John Ford

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American person actor film director film producer screenwriter

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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John Ford canonical 84
John Ford filmography 4

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instanceOf American person ⓘ
actor ⓘ
film director ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
academyAwards Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Director for How Green Was My Valley

Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Director for The Grapes of Wrath

Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Director for The Informer

Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Battle of Midway ⓘ
surface form: The Battle of Midway
era Classical Hollywood cinema ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Irish-American ⓘ
founded Office of Strategic Services ⓘ
surface form: 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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Office of Strategic Services → employed → John Ford ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Director → hasNotableMultipleWinners → John Ford ⓘ
The Grapes of Wrath → filmDirector → John Ford ⓘ
John Ford → alsoKnownAs → John Ford ⓘ
Red Dust → remakeDirector → John Ford ⓘ
Merian C. Cooper → workedWith → John Ford ⓘ
AFI Life Achievement Award → firstRecipient → John Ford ⓘ
Martin Scorsese → influencedBy → John Ford ⓘ
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director → firstRecipient → John Ford ⓘ
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director → notableRecipient → John Ford ⓘ
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director → hasNotableMultipleWinner → John Ford ⓘ
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Gregg Toland → collaboratedWith → John Ford ⓘ
Rose of Sharon Joad → filmAdaptationDirector → John Ford ⓘ
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Akira Kurosawa → influencedBy → John Ford ⓘ
Stagecoach → director → John Ford ⓘ
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance → director → John Ford ⓘ
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance → producer → John Ford ⓘ
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon → director → John Ford ⓘ
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon → producer → John Ford ⓘ
Fort Apache → director → John Ford ⓘ
The Quiet Man → director → John Ford ⓘ
Sergio Leone → influencedBy → John Ford ⓘ
Jack Ford → name → John Ford ⓘ
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Rex Ingram → influenced → John Ford ⓘ
Francis Ford → sibling → John Ford ⓘ
Francis Ford → relative → John Ford ⓘ
Cyril J. Mockridge → collaboratedWith → John Ford ⓘ
Mother Machree (1928 film) → director → John Ford ⓘ
Woody Strode → workedWith → John Ford ⓘ
Victor McLaglen → workedWith → John Ford ⓘ
Mogambo → director → John Ford ⓘ
How the West Was Won → director → John Ford ⓘ
Glen MacWilliams → collaboratedWith → John Ford ⓘ
Ward Bond → workedWith → John Ford ⓘ
Argosy Pictures → collaboratedWith → John Ford ⓘ
Argosy Pictures → director → John Ford ⓘ
subject surface form: The Quiet Man
Argosy Pictures → director → John Ford ⓘ
subject surface form: Rio Grande
John Martin Feeney → alsoKnownAs → John Ford ⓘ
Rio Grande → director → John Ford ⓘ
subject surface form: Rio Grande (1950 film)
Rio Grande → producer → John Ford ⓘ
subject surface form: Rio Grande (1950 film)
The Whole Town’s Talking → director → John Ford ⓘ
Garrett Fort → collaboratedWith → John Ford ⓘ