William A. Wellman

Directing

12 Movies 2 TV Shows

Born

February 29, 1896

Died

December 9, 1975

Place of Birth

Brookline, Massachusetts, USA

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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 directe…