John Ford
Biography
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.
Acting (30 movies)
Omnibus: John Ford, Part One
1992
Monument Valley: John Ford Country
2006
Shooting War
2000
The Broken Coin
1915
Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery
1914
Show-Business at War
1943
The Purple Mask
1916
The Tornado
1917
The Bandit's Wager
1916
The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth
2009
John Ford & Monument Valley
2013
The American West of John Ford
1971
National Geographic Explorer: The Battle For Midway
1999
Serenity at Sea: John Ford and the Araner
2006
The Scrapper
1917
Directed by John Ford
1971
Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines
1943
The Birth of a Nation
1915
John Ford: The Man Who Invented America
2019
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
2000
Spanish Western
2015
A Study in Scarlet
1914
Filmmakers for the Prosecution
2023
Five Came Back
2017
The Horse Soldiers
1959
Big Time
1929
John Wayne-A Life on Film
2000
John Ford's America
1989
The Western: A Lost TV Special
1958
Directing (143 movies)
Stagecoach
1939
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
My Darling Clementine
1946
The Searchers
1956
Judge Priest
1934
Rio Grande
1950
How the West Was Won
1962
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
Two Rode Together
1961
Mogambo
1953
3 Bad Men
1926
The Red, White and Blue Line
1955
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949
3 Godfathers
1948
Sergeant Rutledge
1960
How Green Was My Valley
1941
Donovan's Reef
1963
Wagon Master
1950
Fort Apache
1948
The Fugitive
1947
The Wings of Eagles
1957
Young Mr. Lincoln
1939
Wee Willie Winkie
1937
Mary of Scotland
1936
The Informer
1935
The Long Gray Line
1955
Gideon's Day
1958
Mister Roberts
1955
The Lost Patrol
1934
The Horse Soldiers
1959
Tobacco Road
1941
They Were Expendable
1945
7 Women
1965
The Iron Horse
1925
Drums Along the Mohawk
1939
The Whole Town's Talking
1935
The Long Voyage Home
1940
When Willie Comes Marching Home
1950
The Battle of Midway
1942
The Last Hurrah
1958
Up the River
1930
Doctor Bull
1933
Steamboat Round the Bend
1935
What Price Glory
1952
Arrowsmith
1931
Born Reckless
1930
The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936
The Hurricane
1937
Bucking Broadway
1917
Four Sons
1928
December 7th
1943
Sex Hygiene
1942
Air Mail
1932
The Sun Shines Bright
1953
Hoodman Blind
1923
Just Pals
1920
Cameo Kirby
1923
Upstream
1927
Salute
1929
Flesh
1932
Hangman's House
1928
Straight Shooting
1917
The Blue Eagle
1926
Pilgrimage
1933
Four Men and a Prayer
1938
Seas Beneath
1931
The World Moves On
1934
The Big Punch
1921
Men Without Women
1930
Riley the Cop
1928
By Indian Post
1919
Mother Machree
1927
The Black Watch
1929
The Village Blacksmith
1922
Lightnin'
1925
The Rising of the Moon
1957
The Plough and the Stars
1936
Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend
1976
Korea
1959
Torpedo Squadron
1942
This Is Korea!
1951
Submarine Patrol
1938
Silver Wings
1922
The Shamrock Handicap
1926
A Gun Fightin' Gentleman
1919
The Growler Story
1957
Kentucky Pride
1925
The Tornado
1917
Hell Bent
1918
The Brat
1931
Desperate Trails
1921
The Freeze-Out
1921
Sure Fire
1921
The Last Outlaw
1919
In Memoriam Manuel Quezon
1944
Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines
1943
Flashing Spikes
1962
The Quiet Man
1952
North of Hudson Bay
1923
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| The Tornado | 1917 | Writer |
| The Scrapper | 1917 | Writer |
| Hell Bent | 1918 | Writer |
| The Craving | 1918 | Writer |
| Riders of Vengeance | 1919 | Screenplay |
| The Big Punch | 1921 | Writer |
| Three Jumps Ahead | 1923 | Writer |
| The Iron Horse | 1925 | Producer |
| The Shamrock Handicap | 1926 | Producer |
| 3 Bad Men | 1926 | Producer |
| The Blue Eagle | 1926 | Producer |
| Mother Machree | 1927 | Producer |
| Four Sons | 1928 | Producer |
| Hangman's House | 1928 | Producer |
| Riley the Cop | 1928 | Producer |
| Salute | 1929 | Producer |
| Men Without Women | 1930 | Producer |
| Flesh | 1932 | Producer |
| The Lost Patrol | 1934 | Producer |
| The Whole Town's Talking | 1935 | Producer |
| The Informer | 1935 | Producer |
| Stagecoach | 1939 | Producer |
| The Long Voyage Home | 1940 | Producer |
| Women in Defense | 1941 | Producer |
| The Battle of Midway | 1942 | Producer |
| The Battle of Midway | 1942 | Writer |
| December 7th | 1943 | Producer |
| Nazi Concentration Camps | 1945 | Producer |
| They Were Expendable | 1945 | Producer |
| The Fugitive | 1947 | Producer |
| Fort Apache | 1948 | Executive Producer |
| 3 Godfathers | 1948 | Producer |
| Mighty Joe Young | 1949 | Executive Producer |
| She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | 1949 | Executive Producer |
| Wagon Master | 1950 | Executive Producer |
| Rio Grande | 1950 | Producer |
| The Quiet Man | 1952 | Producer |
| The Quiet Man | 1952 | Writer |
| The Sun Shines Bright | 1953 | Producer |
| The Last Hurrah | 1958 | Producer |
| Two Rode Together | 1961 | Producer |
| The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | 1962 | Producer |
| Donovan's Reef | 1963 | Producer |
| Cheyenne Autumn | 1964 | Producer |
| 7 Women | 1965 | Producer |
| Vietnam! Vietnam! | 1971 | Executive Producer |