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John Ford

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Also known as Jack Ford, John Martin Feeney, Jack Feeney, Sean Aloysius, Sean Aloysius O'Feeney, John Feeney

American film director (1894–1973)

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John Ford was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and naval officer. Born in Cape Elizabeth in 1894, he served as a commander in the United States Navy during World War II. He received the Purple Heart and the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his service. Ford was also recognized in the Academy Award Best Director collection and the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection.

He died of stomach cancer in Palm Desert in 1973 and is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery. Ford was one-eyed and of Irish American ethnicity. He won the Academy Award for Best Director and was nominated for both Best Director and Best Picture. He also received the Directors Guild of America Award.

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Person · Open Library

Died
1750
Works
173

Top works

  • Four Revenge Tragedies
  • John Fordes Dramatische Werke in Neudruck; Volume 1
  • Witch of Edmonton
  • Merry Devil of Edmonton and the Witch of Edmonton
  • The Maine way

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Cape 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…

Known for

  • Filmmakers for the Prosecution — Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)2023
  • John Ford: The Man Who Invented America — Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)2019
  • Five Came Back — Self (archive footage)2017
  • Spanish Western — Self (archive footage)2015
  • John Ford & Monument Valley — Self (archive footage)2013
  • The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth — Self (archive footage)2009
  • 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year — Self (archive footage)2009
  • Monument Valley: John Ford Country — Self (voice) (archive footage)2006
  • Serenity at Sea: John Ford and the Araner — Himself (archive footage)2006
  • Shooting War — himself2000

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
John
Family name
Ford
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Cape Elizabeth
Place of death
Palm Desert
Sibling
Francis Ford
Occupation
director
Employer
Universal Pictures
Languages spoken
English language
Conflict
World War II
Military branch
United States Navy
Military rank
commander
Image
John Ford 1946.jpg
Height
183
Number of children
2
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filmography
John Ford filmography
Commons category
John Ford (director)
date of birth
1894-02-01
date of death
1973-08-31
cause of death
stomach cancer
place of burial
Holy Cross Cemetery
medical condition
one-eyed
manner of death
natural causes
Commons gallery
John Ford
nominated for
Academy Award for Best Picture
ethnic group
Irish Americans
topic's main category
Category:John Ford
influenced by
The Plow That Broke the Plains
related category
Category:Films directed by John Ford
start of work period
1913-00-00
different from
John Ford
name in native language
John Ford
date of burial or cremation
1973-09-05
birth name
Sean Aloysius O'Feeney
end of work period
1966-00-00
Commons Creator page
John Ford
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Encyclopedic overview

John Martin Feeney (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973), better known as John Ford, was an American film director and producer. He is regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers during the Golden Age of Hollywood, and was one of the first American directors to be recognized as an auteur. In a career of more than 50 years, he directed over 130 films between 1917 and 1970 (although most of his silent films are now lost), and received a record four Academy Awards for Best Director for The Informer (1935), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), How Green Was My Valley (1941), and The Quiet Man (1952).

Ford is renowned for his Westerns, such as Stagecoach (1939), My Darling Clementine (1946), Fort Apache (1948), The Searchers (1956), and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962); though he worked in many other genres, including comedies, period dramas, and documentaries. He made frequent use of location shooting and wide shots, in which his characters were framed against a vast, harsh, and rugged natural terrain. He is credited with launching the careers of some of Hollywood's biggest stars during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, including John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Maureen O'Hara and James Stewart.

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