Wells Root
American film director and screenwriter

Wells Root

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American film director and screenwriter
Gender:
Male
Places:
United States of America
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Film directorScreenwriter
Work field:
Film, TV, Stage & Radio
Birth:
21 March 1900(Buffalo, USA)
Death:
9 March 1993(Los Angeles, USA)
Star sign:
Aries
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Wells Root (March 21, 1900 – March 9, 1993) was an American screenwriter and lecturer. In the mid-1930s he was involved with the Screen Writers Guild and in the 1950s the University of Southern California asked him to teach Film and Television Writing Technique, where he worked during the next twenty years.

Partial filmography

  • Tiger Shark (1932)
  • Bird of Paradise (1932)
  • I Cover the Waterfront (1933)
  • Flirtation (1934)
  • The Bold Caballero (1936) - also director
  • The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
  • Man of Conquest (1939)
  • Mokey (1942) - also director
  • Tennessee Johnson (1942)
  • The Man from Down Under (1943)
  • Red Fury (1951)
  • Texas Across the River (1966)