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January 17th & 18th, 2012 — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences presents a gala screening event with the showing of the newly restored WINGS, the winner of the First Academy Award for Best Picture. Samuel Goldwyn Theatre, 8949 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90211, (Introducing the film)
February 10, 2012 — William A. Wellman Retrospective February 10, 2012 begins a three week event. WINGS opens the first weekend with over 40 more of the director's films to follow at the Film Forum, New York. (Introducing the films from February 10 to 12th & book signing.)
February 18, 2012 — WINGS presentation, Historic Mission Inn, 3649 Mission Inn Ave Riverside, California 92501 (Introduction of film & book signing.)
April 12-14, 2012 — Turner Classic Movie Film Festival, Los Angeles, California (Special Guest, Co-host of WINGS Screening April 13th.)
May 11 & 12, 2012 — Catalina Island Museum's 25th Annual Silent Film Benefit, Catalina Island, Calif. WINGS presentation (Speaker, book signing)
June 2 & 3, 2012 — Wings over Gillespie Air Show, Gillespie Air Field, El Cajon, California (Special Guest, book signing)
Watch for his movieSTAR TREK: OF GODS AND MEN
Read his bookTHE MAN AND HIS WINGS: WILLIAM A. WELLMAN AND THE MAKING OF THE FIRST BEST PICTURE
WHERE CAN I SEE WILLIAM WELLMAN JR.?
Bill is a star of such cult classic's as:
Born Losers, High School Confidential, It’s Alive, A Swingin’ Summer, Macumba Love, Black Caesar, Image of the Beast, The Prodigal Planet, Star Trek: Of Gods and Men and a guest star on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. His career covers all genres including: Westerns, War films, Comedies, Dramas, Soap Operas, Sci-fi, and Horror.
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick, the acclaimed, award-winning documentary film, explores the life and times of the prolific American filmmaker, William A. Wellman, as well as examining the social fabric of an emerging popular culture that he was helping to construct. "Wild Bill", as he was nicknamed, forged a directing career spanning 35 years and 76 films including that of the winner for the first Best Picture Oscar for WINGS, (1927). Wellman, a daring fighter pilot seriously wounded in World War I, was not easily cowed by the brutality of this Hollywood studio system.
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