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Name
John Ford

Known For
Directing

Birthday
1894-02-01

Deathday
1973-08-31 (79 years old)

Place of Birth
Cape Elizabeth, Maine, USA

Biography

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.

Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

1992 Omnibus: John Ford, Part One as Self (archive footage)
2006 Monument Valley: John Ford Country as Self (voice) (archive footage)
2000 Shooting War as himself
1952 Ton Diagonismon Dia Thn Anadixin Tis Star Ellas as Himself (Grand Ball Attendee)
1915 The Broken Coin as Sacchio's Accomplice (as Jack Ford)
1914 Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery
1943 Show-Business at War as Self
1970 My Name Is John Ford, I Make Westerns as Self
1916 The Purple Mask as (unconfirmed)
1917 The Tornado as Jack Dayton (as Jack Ford)
1916 The Bandit's Wager as Nan's Brother
2009 The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth as Self (archive footage)
2013 John Ford & Monument Valley as Self (archive footage)
1971 The American West of John Ford as Self
1999 National Geographic Explorer: The Battle For Midway as Himself - Filmmaker (archive footage) (unaccredited)
2006 Serenity at Sea: John Ford and the Araner as Himself (archive footage)
1917 The Trail of Hate as Lt. Jack Brewer
1917 The Scrapper as Buck, the scrapper
1971 Directed by John Ford as Self (uncredited)
1943 Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines as J.P. Baldwin
1915 The Birth of a Nation as Klansman (uncredited)
1951 The Screen Director as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
2019 John Ford: The Man Who Invented America as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2009 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year as Self (archive footage)
2000 Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley' as Self (archive footage)
2015 Spanish Western as Self (archive footage)
1992 John Wayne's 'The Alamo' as Self
1914 A Study in Scarlet as John H. Watson, M.D.
2023 Filmmakers for the Prosecution as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
1992 Fonda on Fonda as Self (archive footage)
2017 Five Came Back as Self (archive footage)
1959 The Horse Soldiers as Ned (uncredited)
1929 Big Time as John Ford (uncredited)
2000 John Wayne-A Life on Film as Self (archive footage)
1989 John Ford's America as Himself (Archive Footage)
1958 The Western: A Lost TV Special as Self
1965 Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland as self
1976 Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend as Himself/Interviewer
1995 The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies as Self (archive footage)
1957 John Ford at the NFT

1973 The American Film Institute Salute to ... ( 1 episode ) as Self
1955 Screen Director's Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Self - Introduction
2017 Five Came Back ( 3 episodes ) as Self (archive footage)

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