John Ford
Highest Rated: 100% Stagecoach (1939)
Lowest Rated: 40% The Wings of Eagles (1957)
Birthday: Feb 1, 1894
Birthplace: Cape Elizabeth, Maine, USA
As one of the most influential directors in Hollywood history, John Ford was as famous for defining the Western genre as he was for his collaborations with screen icon John Wayne. Having started his career in the silent era, Ford honed his craft making scores of short films before become one of Hollywood's most decorated directors, winning a total of four Best Director Academy Awards. His first came with "The Informer" (1935), but it was his second for the seminal "Stagecoach" (1939) that cemented his place in cinema history. The film marked the true beginning of his collaboration with Wayne, even though the actor had appeared in uncredited roles in a number of his silent movies. His ability to blend art and commerce in films like "The Grapes of Wrath" (1940), "How Green Was My Valley" (1941), "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" (1949) and "The Quiet Man" (1952) assured performers of a platform for displaying their finest work. Ford was also a pioneer of location shooting and often shot in Utah's Monument Valley, a virtually prehistoric landscape that he helped make famous in "The Searchers" (1956), widely considered the best Western ever made. With "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" (1962), his last great film, Ford capped a career that influenced generations of directors while offering audiences some of cinema's most important films.
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John Ford
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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100% |
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A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese Through American Movies | Himself (archive footage) (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Vietnam! Vietnam! | Executive Producer | - | 1971 |
83% |
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Seven Women | Director | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet |
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Young Cassidy | Director | - | 1965 |
60% |
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Cheyenne Autumn |
Director, Producer |
- | 1964 |
54% |
|
Donovan's Reef |
Director, Producer |
- | 1963 |
88% |
|
How the West Was Won | Director | - | 1962 |
95% |
|
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance |
Director, Producer |
- | 1962 |
86% |
|
Two Rode Together |
Director, Producer |
- | 1961 |
91% |
|
Sergeant Rutledge | Director | - | 1960 |
81% |
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The Horse Soldiers | Director | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet |
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Gideon of Scotland Yard | Director | - | 1958 |
86% |
|
The Last Hurrah |
Director, Producer |
- | 1958 |
No Score Yet |
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The Rising of the Moon | Director | - | 1957 |
40% |
|
The Wings of Eagles | Director | - | 1957 |
87% |
|
The Searchers | Director | - | 1956 |
93% |
|
Mister Roberts | Director | - | 1955 |
90% |
|
The Long Gray Line | Director | - | 1955 |
60% |
|
The Sun Shines Bright |
Director, Producer |
- | 1954 |
77% |
|
Mogambo | Director | - | 1953 |
63% |
|
What Price Glory? | Director | - | 1952 |
91% |
|
The Quiet Man |
Director, Producer |
- | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | This Is Korea! | Director | - | 1951 |
100% |
|
Wagon Master |
Director, Producer |
- | 1950 |
No Score Yet |
|
When Willie Comes Marching Home | Director | - | 1950 |
71% |
|
Rio Grande |
Director, Producer |
- | 1950 |
91% |
|
Mighty Joe Young | Producer | - | 1949 |
92% |
|
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon |
Director, Executive Producer |
- | 1949 |
87% |
|
3 Godfathers |
Director, Producer |
- | 1948 |
100% |
|
Fort Apache |
Director, Executive Producer |
- | 1948 |
75% |
|
The Fugitive |
Director, Producer |
- | 1947 |
100% |
|
My Darling Clementine | Director | - | 1946 |
92% |
|
They Were Expendable |
Director, Producer |
- | 1945 |
No Score Yet |
|
December 7th | Director | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines |
J. P. Baldwin (Character), Director, Producer |
- | 1943 |
No Score Yet |
|
The Battle of Midway |
Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
- | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Torpedo Squadron | Director | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet |
|
Tobacco Road | Director | - | 1941 |
93% |
|
How Green Was My Valley | Director | - | 1941 |
100% |
|
The Long Voyage Home |
Director, Producer |
- | 1940 |
100% |
|
The Grapes of Wrath | Director | - | 1940 |
82% |
|
Drums Along the Mohawk | Director | - | 1939 |
100% |
|
Young Mr. Lincoln | Director | - | 1939 |
100% |
|
Stagecoach |
Director, Producer |
- | 1939 |
43% |
|
Four Men and a Prayer | Director | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Submarine Patrol | Director | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet |
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The Hurricane | Director | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet |
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Wee Willie Winkie | Director | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet |
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The Plough and the Stars | Director | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet |
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Mary of Scotland | Director | - | 1936 |
89% |
|
The Prisoner of Shark Island | Director | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet |
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Steamboat 'Round the Bend | Director | - | 1935 |
89% |
|
The Informer |
Director, Producer |
- | 1935 |
100% |
|
The Whole Town's Talking | Director | - | 1935 |
100% |
|
The Lost Patrol | Director | - | 1934 |
80% |
|
Judge Priest | Director | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet |
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The World Moves On | Director | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet |
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Dr. Bull | Director | - | 1933 |
83% |
|
Pilgrimage | Director | - | 1933 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Flesh |
Director, Producer |
- | 1932 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Air Mail | Director | - | 1932 |
No Score Yet |
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The Seas Beneath | Director | - | 1931 |
89% |
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Arrowsmith | Director | - | 1931 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Brat | Director | - | 1931 |
No Score Yet |
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Men Without Women | Director | - | 1930 |
No Score Yet |
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Born Reckless | Director | - | 1930 |
No Score Yet |
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Up the River | Director | - | 1930 |
No Score Yet |
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The Black Watch | Director | - | 1929 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Salute | Director | - | 1929 |
No Score Yet |
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Four Sons | Director | - | 1928 |
No Score Yet |
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Hangman's House |
Director, Producer |
- | 1928 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Riley the Cop | Director | - | 1928 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mother Machree | Director | - | 1928 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Upstream | Director | - | 1927 |
No Score Yet |
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Three Bad Men | Director | - | 1926 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Shamrock Handicap | Director | - | 1926 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Blue Eagle | Director | - | 1926 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lightnin' | Director | - | 1925 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kentucky Pride | Director | - | 1925 |
75% |
|
The Iron Horse | Director | - | 1924 |
50% | No Score Yet | The Village Blacksmith | Director | - | 1922 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Freeze-Out | Director | - | 1921 |
No Score Yet |
|
Just Pals | Director | - | 1920 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hell Bent |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1918 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Scarlet Drop | Director | - | 1918 |
No Score Yet |
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Straight Shooting | Director | - | 1917 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bucking Broadway | Director | - | 1917 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Tornado |
Jack Dayton (Character), Director |
- | 1917 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murder Masterminds | Executive Producer | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wagon Train | Director | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Screen Directors Playhouse | Director | 1955 |