William A. Wellman
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.
The Star Witness
(Company Workman (uncredited))
Evangeline
(British lieutenant)
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
(Self (archive footage))
Island in the Sky
(Narrator (voice) (uncredited))
Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)
(Self)
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
(Henry)
Wings
(Doughboy (uncredited))
Filmmakers in Action
(Self (archive footage))
1925 Studio Tour
(Self)
Gable: The King Remembered
(Himself)
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
(Self (archive footage))
The Men Who Made the Movies
This Is Your Life
(Self)
The Ox-Bow Incident
(Director)
Yellow Sky
(Director)
A Star Is Born
(Story)
A Star Is Born
(Director)
Battleground
(Director)
Other Men's Women
(Director)
The Iron Curtain
(Director)
Across the Wide Missouri
(Director)
Island in the Sky
(Director)
The Last Gangster
(Story)
Wings
(Director)
Blood Alley
(Director)
Beau Geste
(Producer)
Beau Geste
(Director)
Buffalo Bill
(Director)
Nothing Sacred
(Director)
Story of G.I. Joe
(Director)
Darby's Rangers
(Director)
The Next Voice You Hear...
(Director)
The Public Enemy
(Director)
The High and the Mighty
(Director)
Heroes for Sale
(Director)
Lafayette Escadrille
(Story)
Lafayette Escadrille
(Producer)
Lady of Burlesque
(Director)
Wild Boys of the Road
(Director)
Midnight Mary
(Director)
Safe in Hell
(Director)
Frisco Jenny
(Director)
Night Nurse
(Director)
Magic Town
(Director)
It's a Big Country
(Director)
The Purchase Price
(Director)
The Star Witness
(Director)
Roxie Hart
(Director)
Beggars of Life
(Director)
Thunder Birds
(Director)
The Man I Love
(Director)
Track of the Cat
(Director)
Central Airport
(Director)
The Great Man's Lady
(Director)
The Great Man's Lady
(Producer)
Westward the Women
(Director)
This Man's Navy
(Director)
Love Is a Racket
(Director)
Lilly Turner
(Director)
Robin Hood of El Dorado
(Director)
The Happy Years
(Director)
So Big!
(Director)
Small Town Girl
(Director)
Lafayette Escadrille
(Director)
The Hatchet Man
(Director)
Call of the Wild
(Director)
College Coach
(Director)
Looking for Trouble
(Director)
Maybe It's Love
(Director)
The Light That Failed
(Director)
The Boob
(Director)
Stingaree
(Director)
Woman Trap
(Director)
Ladies of the Mob
(Director)
The Legion of the Condemned
(Director)
The Legion of the Condemned
(Producer)
Ladies of the Mob
(Producer)
Men with Wings
(Director)
Men with Wings
(Producer)
The Conquerors
(Director)
Dangerous Paradise
(Director)
My Man and I
(Director)
You Never Know Women
(Director)
Reaching for the Sun
(Director)
The Man Who Won
(Director)
Young Eagles
(Director)
Gallant Journey
(Director)
Good-bye, My Lady
(Director)
Chinatown Nights
(Director)
The President Vanishes
(Director)
The Vagabond Trail
(Director)
Robin Hood of El Dorado
(Screenplay)
Magic Town
(Producer)
Female
(Assistant Director)
Second Hand Love
(Director)
Cupid's Fireman
(Director)
Not a Drum Was Heard
(Director)
The Circus Cowboy
(Director)
Tarzan Escapes
(Co-Director)
A Star Is Born
(Original Story)
Gallant Journey
(Producer)
The Light That Failed
(Producer)
Big Dan
(Director)
A Star Is Born
(Story)
Gallant Journey
(Writer)
A Star Is Born
(Story)
China Seas
(Second Unit Director)
Edgar and the Teacher's Pet
(Assistant Director)
Edgar's Hamlet
(Assistant Director)
The Cat's Pajamas
(Director)