John Ford
Directing
Born 1894-02-01
Died 1973-08-31
Cape Elizabeth, Maine, USA
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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.
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Wagon Train
Unforgiven
The Searchers
Alcoa Premiere
How the West Was Won
Screen Director's Playhouse
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
The Quiet Man
The Alamo
Stagecoach
Rio Grande
3 Godfathers
The Grapes of Wrath
Fort Apache
The Jane Wyman Show
Five Came Back
Mighty Joe Young
The Birth of a Nation
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
My Darling Clementine
How Green Was My Valley
Donovan's Reef
The Horse Soldiers
Two Rode Together
Cheyenne Autumn
Mary of Scotland
Mogambo
Directed by John Ford
Young Mr. Lincoln
Bare Fists
The Long Gray Line
Wagon Master
The Wings of Eagles
John Ford: The Man Who Invented America
Mister Roberts
They Were Expendable
7 Women
The Long Voyage Home
Drums Along the Mohawk
Sergeant Rutledge
The Sun Shines Bright
The Battle of Midway
The Last Hurrah
The Informer
When Willie Comes Marching Home
Hoodman Blind
The Lost Patrol
3 Bad Men
In Memoriam Manuel Quezon
Hell Bent
The Fugitive
Tobacco Road
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Action
Wee Willie Winkie
The Rising of the Moon
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Korea
The Hurricane
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