John Ford

★ Directing #167

1894 - 1973 (age 79) • Directing

Born: 2/1/1894 in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, USA

Died: 8/31/1973 (age 79)

Known for: Directing

John Ford

★ Directing #167

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.

Known For

Unforgiven

79%

Thanks

1992

The Searchers

77%

Director

1956

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

78%

Director

1962

Stagecoach

76%

Producer

1939

The Grapes of Wrath

78%

Director

1940

The Quiet Man

73%

Writer

1952

How the West Was Won

70%

Director

1962

My Darling Clementine

75%

Director

1946

Filmmakers for the Prosecution

60%

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

2023

John Ford: The Man Who Invented America

59%

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

2019

Five Came Back

79%

Self (archive footage)

2017

Spanish Western

64%

Self (archive footage)

2015

John Ford & Monument Valley

10%

Self (archive footage)

2013

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

75%

Self (archive footage)

2009

The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth

Self (archive footage)

2009

Serenity at Sea: John Ford and the Araner

Himself (archive footage)

2006

Monument Valley: John Ford Country

Self (voice) (archive footage)

2006

Battleground

100%

Director

2004

Shooting War

64%

himself

2000

Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'

Self (archive footage)

2000

John Wayne-A Life on Film

Self (archive footage)

2000

National Geographic Explorer: The Battle For Midway

70%

Himself - Filmmaker (archive footage) (unaccredited)

1999

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

80%

Self (archive footage)

1995

Omnibus: John Ford, Part One

Self (archive footage)

1992

Unforgiven

79%

Thanks

1992

John Wayne's 'The Alamo'

83%

Self

1992

Fonda on Fonda

70%

Self (archive footage)

1992

John Ford's America

65%

Himself (Archive Footage)

1989

Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend

70%

Himself/Interviewer

1976

Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend

70%

Director

1976

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

63%

Self

1973

The American West of John Ford

65%

Self

1971

Directed by John Ford

70%

Self (uncredited)

1971

Vietnam! Vietnam!

60%

Executive Producer

1971

My Name Is John Ford, I Make Westerns

60%

Self

1970

7 Women

65%

Director

1965