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John Ford
Known for: DirectingJohn 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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The Searchers
+2
Director 
How the West Was Won
+2
Director 
Fort Apache
+3
Director 
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
+2
Director, Producer 
The Grapes of Wrath
+1
Director 
Stagecoach
+2
Director, Producer 
3 Godfathers
Director, Producer 
Rio Grande
+1
Director, Producer 
How Green Was My Valley
+2
Director 
The Quiet Man
+1
Director, Writer 
My Darling Clementine
+1
Director 
Five Came Back
as Self (archive footage) 
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
+4
Director 
Mogambo
+1
Director 
Two Rode Together
+1
Director, Producer 
Cheyenne Autumn
+1
Director, Producer 
The Horse Soldiers
+5
Director 
Mister Roberts
Director 
Drums Along the Mohawk
Director 
Young Mr. Lincoln
+3
Director 
Donovan's Reef
+1
Director, Producer 
They Were Expendable
+2
Director, Producer 
The Long Voyage Home
Director, Producer 
Wagon Master
+3
Director, Story 
The Long Gray Line
+2
Director 
The Wings of Eagles
+1
Director 
What Price Glory
Director 
The Lost Patrol
+1
Director, Producer 
Wee Willie Winkie
Director 
The Prisoner of Shark Island
+1
Director 
Directed by John Ford
as Self (uncredited) 
The Fugitive
Director, Producer 
Gideon's Day
Director 
Sergeant Rutledge
+1
Director 
The Last Hurrah
+1
Director, Producer 
Tobacco Road
+1
Director 
The Whole Town's Talking
Director, Producer 
The Iron Horse
Director, Producer 
7 Women
Director, Producer 
The Informer
Director, Producer 
The Battle of Midway
Director, Writer 
The Rising of the Moon
Director 
The Plough and the Stars
Director 
Mary of Scotland
+1
Director 
3 Bad Men
+1
Director, Producer 
The Black Watch
+2
Director 
The Hurricane
Director 
Nazi Concentration Camps
Producer 
Born Reckless
+1
Director 
Arrowsmith
+3
Director 
The American West of John Ford
as Self 
Hell Bent
Director, Writer 
Judge Priest
+5
Director 
The Western: A Lost TV Special
as Self 
Men Without Women
+1
Director, Story 
John Ford & Monument Valley
as Self (archive footage) 
December 7th
Director, Producer 
Shooting War
as himself 
Up the River
+2
Director 
The World Moves On
Director 
Four Sons
+2
Director, Producer 
Salute
Director, Producer