John Ford

Known For: Directing

Gender: Male

Date of Birth: February 1, 1894

Day of Death: August 31, 1973 (80 years old)

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.

2023

Actor Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Filmmakers for the Prosecution

2019

Actor Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

John Ford: The Man Who Invented America

2017

Actor Self (archive footage)

Five Came Back

2015

Actor Self (archive footage)

Spanish Western

2013

Actor Self (archive footage)

John Ford & Monument Valley

2009

Actor Self (Archive)

The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth

Actor Self (archive footage)

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

2006

Actor Self (voice) (archive footage)

Monument Valley: John Ford Country

Actor Himself (archive footage)

Serenity at Sea: John Ford and the Araner

2000

Actor himself

Shooting War

Actor Self (archive footage)

Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'

Actor Self (archive footage)

John Wayne-A Life on Film

1999

Actor Himself - Filmmaker (archive footage) (unaccredited)

National Geographic Explorer: The Battle For Midway

1995

Actor Self

A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies

1992

Actor Self (archive footage)

Omnibus: John Ford, Part One

Actor Self

John Wayne's 'The Alamo'

Actor Self (archive footage)

Fonda on Fonda

Thanks

Unforgiven

1976

Director

Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend

1971

Actor Self

The American West of John Ford

Actor Self (uncredited)

Directed by John Ford

Executive Producer

Vietnam! Vietnam!

1970

Actor Self

My Name Is John Ford, I Make Westerns

1965

Director

7 Women

Co-Director

Young Cassidy

Producer

7 Women

1964

Director

Cheyenne Autumn

Producer

Cheyenne Autumn

1963

Director

Donovan's Reef

Producer

Donovan's Reef

1962

Director

How the West Was Won

Director

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Producer

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Director

Flashing Spikes

1961

Director

Two Rode Together

Producer

Two Rode Together

1960

Director

Sergeant Rutledge

Director

The Colter Craven Story

1959

Actor Ned

The Horse Soldiers

Director

The Horse Soldiers

Director

Korea

1958

Director

Gideon's Day

Director

The Last Hurrah

Producer

The Last Hurrah

1957

Director

The Wings of Eagles

Director

The Rising of the Moon

Director

The Growler Story

1956

Director

The Searchers

1955

Director

The Red, White and Blue Line

Director

The Long Gray Line

Director

Mister Roberts

Director

Rookie of the Year

1953

Director

Mogambo

Producer

The Sun Shines Bright

Director

The Sun Shines Bright

1952

Actor Himself (Grand Ball Attendee)

Ton Diagonismon Dia Thn Anadixin Tis Star Ellas

Writer

The Quiet Man

Producer

The Quiet Man

Director

What Price Glory

Director

The Quiet Man

1951

Actor Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)

The Screen Director

Director

This Is Korea!

1950

Director

Rio Grande

Producer

Rio Grande

Director

Wagon Master

Director

When Willie Comes Marching Home

Executive Producer

Wagon Master

Presenter

Wagon Master

Story

Wagon Master

1949

Director

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

Executive Producer

Mighty Joe Young

Executive Producer

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

1948

Producer

3 Godfathers

Director

3 Godfathers

Director

Fort Apache

Executive Producer

Fort Apache

Presenter

3 Godfathers

1947

Director

The Fugitive

Producer

The Fugitive

Presenter

The Fugitive

1946

Director

My Darling Clementine

Director

It's Your America

1945

Director

They Were Expendable

Producer

Nazi Concentration Camps

Producer

They Were Expendable

1944

Director

In Memoriam Manuel Quezon

1943

Actor Self

Show-Business at War

Actor J.P. Baldwin

Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines

Director

December 7th

Director

Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines

Director

At the Front in North Africa with the U.S. Army

Producer

December 7th

1942

Producer

The Battle of Midway

Director

The Battle of Midway

Director

Sex Hygiene

Director

Torpedo Squadron

Director of Photography

The Battle of Midway

Writer

The Battle of Midway

Editor

The Battle of Midway

1941

Director

How Green Was My Valley

Director

Tobacco Road

Producer

Women in Defense

Director

Women in Defense

1940

Director

The Grapes of Wrath

Director

The Long Voyage Home

Producer

The Long Voyage Home

1939

Producer

Stagecoach

Director

Stagecoach

Director

Young Mr. Lincoln

Director

Drums Along the Mohawk

1938

Director

Four Men and a Prayer

Director

Submarine Patrol

1937

Director

Wee Willie Winkie

Director

The Hurricane

1936

Director

Mary of Scotland

Director

The Prisoner of Shark Island

Director

The Plough and the Stars

Story

The Last Outlaw

1935

Director

The Informer

Director

The Whole Town's Talking

Director

Steamboat Round the Bend

Producer

The Informer

Producer

The Whole Town's Talking

1934

Director

Judge Priest

Director

The Lost Patrol

Director

The World Moves On

Producer

The Lost Patrol

1933

Director

Doctor Bull

Director

Pilgrimage

1932

Director

Air Mail

Director

Flesh

Producer

Flesh

1931

Director

Arrowsmith

Director

Seas Beneath

Director

The Brat

1930

Director

Up the River

Director

Born Reckless

Director

Men Without Women

Story

Men Without Women

Producer

Men Without Women

1929

Actor John Ford (uncredited)

Big Time

Director

Salute

Director

The Black Watch

Producer

Salute

Director

Strong Boy

1928

Director

Four Sons

Producer

Hangman's House

Director

Hangman's House

Director

Riley the Cop

Producer

Four Sons

Producer

Riley the Cop

Director

Napoleon's Barber

1927

Director

Upstream

Director

Mother Machree

Producer

Mother Machree

1926

Director

3 Bad Men

Producer

3 Bad Men

Director

The Blue Eagle

Director

The Shamrock Handicap

Producer

The Blue Eagle

Producer

The Shamrock Handicap

1925

Director

Lightnin'

Director

Kentucky Pride

Director

Thank You

Director

The Fighting Heart

1924

Producer

The Iron Horse

Director

The Iron Horse

Director

Hearts of Oak

1923

Director

Hoodman Blind

Director

Cameo Kirby

Director

North of Hudson Bay

Director

The Face on the Barroom Floor

Writer

Three Jumps Ahead

Director

Three Jumps Ahead

1922

Director

The Village Blacksmith

Director

Silver Wings

Director

Little Miss Smiles

1921

Writer

The Big Punch

Director

The Big Punch

Director

Desperate Trails

Director

The Freeze-Out

Director

Sure Fire

Director

Jackie

Director

Action

Director

The Wallop

1920

Director

Just Pals

Director

The Prince of Avenue A

Director

The Girl in Number 29

Director

Hitchin' Posts

1919

Director

By Indian Post

Director

A Gun Fightin' Gentleman

Director

The Last Outlaw

Director

Roped

Director

The Fighting Brothers

Director

Gun Law

Story

The Gun Packer

Director

A Fight For Love

Director

Bare Fists

Director

The Rustlers

Director

The Gun Packer

Screenplay

Riders of Vengeance

Director

Riders of Vengeance

Director

Marked Men

Director

Rider of the Law

Director

The Ace of the Saddle

Director

The Outcasts of Poker Flat

Story

A Gun Fightin' Gentleman

1918

Story

Hell Bent

Director

Hell Bent

Writer

The Craving

Director

The Phantom Riders

Story

The Scarlet Drop

Director

The Scarlet Drop

Director

Thieves' Gold

Director

Wild Women

Director

Three Mounted Men

Director

A Woman's Fool

1917

Actor Jack Dayton (as Jack Ford)

The Tornado

Actor Lt. Jack Brewer

The Trail of Hate

Actor Buck, the scrapper

The Scrapper

Director

Bucking Broadway

Director

Straight Shooting

Director

The Tornado

Writer

The Scrapper

Director

Cheyenne's Pal

Director

The Soul Herder

Director

The Scrapper

Story

Cheyenne's Pal

Director

A Marked Man

Director

The Secret Man

Writer

The Tornado

1916

Actor (unconfirmed)

The Purple Mask

Actor

The Bandit's Wager

1915

Actor Sacchio's Accomplice (as Jack Ford)

The Broken Coin

Actor Klansman

The Birth of a Nation

Assistant Director

The Broken Coin

1914

Actor

Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery

Actor John H. Watson, M.D.

A Study in Scarlet