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Also Known As	William Augustus Wellman
Born	February 29, 1896 • Brookline • Massachusetts
Died	December 9, 1975 (aged 79) • Los Angeles • California
Awards And Honors	Academy Award (1938)
Notable Works	“A Star Is Born” • “Battleground” • “Beau Geste” • “Blood Alley” • “Buffalo Bill” • “Lafayette Escadrille” • “Magic Town” • “Men with Wings” • “Night Nurse” • “Small Town Girl” • “So Big” • “The Call of the Wild” • “The High and the Mighty” • “The Iron Curtain” • “The Light That Failed” • “The Ox-Bow Incident” • “The President Vanishes” • “The Public Enemy” • “The Story of G.I. Joe” • “Track of the Cat” • “Wild Boys of the Road” • “Wings” • “Yellow Sky”