John Ford

Directing

Born: 1894-02-01

Died: 1973-08-31

From: Cape Elizabeth, Maine, USA

Gender: Male

Height: 183.00 m

Popularity: 1.7

Also Known As

Jack FordJack Francis

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.

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Awards & Nominations28 won · 6 nominated

🏆 Won

AFI Life Achievement Award

1973

🏆 Won

Presidential Medal of Freedom

1973

🏆 Won

Owen Wister Award

1972

🏆 Won

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

1971

🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Director

The Quiet Man

1953

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Director

The Quiet Man

1953

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Picture

The Quiet Man

1953

🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Director

How Green Was My Valley

1942

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Director

How Green Was My Valley

1942

🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Director

The Grapes of Wrath

1941

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Director

The Grapes of Wrath

1941

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Director

Stagecoach

1940

🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Director

The Informer

1936

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Director

The Informer

1936

🏆 Won

Purple Heart

🏆 Won

Navy Occupation Service Medal

🏆 Won

World War II Victory Medal

🏆 Won

Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal

🏆 Won

Combat Action Ribbon

🏆 Won

Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal

🏆 Won

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

🏆 Won

United Nations Korea Medal

🏆 Won

Korean Service Medal

🏆 Won

Directors Guild of America Award

🏆 Won

Order of Leopold

🏆 Won

European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal

🏆 Won

Air Medal

🏆 Won

National Board of Review Award for Best Film

🏆 Won

American Campaign Medal

🏆 Won

Legionnaire of Legion of Merit

🏆 Won

National Defense Service Medal

🏆 Won

American Defense Service Medal

🏆 Won

China Service Medal

🏆 Won

Naval Reserve Medal

John Ford

Also Known As

Biography

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Awards & Nominations28 won · 6 nominated

Acting4 titles

The Horse Soldiers

The Birth of a Nation

The Bandit's Wager

Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines

Directing89 titles

Wagon Train

Alcoa Premiere

Screen Director's Playhouse

The Searchers

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

How the West Was Won

The Alamo

The Quiet Man

Stagecoach

The Grapes of Wrath

My Darling Clementine

3 Godfathers

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

Fort Apache

Rio Grande

The Horse Soldiers

Donovan's Reef

How Green Was My Valley

Two Rode Together

Cheyenne Autumn

Mogambo

They Were Expendable

7 Women

Drums Along the Mohawk

Wagon Master

The Wings of Eagles

Young Mr. Lincoln

The Sun Shines Bright

Mary of Scotland

The Long Gray Line

Sergeant Rutledge

Mister Roberts

What Price Glory

The Last Hurrah

When Willie Comes Marching Home

The Battle of Midway

The Long Voyage Home

The Fugitive

Tobacco Road

The Informer

Hell Bent

The Iron Horse

The Lost Patrol

The Hurricane

3 Bad Men

The Prisoner of Shark Island

Wee Willie Winkie

Men Without Women

The Whole Town's Talking

The Plough and the Stars

Gideon's Day

The Last Outlaw

Four Men and a Prayer

Four Sons

The Black Watch

Pilgrimage

The Rising of the Moon

Born Reckless

Up the River

Steamboat Round the Bend

Arrowsmith

Air Mail

December 7th

Torpedo Squadron

Submarine Patrol

Judge Priest

Flesh

Kentucky Pride

The Blue Eagle