John Ford
Gender: Male
Born: 1st February 1894
Died: 31st August 1973
Nationality: United States of America
Movies: 3 Bad Men, 7 Women, A Fight for Love, A Gun Fightin' Gentleman, A Marked Man, A Woman's Fool, Ace of the Saddle, Action, Air Mail, Arrowsmith, Bare Fists, Born Reckless, Bucking Broadway, By Indian Post, Cameo Kirby, Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend, Cheyenne's Pal, Cheyenne Autumn, December 7th, Desperate Trails, Doctor Bull, Donovan's Reef, Drums Along the Mohawk, Flashing Spikes, Flesh, Fort Apache, Four Men and a Prayer, Four Sons, Gideon's Day, Gun Law, Hangman's House, Hearts of Oak, Hell Bent, Hitchin' Posts, Hoodman Blind, How Green Was My Valley, How the West Was Won, How the West Was Won: Special Edition: Bonus Material, Jackie, Judge Priest, Just Pals, Kentucky Pride, Korean War in Color, Lightnin', Little Miss Smiles, Marked Men, Mary of Scotland, Men Without Women, Mister Roberts, Mogambo, Mother Machree, My Darling Clementine, Napoleon's Barber, North of Hudson Bay, Pearl Harbor: Dawn of Death, Pilgrimage, Pinky, Rider of the Law, Riders of Vengeance, Riley the Cop, Rio Grande, Rookie of the Year, Roped, Rustlers, Salute, Seas Beneath, Sergeant Rutledge, Sex Hygiene, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Silver Wings, Stagecoach, Steamboat Round the Bend, Straight Shooting, Strong Boy, Submarine Patrol, Sure Fire, Thank You, The Adventures of Marco Polo, The Battle of Midway, The Big Punch, The Black Watch, The Blue Eagle, The Brat, The Colors of War: Pacific, The Craving, The Face on the Bar-Room Floor, The Fighting Brothers, The Fighting Gringo, The Fighting Heart, The Freeze-Out, The Fugitive, The Girl in Number 29, The Grapes of Wrath, The Gun Packer, The Horse Soldiers, The Hurricane, The Informer, The Iron Horse, The Last Hurrah, The Last Outlaw
John Ford (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973) was an American film director. He was famous for both his Westerns such as Stagecoach, The Searchers, and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and adaptations of such classic 20th-century American novels as The Grapes of Wrath. His four Academy Awards for Best Director (1935, 1940, 1941, 1952) is a record, and one of those films, How Green Was My Valley, 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.
Ford was born John Martin "Jack" Feeney (though he later often gave his given names as Sean Aloysius, sometimes with surname O'Feeny or O'Fearna; an Irish language equivalent of Feeney) in Cape
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