John Ford

Directing

Born: 1894-02-01

Died: 1973-08-31

From: Cape Elizabeth, Maine, USA

Gender: Male

Height: 183.00 m

Popularity: 1.1

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

Acting35 titles

Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland

Five Came Back

Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

A Study in Scarlet

Big Time

Show-Business at War

National Geographic Explorer: The Battle For Midway

Fonda on Fonda

The Horse Soldiers

Screen Director's Playhouse

Directed by John Ford

Filmmakers for the Prosecution

John Ford's America

Shooting War

The American West of John Ford

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

Spanish Western

The Broken Coin

Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery

Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines

The Birth of a Nation

John Ford: The Man Who Invented America

The Tornado

The Bandit's Wager

The Scrapper

John Ford & Monument Valley

Omnibus: John Ford, Part One

Monument Valley: John Ford Country

The Purple Mask

The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth

Serenity at Sea: John Ford and the Araner

Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'

John Wayne-A Life on Film

The Western: A Lost TV Special

Directing146 titles

The Grapes of Wrath

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

The Searchers

Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend

Stagecoach

My Darling Clementine

Steamboat Round the Bend

The Face on the Barroom Floor

Three Jumps Ahead

The Girl in Number 29

How Green Was My Valley

Four Sons

The Quiet Man

Young Mr. Lincoln

The Last Hurrah

Mister Roberts

Pilgrimage

The Last Outlaw

The Alamo

How the West Was Won

Sergeant Rutledge

Fort Apache

The Long Gray Line

The Horse Soldiers

The Big Punch

Desperate Trails

The Freeze-Out

Roped

Rider of the Law

Screen Director's Playhouse

3 Bad Men

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

The Whole Town's Talking

When Willie Comes Marching Home

The Prisoner of Shark Island

Rio Grande

3 Godfathers

The Informer