---
title: 'Wells Root'
type: 'person'
roles:
  - 'film director'
  - 'screenwriter'
born: '1900-03-21'
died: '1993-03-09'
birthplace: 'Buffalo'
deathplace: 'Los Angeles'
films_in_library: 14
reviews_of_their_work: 0
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/people/wells-root'
updated: '2026-08-07'
wikipedia: 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wells_Root'
wikidata: 'Q3567193'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Wells Root

film director, screenwriter.

## Filmography on CinePixo

- 1999 · [peh](https://cinepixo.com/movies/peh-1999) — Director · unreviewed here
- 1966 · [Texas Across the River](https://cinepixo.com/movies/texas-across-the-river-1966) — Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1952 · [The Prisoner of Zenda](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-prisoner-of-zenda-1952) — Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1942 · [Tennessee Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/movies/tennessee-johnson-1942) — Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1941 · [The Bad Man](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-bad-man-1941) — Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1940 · [Flight Command](https://cinepixo.com/movies/flight-command-1940) — Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1939 · [Sergeant Madden](https://cinepixo.com/movies/sergeant-madden-1939) — Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1939 · [Man of Conquest](https://cinepixo.com/movies/man-of-conquest-1939) — Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1937 · [The Prisoner of Zenda](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-prisoner-of-zenda-1937) — Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1936 · [The Bold Caballero](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-bold-caballero-1936) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1935 · [Public Hero No. 1](https://cinepixo.com/movies/public-hero-no-1-1935) — Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1933 · [I Cover the Waterfront](https://cinepixo.com/movies/i-cover-the-waterfront-1933) — Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1932 · [Tiger Shark](https://cinepixo.com/movies/tiger-shark-1932) — Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1932 · [Bird of Paradise](https://cinepixo.com/movies/bird-of-paradise-1932) — Screenplay · unreviewed here

## Criticism on CinePixo

Nothing written about their work here yet.

Source: https://cinepixo.com/people/wells-root
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