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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.
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 ...
Feb 29, 2016 · That film’s director, William A. Wellman was born 120 years ago on 29 February 1896, and would go on to amass a CV with more than 80 pictures to his name. Given the name ‘Wild Bill’ as a result of his reckless flying during the war, his reputation as a brawling ladies’ man ensured it stuck through his career as a filmmaker.
May 20, 2024 · William Wellman (born February 29, 1896, Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S.—died December 9, 1975, Los Angeles, California) was an American film director whose more than 80 movies included Hollywood classics of documentary -like realism and who was ranked as an action director alongside Howard Hawks and John Ford. (Read Martin Scorsese’s ...
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.
Jan 27, 2017 · BATTLEGROUND William A. Wellman shot his last prestige war film, depicting the Siege of Bastogne, on an enormous MGM soundstage. The studio was skeptical, but the movie — released in 1949 and ...
Lowest Rated: 40% Blood Alley (1955) Birthday: Feb 29, 1896. Birthplace: Brookline, Massachusetts, USA. Having directed nearly 80 motion pictures throughout his career, William Wellman was an ...
