John Ford
Known for: Directing
Born: February 1, 1894
Died: August 31, 1973
Place of birth: Cape Elizabeth, Maine, USA
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.
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Filmography
185 movies · 7 TV shows, newest first
6.0
Filmmakers for the Prosecution
2023
5.9
John Ford: The Man Who Invented America
2019
7.9
Five Came Back
2017
7.2
Five Came Back
2017
6.4
Spanish Western
2015
1.0
John Ford & Monument Valley
2013
7.5
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
NR
The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth
2009
NR
Monument Valley: John Ford Country
2006
NR
Serenity at Sea: John Ford and the Araner
200610.0
Battleground
2004
6.4
Shooting War
2000
NR
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
2000
NR
John Wayne-A Life on Film
2000
7.0
National Geographic Explorer: The Battle For Midway
1999
8.0
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
NR
Omnibus: John Ford, Part One
1992
7.9
Unforgiven
19928.3
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992
7.0
Fonda on Fonda
1992
6.5
John Ford's America
1989
7.0
Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend
1976
6.3
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
6.5
The American West of John Ford
1971
7.0
Directed by John Ford
1971
6.0
Vietnam! Vietnam!
19716.0
My Name Is John Ford, I Make Westerns
1970
6.5
7 Women
1965
5.5
Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland
1965
6.7
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
6.2
Donovan's Reef
1963
7.0
How the West Was Won
1962
6.8
Flashing Spikes
1962
7.8
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
6.0
Alcoa Premiere
1961
6.4
Two Rode Together
1961
NR
The Colter Craven Story
1960
7.1
The Alamo
1960
7.0
Sergeant Rutledge
1960
6.9
The Horse Soldiers
19597.0
Korea
1959
7.2
The Last Hurrah
1958
NR
The Western: A Lost TV Special
1958
6.4
Gideon's Day
1958NR
John Ford at the NFT
1957
6.6
Wagon Train
1957
6.8
The Rising of the Moon
1957
6.3
The Wings of Eagles
1957
6.0
The Growler Story
1957
7.7
The Searchers
1956
7.0
Screen Director's Playhouse
19555.5
The Jane Wyman Show
1955
7.0
Mister Roberts
1955
6.0
The Red, White and Blue Line
1955
7.0
The Long Gray Line
1955
6.4
Mogambo
1953
6.6
The Sun Shines Bright
1953NR
Ton Diagonismon Dia Thn Anadixin Tis Star Ellas
1952
5.8
What Price Glory
1952
7.3
The Quiet Man
1952
6.8
This Is Korea!
1951
7.0
The Screen Director
1951
6.8
Rio Grande
1950
6.7
Wagon Master
1950
6.9
When Willie Comes Marching Home
1950
6.9
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949
6.4
Mighty Joe Young
1949
6.8
3 Godfathers
1948
7.0
Fort Apache
1948
6.0
The Fugitive
1947
7.5
My Darling Clementine
1946
6.5
It's Your America
1946
6.5
They Were Expendable
1945
7.7
Nazi Concentration Camps
1945
NR
In Memoriam Manuel Quezon
1944
6.3
At the Front in North Africa with the U.S. Army
19436.5
We Sail at Midnight
1943
7.0
Show-Business at War
1943
5.8
December 7th
1943
6.0
Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines
19437.0
German Industrial Manpower
1943
5.9
The Battle of Midway
1942
5.1
Sex Hygiene
1942
6.0
Torpedo Squadron
1942
5.6
Women in Defense
1941
7.3
How Green Was My Valley
1941
6.8
Tobacco Road
1941
6.6
The Long Voyage Home
1940
7.8
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
6.5
Drums Along the Mohawk
1939
7.2
Young Mr. Lincoln
1939
7.6
Stagecoach
1939
6.7
Submarine Patrol
1938
6.5
Four Men and a Prayer
1938
6.7
The Hurricane
1937
6.6
Wee Willie Winkie
1937
5.7
The Plough and the Stars
1936
6.2
Mary of Scotland
1936
6.3
The Last Outlaw
1936
6.9
The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936
7.5
Steamboat Round the Bend
1935
6.8
The Informer
1935
6.9
The Whole Town's Talking
1935
6.4
Judge Priest
1934
5.9
The World Moves On
1934
6.5
The Lost Patrol
1934
6.7
Doctor Bull
1933
7.1
Pilgrimage
1933
5.8
Flesh
1932
5.5
Air Mail
1932
6.6
Arrowsmith
1931
5.4
The Brat
1931
5.3
Seas Beneath
1931
5.7
Up the River
1930
5.7
Born Reckless
1930
6.3
Men Without Women
1930
7.5
Big Time
1929
5.8
Salute
1929
5.8
The Black Watch
1929
6.0
Strong Boy
1929
5.7
Riley the Cop
1928
6.0
Napoleon's Barber
1928
6.6
Hangman's House
1928
7.3
Four Sons
1928
6.6
Mother Machree
1927
6.1
Upstream
1927
5.4
The Blue Eagle
1926
6.9
3 Bad Men
1926
5.5
The Shamrock Handicap
1926
6.0
The Fighting Heart
1925
4.8
Thank You
1925
6.8
The Iron Horse
1925
6.2
Kentucky Pride
1925
6.6
Lightnin'
1925
6.0
Hearts of Oak
1924
6.0
Hoodman Blind
1923
5.9
North of Hudson Bay
1923
5.9
Cameo Kirby
1923
7.5
Three Jumps Ahead
1923
7.5
The Face on the Barroom Floor
1923
5.3
The Village Blacksmith
1922
6.0
Silver Wings
1922
6.0
Little Miss Smiles
1922
6.5
Jackie
1921
6.5
Sure Fire
1921
6.3
Action
1921
7.0
Desperate Trails
1921
6.5
The Wallop
1921
7.0
The Freeze-Out
1921
7.0
The Big Punch
1921
6.4
Just Pals
1920
6.3
Hitchin' Posts
1920
7.5
The Girl in Number 29
1920
6.0
The Prince of Avenue A
1920
6.5
Marked Men
1919
6.0
A Gun Fightin' Gentleman
1919
7.0
Rider of the Law
1919
5.0
The Ace of the Saddle
1919
6.0
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1919
7.1
The Last Outlaw
1919
6.5
Riders of Vengeance
1919
6.0
The Gun Packer
1919
5.6
By Indian Post
1919
6.5
Gun Law
1919
5.0
Bare Fists
1919
6.5
The Rustlers
1919
6.0
A Fight For Love
1919
5.5
The Fighting Brothers
1919
7.0
Roped
1919
4.5
Three Mounted Men
1918
5.0
The Craving
1918
4.0
A Woman's Fool
1918
5.6
Hell Bent
1918
4.7
The Scarlet Drop
1918
4.5
Thieves' Gold
1918
4.5
Wild Women
1918
4.5
The Phantom Riders
1918
5.6
Bucking Broadway
1917
4.5
A Marked Man
1917
5.0
The Secret Man
1917
6.2
Straight Shooting
1917
4.5
Cheyenne's Pal
1917
4.5
The Soul Herder
1917
4.5
The Scrapper
19175.5
The Trail of Hate
1917
5.5
The Tornado
1917
NR
The Purple Mask
1916
5.1
The Bandit's Wager
1916
6.0
The Broken Coin
1915
5.9
The Birth of a Nation
1915
7.5
A Study in Scarlet
1914
6.0
Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery
1914