John Martin Feeney

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John Martin Feeney, better known as John Ford, was a highly influential American film director renowned for his Westerns and multiple Academy Award–winning dramas.

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instanceOf film director
film producer
human
screenwriter
alsoKnownAs Jack Ford
John Ford
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Director
Honorary Academy Award
surface form: Academy Honorary Award
causeOfDeath stomach cancer
conflictParticipatedIn World War II
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1894-02-01
dateOfDeath 1973-08-31
directed Drums Along the Mohawk
How Green Was My Valley
Stagecoach
Battle of Midway
surface form: The Battle of Midway

The Grapes of Wrath
The Long Voyage Home
The Quiet Man
The Searchers
They Were Expendable
Young Mr. Lincoln
ethnicOrigin Irish-American
familyName Feeney
gender male
genre Western film
drama film
givenName John
influenced Akira Kurosawa
Martin Scorsese
Orson Welles
Sergio Leone
marriageStart 1920
militaryBranch United States Navy
notableWork Fort Apache
How Green Was My Valley
My Darling Clementine
Rio Grande
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Stagecoach
The Grapes of Wrath
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Quiet Man
The Searchers
numberOfAcademyAwardsForBestDirector 4
occupation film director
film producer
screenwriter
placeOfBirth Cape Elizabeth, Maine, United States
placeOfBurial Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California, United States
placeOfDeath Palm Desert, California, United States
spouse Mary McBride Smith

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John Ford fullName John Martin Feeney
Jack Ford birthName John Martin Feeney
subject surface form: John Ford