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Jack Ford
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John Ford
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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…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Filmmakers for the Prosecution
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
John Ford: The Man Who Invented America
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Five Came Back
as Self (archive footage)
Spanish Western
as Self (archive footage)
John Ford & Monument Valley
as Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth
as Self (archive footage)
Serenity at Sea: John Ford and the Araner
as Himself (archive footage)
Monument Valley: John Ford Country
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
Shooting War
as himself
