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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
How the West Was Won
Director
Fort Apache
Director
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Grapes of Wrath
Director
Stagecoach
3 Godfathers
Director, Producer
Rio Grande
How Green Was My Valley
Director
The Quiet Man
Director, Writer
My Darling Clementine
Director
Five Came Back
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Director
Mogambo
Director
Two Rode Together
Director, Producer
Cheyenne Autumn
The Horse Soldiers
Mister Roberts
Director
Drums Along the Mohawk
Director
Young Mr. Lincoln
Donovan's Reef
They Were Expendable
Director, Producer
The Long Voyage Home
Director, Producer
Wagon Master
Director, Story
The Long Gray Line
Director
The Wings of Eagles
Director
What Price Glory
Director
The Lost Patrol
Director, Producer
Wee Willie Winkie
Director
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Directed by John Ford
as Self (uncredited)
The Fugitive
Director, Producer
Gideon's Day
Director
Sergeant Rutledge
Director
The Last Hurrah
Director, Producer
Tobacco Road
Director
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
The Plough and the Stars
Director
Mary of Scotland
Director
3 Bad Men
The Black Watch
Director
The Hurricane
Director
Nazi Concentration Camps
Born Reckless
Director
Arrowsmith
The American West of John Ford
Hell Bent
Director, Writer
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
Up the River
The World Moves On
Director
Four Sons
Salute
Director, Producer