The "Wild" Director Behind Some of Hollywood's Greatest Films

William Wellman, Jr. discusses the life and work of his father, Hollywood director “Wild Bill” Wellman. Over the course of his career, Wellman directed eighty two movies, including Wings (winner of the first Academy Award for best picture), Public Enemy, the original A Star Is Born, The Call of the Wild, and The Ox-Bow Incident. In Wild Bill Wellman: Hollywood Rebel, William Wellman, Jr. draws on his father’s unpublished letters, diaries, and unfinished memoir, giving us a portrait of a man feared, respected, and loved.