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William Augustus Wellman (February 29, 1896 – December 9, 1975) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and military pilot. He was known 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.
William A. Wellman. Director: A Star Is Born. William Wellman, the Oscar-winning screenwriter-director of the original A Star Is Born (1937), was called "Wild Bill" during his World War I service as an aviator, a nickname that persisted in Hollywood due to his larger-than-life personality and lifestyle. A leap-year baby born in 1896 on the 29th of February in Brookline, MA, Wellman was the ...
- February 29, 1896
- December 9, 1975
Wellman was born in Los Angeles, California, and is the son of actress Dorothy Wellman (née Coonan) and director William A. Wellman, about whose life and career he has talked in a number of interviews. His sister is actress Cissy Wellman.
William A. Wellman’s incredibly timely Depression-era melodramas “Heroes for Sale” and “Wild Boys of the Road” (both 1933) are among six titles in the third volume of …
May 8, 2015 · A son’s biography of his filmmaker father, the man behind 76 movies, including the first Oscar winner. ... As William Wellman Jr. observes in his rambunctious biography, "My father was always ...
Jan 12, 2023 · "William "Wild Bill" Wellman was not Paramount Pictures' first choice to direct the World War I epic Wings (1927), but as a former aviator and war hero, he was the right choice. Despite months waging epic battles of his own with studio executives, "Wild Bill" managed to finish the big-budget war saga by inventing many of the techniques still ...
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Apr 8, 2015 · The 21 films in the series were designated by the director’s son, William Wellman Jr. (author of a new biography of his father called “Wild Bill Wellman”) as the filmmaker’s favorites.
