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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1894-02-01 (131 years old)

Place of Birth

Cape Elizabeth, Maine, USA

John Ford

Biography:

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.

Known For

Acting

2023

Filmmakers for the Prosecution as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

2019

John Ford: The Man Who Invented America as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

2017

Five Came Back as Self (archive footage)

2015

Spanish Western as Self (archive footage)

2013

John Ford & Monument Valley as Self (archive footage)

2009

The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth as Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year as Self (archive footage)

2006

Monument Valley: John Ford Country as Self (voice) (archive footage)
Serenity at Sea: John Ford and the Araner as Himself (archive footage)

2000

Shooting War as himself
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley' as Self (archive footage)
John Wayne-A Life on Film as Self (archive footage)

1999

National Geographic Explorer: The Battle For Midway as Himself - Filmmaker (archive footage) (unaccredited)

1992

Omnibus: John Ford, Part One as Self (archive footage)
Fonda on Fonda as Self (archive footage)

1973

1971

Directed by John Ford as Self (uncredited)

1970

1968

1959

The Horse Soldiers as Ned (uncredited)

1955

Screen Director's Playhouse as Self - Introduction

1952

Ton Diagonismon Dia Thn Anadixin Tis Star Ellas as Himself (Grand Ball Attendee)

1951

The Screen Director as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)

1943

1929

Big Time as John Ford (uncredited)

1917

The Tornado as Jack Dayton (as Jack Ford)
The Trail of Hate as Lt. Jack Brewer
The Scrapper as Buck, the scrapper

1916

The Purple Mask as (unconfirmed)

1915

The Broken Coin as Sacchio's Accomplice (as Jack Ford)
The Birth of a Nation as Klansman (uncredited)

1914

A Study in Scarlet as John H. Watson, M.D.

Production

1971

Vietnam! Vietnam! as Executive Producer

1965

7 Women as Producer

1964

Cheyenne Autumn as Producer

1963

Donovan's Reef as Producer

1961

Two Rode Together as Producer

1958

The Last Hurrah as Producer

1953

1952

The Quiet Man as Producer

1950

Rio Grande as Producer
Wagon Master as Executive Producer

1949

Mighty Joe Young as Executive Producer
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon as Executive Producer

1948

3 Godfathers as Producer
Fort Apache as Executive Producer

1947

The Fugitive as Producer

1943

December 7th as Producer

1942

1941

Women in Defense as Producer

1940

1939

Stagecoach as Producer

1935

The Informer as Producer

1934

The Lost Patrol as Producer

1932

Flesh as Producer

1930

Men Without Women as Producer

1929

Salute as Producer

1928

Hangman's House as Producer
Four Sons as Producer
Riley the Cop as Producer

1927

Mother Machree as Producer

1926

3 Bad Men as Producer
The Blue Eagle as Producer

1925

The Iron Horse as Producer

Directing

2004

Battleground as Director

1965

7 Women as Director

1964

Cheyenne Autumn as Director

1963

Donovan's Reef as Director

1961

Two Rode Together as Director
Alcoa Premiere as Director

1960

Sergeant Rutledge as Director

1959

The Horse Soldiers as Director
Korea as Director

1958

Gideon's Day as Director
The Last Hurrah as Director

1957

The Growler Story as Director
Wagon Train as Director

1956

The Searchers as Director

1953

Mogambo as Director

1952

What Price Glory as Director
The Quiet Man as Director

1951

This Is Korea! as Director

1950

Rio Grande as Director
Wagon Master as Director

1949

1948

3 Godfathers as Director
Fort Apache as Director

1947

The Fugitive as Director

1945

1942

Sex Hygiene as Director
Torpedo Squadron as Director

1941

Tobacco Road as Director
Women in Defense as Director

1940

1939

Stagecoach as Director
Young Mr. Lincoln as Director

1938

Submarine Patrol as Director

1937

Wee Willie Winkie as Director
The Hurricane as Director

1935

The Informer as Director

1934

Judge Priest as Director
The Lost Patrol as Director
The World Moves On as Director

1933

Doctor Bull as Director
Pilgrimage as Director

1932

Air Mail as Director
Flesh as Director

1931

Arrowsmith as Director
Seas Beneath as Director
The Brat as Director

1930

Up the River as Director
Born Reckless as Director
Men Without Women as Director

1929

Salute as Director
The Black Watch as Director
Strong Boy as Director

1928

Four Sons as Director
Hangman's House as Director
Riley the Cop as Director
Napoleon's Barber as Director

1927

Upstream as Director
Mother Machree as Director

1926

3 Bad Men as Director
The Blue Eagle as Director

1925

The Iron Horse as Director
Lightnin' as Director
Kentucky Pride as Director
Thank You as Director
The Fighting Heart as Director

1924

Hearts of Oak as Director

1923

Hoodman Blind as Director
Cameo Kirby as Director
Three Jumps Ahead as Director

1922

Silver Wings as Director
Little Miss Smiles as Director

1921

The Big Punch as Director
Desperate Trails as Director
The Freeze-Out as Director
Sure Fire as Director
Jackie as Director
Action as Director
The Wallop as Director

1920

Just Pals as Director
Hitchin' Posts as Director

1919

By Indian Post as Director
The Last Outlaw as Director
Roped as Director
Gun Law as Director
A Fight For Love as Director
Bare Fists as Director
The Rustlers as Director
The Gun Packer as Director
Marked Men as Director
Rider of the Law as Director

1918

Hell Bent as Director
The Phantom Riders as Director
The Scarlet Drop as Director
Thieves' Gold as Director
Wild Women as Director
Three Mounted Men as Director
A Woman's Fool as Director

1917

Bucking Broadway as Director
Straight Shooting as Director
The Tornado as Director
Cheyenne's Pal as Director
The Soul Herder as Director
The Scrapper as Director
A Marked Man as Director
The Secret Man as Director

1915

The Broken Coin as Assistant Director

Writing

1952

The Quiet Man as Writer

1950

Wagon Master as Story

1942

1936

1930

1923

1921

The Big Punch as Writer

1918

Hell Bent as Story
The Craving as Writer

1917

The Scrapper as Writer
The Tornado as Writer

Crew

1992

Unforgiven as Thanks

1950

Wagon Master as Presenter

1948

3 Godfathers as Presenter

1947

The Fugitive as Presenter

Camera

1942

The Battle of Midway as Director of Photography

Editing

1942