
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
as Self (archive footage)
Island in the Sky
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Filmmakers in Action
as Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)
as Self
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
as Self (archive footage)
The Star Witness
as Company Workman (uncredited)
Gable: The King Remembered
as Himself
1925 Studio Tour
as Self
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
as Henry
Evangeline
as British lieutenant