George Orson Welles (6 thang 5 nam 1915 – 10 thang 10 nam 1985) la mot đao dien, nha bien kich, dien vien, nha san xuat phim tung đoat giai Oscar nguoi My. Welles gianh đuoc su chu y đau tien khi lam phat thanh đoc cuon tieu thuyet The War of the Worlds cua H. G. Wells tren đai CBS. Nho giong đoc nhap tam, bai phat thanh đa thu hut đuoc mot luong lon thinh gia khap Bac My. Vao giua thap nien 1930, cac vo kich tai hien lai vo Macbeth va Julius Caesar cua Welles cho Nha hat New York đa tro thanh huyen thoai. Welles con đuoc biet đen nhu la mot nha ao thuat tung đi bieu dien nhieu noi trong thoi gian chien tranh.
Trong suot thoi gian chien tranh, Welles tro thanh mot nha hoat đong chinh tri va binh luan vien qua bao chi, radio va cac buoi xuat hien truoc cong chung cung voi Franklin D. Roosevelt. Nam 1941, ong đong sang tac, chi đao, san xuat va đong vai chinh trong bo phim Citizen Kane, mot bo phim thuong đuoc cac nha phe binh đanh gia la mot trong nhung bo phim xuat sac nhat moi thoi đai. Phan con lai trong su nghiep, Welles gap phai nhieu kho khan do thieu von va nhieu van đe khac trong suot thoi gian toi chau Au roi tro lai Hollywood. Bat chap kho khan, bo phim Othello van gianh đuoc giai Canh co vang tai Lien hoan phim Cannes nam 1952 va bo phim Touch of Evil cung gianh đuoc giai thuong cao nhat tai Brussels World Fair, du vay thi Welles lai coi The Trial va Chimes at Midnight moi la hai bo phim xuat sac nhat cua ong.
Nhung nam sau nay, Welles gap phai cac kho khan voi nhung he thong phuc tap cua Hollywood tu choi tai tro cho cac du an lam phim đoc lap cua ong, đieu nay khien Welles chu yeu phai kiem song qua viec đong phim, lam quang cao va long tieng. Welles nhan đuoc giai thuong thanh tuu tron đoi cua Vien phim My nam 1975 va tro thanh nguoi thu ba vinh du nhan đuoc giai thuong sau John Ford va James Cagney. Thanh tuu cua Welles ngay cang đuoc đanh gia cao boi gioi phe binh sau khi ong qua đoi. Orson Welles hien đuoc xem nhu la mot trong nhung nghe si đien anh quan trong nhat cua the ky 20, trong cuoc bau chon top 10 đao dien BFI cua Vien phim Anh, ong đuoc binh bau la đao dien vi đai nhat moi thoi đai.


Chu thich Tham khao Lien ket ngoai Orson Welles tren IMDb 
Orson Welles tai Internet Broadway Database
Wellesnet The Orson Welles Web Resource
Orson Welles bibliography (via UC Berkeley Media Resources Center)
Orsonwelles.co.uk a British site devoted to the work of Orson Welles
War of the Worlds Luu tru ngay 31 thang 12 nam 2006 tai Wayback Machine history of the War of the Worlds radio broadcast and additional historical material on War of the Worlds
Mercury Theatre on the Air website provides MP3 and Real Audio files of Welles's radio dramas
Nazi Eyes On Canada, starring Orson Welles Luu tru ngay 29 thang 9 nam 2011 tai Wayback Machine, 1942 CBC war loan series
The Magnificent Ambersons a site that details the strange saga of Welles's second film
The Unseen Welles a guide to Welles's unfinished and unreleased projects
The Orson Welles collection at the Lilly Library, Đai hoc Indiana
Senses of Cinema: Great Directors Critical Database
(tieng Phap) Orson Welles biography
1985 interview from The Times
Obituary, New York Times
UBU Web's 365 Days Project Luu tru ngay 7 thang 11 nam 2008 tai Wayback Machine Outtake from Welles's Frozen Peas commercial.
Orson Welles - The One Man Band (German documentary, 1995) Full.avi download Luu tru ngay 22 thang 9 nam 2010 tai Wayback Machine
Orson Welles The Wisconsin Historical Society Luu tru ngay 11 thang 5 nam 2015 tai Wayback Machine
The Museum of Orson Welles comprehensive collection of radio shows
A Film Maker with a Sound Backgound An essay on Welles' extensive radio work and its innovative influence on filmmaking via Citizen Kane.