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John Farrow
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Film director, screenwriter and producer (1904–1963)
OverviewAI-generated
John Farrow was an Australian and American film director, screenwriter, naval officer, and actor. Born John Villiers Farrow in 1904, he died of a myocardial infarction in 1963. His notable works include the films *Hondo*, *Alias Nick Beal*, *The Big Clock*, and *Night Has a Thousand Eyes*. He received the Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director.
Farrow was married to Maureen O'Sullivan and had children Mia Farrow, Patrick Villiers Farrow, and Tisa Farrow. He was recognized on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and held the rank of Commander of the Order of the British Empire. He is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 28
Top works
- Female Viagra
- Viagra : How to Buy Viagra Online
- What Happened to John
- Madeira
- The Story of Thomas More
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Directing · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Villiers Farrow, CBE (10 February 1904 – 27 January 1963) was an Australian, later American, film director, producer and screenwriter. In 1957 he won the Academy Award for Best Writing / Best Screenplay for Around the World in Eighty Days and in 1942 he was nominated as Best Director for Wake Island. Description above from the Wikipedia article John…
Known for
- Forbidden Island — Edward Stuart Godfrey1959
- King of the Khyber Rifles — Cpl. Stuart (uncredited)1953
- Commandos Strike at Dawn — British Naval Officer (uncredited)1942
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1921-06-07
- Active to
- 1998-07-24
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 28
- Total plays
- 79
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 204,552x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 43,600x
- Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,901x
- Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
· 2007 · cited 35,568x
- The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
· 1992 · cited 29,128x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- John Villiers Farrow , ( 1904-02-10 ) 10 February 1904, Sydney , New South Wales , Australia
- Died
- 27 January 1963 (1963-01-27) (aged 58), Beverly Hills, California , US
- Resting place
- Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City
- Occupations
- Director producer screenwriter
- Years active
- 1927–1962
- Spouses
- Felice Lewin ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1924 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1927 ) Maureen O'Sullivan ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1936 )
- Partner
- Lila Lee (1928 – 1933)
- Children
- 8, including Patrick , Mia , Prudence , and Tisa
- Relatives
- Ronan Farrow (grandson)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
John Villiers Farrow, KGCHS (10 February 1904 – 27 January 1963) was an Australian film director, producer, and screenwriter. Spending a considerable amount of his career in the United States, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director in 1942 for Wake Island, and in 1957, he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Around the World in Eighty Days. He had seven children by his wife, actress Maureen O'Sullivan, including actress Mia Farrow.
Early life
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