William A. Wellman

GPTKB entity

Properties (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf film director
gptkbp:activeYears 1917
1965
gptkbp:awards Academy Award for Best Original Story
gptkbp:birthDate February 29, 1896
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Brooklyn,_New_York,_USA
gptkbp:children gptkb:William_Wellman_Jr.
gptkbp:deathDate December 9, 1975
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Southern_California
gptkbp:filmography The Man Who Dared
gptkbp:genre drama
action
romance
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William A. Wellman
gptkbp:influenced Martin Scorsese
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:D.W._Griffith
gptkbp:knownFor directing films in the 1920s and 1930s
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Service
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notableWork Wings
A Star is Born
The High and the Mighty
The Public Enemy
gptkbp:occupation screenwriter
producer
gptkbp:produces The Green Berets
gptkbp:signature William_A._Wellman_signature
gptkbp:spouse Dorothy_Wellman