John Ford

Known for DirectingBorn 1894-02-01Died 1973-08-31Cape Elizabeth, Maine, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Battleground

John Wayne's 'The Alamo'

Five Came Back

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

Unforgiven

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Five Came Back

The Searchers

The Grapes of Wrath

Nazi Concentration Camps

National Geographic Explorer: The Battle For Midway

Stagecoach

My Darling Clementine

Fonda on Fonda

Steamboat Round the Bend

The Quiet Man

Big Time

Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend

The Last Hurrah

The Face on the Barroom Floor

Three Jumps Ahead

Directed by John Ford

How Green Was My Valley

The Girl in Number 29

The Alamo

A Study in Scarlet

Sergeant Rutledge

How the West Was Won

Spanish Western

Young Mr. Lincoln

Korea

Mister Roberts

Screen Director's Playhouse

The Long Gray Line

Four Sons

Fort Apache

The Screen Director

The Horse Soldiers

Flashing Spikes

Show-Business at War

Pilgrimage

German Industrial Manpower

John Ford's America

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

Shooting War

The Rising of the Moon

When Willie Comes Marching Home