John Ford

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John Ford was an influential American film director renowned for his classic Westerns and richly visual storytelling, which helped define Hollywood’s Golden Age.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf American person
actor
film director
film producer
screenwriter
academyAwards Academy Award for Best Director for How Green Was My Valley
Academy Award for Best Director for The Grapes of Wrath
Academy Award for Best Director for The Informer
Academy Award for Best Director for The Quiet Man
alsoKnownAs Jack Ford
John Ford
awardCount_AcademyAwardForBestDirector 4
burialPlace Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California, United States
causeOfDeath stomach cancer
conflictParticipatedIn World War II
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1894-02-01
dateOfDeath 1973-08-31
directedDocumentary December 7th
The Battle of Midway
era Classical Hollywood cinema
ethnicOrigin Irish-American
founded Field Photographic Branch of the Office of Strategic Services
fullName John Martin Feeney
genre Western film
drama film
war film
influenced Akira Kurosawa
Martin Scorsese
Orson Welles
Sergio Leone
Steven Spielberg
militaryService 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
occupation actor
film director
film producer
screenwriter
placeOfBirth Cape Elizabeth, Maine, United States
placeOfDeath Palm Desert, California, United States
religion Roman Catholicism
sibling Francis Ford
spouse Mary McBride Smith
styleCharacteristic emphasis on community and family themes
long takes and deep focus compositions
use of Monument Valley landscapes
yearsActive 1910s–1960s


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