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William A. Wellman

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William A. Wellman

Feb 29, 1896 – Dec 9, 197596 titles 94 movies · 2 TV
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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.

Also known as

William Augustus Wellman · William Wellman

Born

Feb 29, 1896 – Dec 9, 1975

Brookline, Massachusetts, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

14

Acting credits

82

Directing

8

Writing

9

Other crew

Most critically rated

Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)

Most commercially successful

Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

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1918 1 title(s)

1919 2 title(s)

1920 2 title(s)

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1958 2 title(s)

1973 1 title(s)

1975 1 title(s)

1976 1 title(s)

1995 1 title(s)

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2008 1 title(s)

2018 1 title(s)