William A. Wellman

William A. Wellman

Director and writer. Born 29 February 1896 in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA. Died 9 December 1975.

3

Titles on Fi1m2 directing · 1 writing

78

Average Fi1m scoreas director · 2 titles

1

Oscar1 won · 3 nominated

Born

29 February 1896, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA

Died

9 December 1975

Active

1927–2018

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William A. Wellman drama director. An autographed picture 1937 and also aviator, screenwriter, actor and producer — William A. Wellman drama director. An autographed picture 1937 and also aviator, screenwriter, actor and producerThis work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in the United States between 1931 and 1977, inclusive, without a copyright notice. For further explanation, see Commons:Hirtle chart as well as a detailed definition of "publication" for public art. Note that it may still be copyrighted in jurisdictions that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works (depending on the date of the author's death), such as Canada (50 p.m.a.), Mainland China (50 p.m.a., not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 p.m.a.), Mexico (100 p.m.a.), Switzerland (70 p.m.a.), and other countries with individual treaties., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

William A. Wellman — William A. WellmanUnknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

William Wellman in a captured German Rumpler (1918) — William Wellman in a captured German Rumpler (1918)William Augustus Wellman, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Photographs: This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in the United States between 1931 and 1977, inclusive, without a copyright notice. For further explanation, see Commons:Hirtle chart as well as a detailed definition of "publication" for public art. Note that it may still be copyrighted in jurisdictions that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works (depending on the date of the author's death), such as Canada (50 p.m.a.), Mainland China (50 p.m.a., not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 p.m.a.), Mexico (100 p.m.a.), Switzerland (70 p.m.a.), and other countries with individual treaties., Public domain; Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain; William Augustus Wellman, Public domain. Stills courtesy of the studios via TMDB.