Was an influential
American film director, writer, and actor. Though he is most well known for his infamous 1938 War of the Worlds broadcast and his 1941 directoral debut Citizen
Kane, considered by many to be the greatest film ever made, Welles has done far more than that.
Welles is often seen as a genius and one of the greatest filmmakers ever, yet, due to problems he had in Hollywood after the release of his first
two films, Citizen Kane and The Magnificent Ambersons, he is also seen as a fallen giant and a commercial
failure. Welles was also very overweight for the latter half of his life.