John Ford
Known for: Directing
Born: February 1, 1894
Died: August 31, 1973
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 ye…
Known for
My Name Is John Ford, I Make Westerns
1970
The Tornado
1917
The Bandit's Wager
1916
The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth
2009
Serenity at Sea: John Ford and the Araner
2006
The Trail of Hate
1917
The Scrapper
1917
Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines
1943
John Ford's America
1989
Omnibus: John Ford, Part One
1992
Show-Business at War
1943
A Study in Scarlet
1914
Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend
1976
Monument Valley: John Ford Country
2006
John Ford & Monument Valley
2013
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
2000
John Wayne-A Life on Film
2000
Shooting War
2000
The American West of John Ford
1971
The Broken Coin
1915
Big Time
1929
Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland
1965
Five Came Back
2017
Fonda on Fonda
1992
National Geographic Explorer: The Battle For Midway
1999
The Screen Director
1951
John Ford: The Man Who Invented America
2019
Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery
1914
The Western: A Lost TV Special
1958
Ton Diagonismon Dia Thn Anadixin Tis Star Ellas
1952
Directed by John Ford
1971
The Purple Mask
1916
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992
Filmmakers for the Prosecution
2023
The Horse Soldiers
1959
Spanish Western
2015
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
The Birth of a Nation
1915
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995