Directing • AGE 79
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 directo...


A Star Is Born
Original Story
2018

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
Self (archive footage)
2008

Filmmakers in Action
Self (archive footage)
2006

Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
Self (archive footage)
1995

A Star Is Born
Story
1976

Gable: The King Remembered
Himself
1975

The Men Who Made the Movies
1973

Lafayette Escadrille
Story
1958

Darby's Rangers
Director
1958

Good-bye, My Lady
Director
1956

Blood Alley
Director
1955

Track of the Cat
Director
1954

A Star Is Born
Story
1954

The High and the Mighty
Director
1954

Island in the Sky
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1953

This Is Your Life
Self
1952

My Man and I
Director
1952

Westward the Women
Director
1951

It's a Big Country
Director
1951

Across the Wide Missouri
Director
1951

The Happy Years
Director
1950

The Next Voice You Hear...
Director
1950

Battleground
Director
1949

Yellow Sky
Director
1948

The Iron Curtain
Director
1948

Magic Town
Director
1947

Gallant Journey
Director
1946

Story of G.I. Joe
Director
1945

This Man's Navy
Director
1945

Buffalo Bill
Director
1944

Lady of Burlesque
Director
1943

The Ox-Bow Incident
Director
1943

Thunder Birds
Director
1942

Roxie Hart
Director
1942

The Great Man's Lady
Director
1941

Reaching for the Sun
Director
1941

The Light That Failed
Director
1939

Beau Geste
Producer
1939

Men with Wings
Director
1938

Nothing Sacred
Director
1937

The Last Gangster
Story
1937

A Star Is Born
Story
1937

Tarzan Escapes
Co-Director
1936

Small Town Girl
Director
1936

Robin Hood of El Dorado
Director
1936

Call of the Wild
Director
1935

China Seas
Second Unit Director
1935

The President Vanishes
Director
1934

Stingaree
Director
1934

Looking for Trouble
Director
1934

Female
Assistant Director
1933

College Coach
Director
1933

Wild Boys of the Road
Director
1933

Midnight Mary
Director
1933

Heroes for Sale
Director
1933

Lilly Turner
Director
1933

Central Airport
Director
1933

Frisco Jenny
Reporter (uncredited)
1933

The Conquerors
Director
1932

The Purchase Price
Director
1932

Love is a Racket
Director
1932

So Big!
Director
1932

The Hatchet Man
Director
1932

Safe in Hell
Director
1931

The Star Witness
Company Workman (uncredited)
1931

Night Nurse
Director
1931

Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)
Self
1931

The Public Enemy
Director
1931

Other Men's Women
Director
1931

Maybe It's Love
Director
1930

Young Eagles
Director
1930

Dangerous Paradise
Director
1930

Woman Trap
Director
1929

The Man I Love
Director
1929

Chinatown Nights
Director
1929

Beggars of Life
Director
1928

Ladies of the Mob
Director
1928

The Legion of the Condemned
Director
1928

Wings
Doughboy (uncredited)
1927

You Never Know Women
Director
1926

The Cat's Pajamas
Director
1926

The Boob
Director
1926

When Husbands Flirt
Director
1925

1925 Studio Tour
Self
1925

The Circus Cowboy
Director
1924

The Vagabond Trail
Director
1924

Not a Drum Was Heard
Director
1924

Cupid's Fireman
Director
1923

Big Dan
Director
1923

The Man Who Won
Director
1923

Second Hand Love
Director
1923

Edgar's Hamlet
Assistant Director
1920

Edgar and the Teacher's Pet
Assistant Director
1920

Evangeline
British lieutenant
1919

The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
Henry
1919

The Unwritten Code
Assistant Director
1918