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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.
Filmography 62
Storm over prærien
Director
På sporet
Siste vogn til Lordsbury
Mannen som skjøt Liberty Valance
Vi vant ville Vesten
Fort Apache
Director
Vredens druer
3 Godfathers
Rio Grande
Grønn var min barndoms dal
Den tause mann
Five Came Back
My Darling Clementine
Director
Two Rode Together
Mogambo
Cheyenne Autumn
The Horse Soldiers
Mister Roberts
Director
Flammende villmark
Director
Young Mr. Lincoln
Donovan's Reef
Lynangrep
Den lange reisen hjem
Director, Producer
The Long Gray Line
Director
The Wings of Eagles
Director
Arrowsmith
What Price Glory
Director
The Lost Patrol
Director, Producer
Wee Willie Winkie
Director
Fangen på Tortugas
Directed by John Ford
as Self (uncredited)
Wagon Master
Director, Story
Flyktningen
Director, Producer
Gideon's Day
Director
Sergeant Rutledge
The Last Hurrah
Director, Producer
The Whole Town's Talking
Director, Producer
The Iron Horse
7 Women
Director, Producer
The Informer
Director, Producer
The Battle of Midway
Director, Writer
The Rising of the Moon
Director
Tobacco Road
Director
The Plough and the Stars
Director
Maria Stuart
Director
3 Bad Men
Hell Bent
Director, Writer
The Black Watch
Director
The Hurricane
Director
Nazi Concentration Camps
Up the River
The American West of John Ford
Judge Priest
The Western: A Lost TV Special
as Self
Men Without Women
Director, Story
John Ford & Monument Valley
as Self (archive footage)
December 7th
Shooting War
as himself
Born Reckless
Director
The World Moves On
Director
Fire sønner
Salute
Director, Producer