William Wauer

William Wauer
Born26 October 1866
Oberwiesenthal, Saxony
(Germany)
Died10 March 1962 (aged 95)
Years active1913–1921 (film)

William Wauer (1866–1962) was a German sculptor and film director of the silent era. In 1913 he co-directed the biopic Richard Wagner (1913). In 1915 he directed The Tunnel the first adaptation of Bernhard Kellermann's science fiction novel Der Tunnel.

His birthplace is now the Wauer Museum.