- BIRTH 01/02/1894
- DEATH 31/08/1973
- Country United States
- MOVIES 6
- DIRECTOR 42
- SCRIPT 4
- PRODUCTION 23
John Ford
John Ford (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973) was an American film director. He was famous for both his westerns such as Stagecoach (1939), The Searchers (1956), and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), and adaptations of such classic 20th-century American novels as The Grapes of Wrath (1940). His four Academy Awards for Best Director (1935, 1940, 1941, 1952) is a record, and one of those films, How Green Was My Valley (1941), also won Best Picture.
In a career that spanned more than 50 years, Ford directed more than 140 films (although nearly all of his silent films are now lost) and he is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers of his generation. Ford's films and personality were held in high regard by his colleagues, with Ingmar Bergman and Orson Welles among those who have named him as one of the greatest directors of all time.
In particular, Ford was a pioneer of location shooting and the long shot which frames his characters against a vast, harsh and rugged natural terrain.
Movies (6)
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Director (42)
The Searchers
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Grapes of Wrath
Stagecoach
Mogambo
How the West Was Won
The Quiet Man
Fort Apache
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Rio Grande
Wagon Master
The Horse Soldiers
The Informer
My Darling Clementine
Donovan's Reef
Two Rode Together
How Green Was My Valley
Drums Along the Mohawk
Young Mr. Lincoln
The Long Voyage Home
Cheyenne Autumn
The Iron Horse
The Brat
The Fugitive
Tobacco Road
The Last Hurrah
This Is Korea!
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Cameo Kirby
The Wings of Eagles
Mary of Scotland
They Were Expendable
The Prisoner of Shark Island
The Secret Man
The Battle of Midway
Sergeant Rutledge
Doctor Bull
Men Without Women
3 Godfathers
The Lost Patrol
Gideon's Day
Script (4)
The Quiet Man
Wagon Master
Men Without Women
The Battle of Midway
Production (23)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Stagecoach
Rio Grande
The Quiet Man
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Fort Apache
Wagon Master
Two Rode Together
The Informer
Donovan's Reef
The Long Voyage Home
The Iron Horse
Nazi Concentration Camps
Cheyenne Autumn
3 Godfathers
Mighty Joe Young
They Were Expendable
The Lost Patrol
Men Without Women
The Battle of Midway
The Fugitive
The Last Hurrah
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