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John Ford

1894 - 1973

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John Martin Feeney (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973), better known as John Ford, was an American film director and producer. He is regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers during the Golden Age of Hollywood, and was one of the first American directors to be recognized as an auteur. In a career of more than 50 years, he directed over 130 films between 1917 and 1970 (although most of his silent films are now lost), and received a record four Academy Award for Best Director for The Informer (1935), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), How Green Was My Valley (1941), and The Quiet Man (1952). Ford is renowned for his Westerns, such as Stagecoach (1939), My Darling Clementine (1946), Fort Apache (1948), The Searchers (1956), and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962); though he worked in many other genres, including comedies, period dramas, and documentaries. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Ford is the 41st most popular film director (down from 38th in 2019), the 400th most popular biography from United States (down from 242nd in 2019) and the 12th most popular American Film Director.

John Ford is most famous for his westerns, such as Stagecoach, The Searchers, and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, John Ford ranks 41 out of 2,041. Before him are Billy Wilder, Vittorio De Sica, Quentin Tarantino, Emir Kusturica, James Cameron, and Krzysztof Kieślowski. After him are Isao Takahata, Tinto Brass, Tim Burton, Roberto Rossellini, Ken Loach, and Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

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Among people born in 1894, John Ford ranks 12. Before him are Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi, Georges Lemaître, Boris III of Bulgaria, Jean Renoir, and Maximilian Kolbe. After him are Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Joseph Roth, Norbert Wiener, Fritz Sauckel, Moshe Sharett, and Kim Hyong-jik. Among people deceased in 1973, John Ford ranks 21. Before him are J. Hans D. Jensen, Ivan Konev, Paavo Nurmi, Hans Kelsen, Henri Charrière, and Abebe Bikila. After him are Karl Ziegler, Ludwig von Mises, Charles Greeley Abbot, Anna Magnani, Ferdinand Schörner, and Max Horkheimer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Ford ranks 400 out of 20,380. Before him are Marilyn Manson (1969), Samuel Colt (1814), Neil deGrasse Tyson (1958), Owen Chamberlain (1920), Edward Thorndike (1874), and Rocky Marciano (1923). After him are Lee Van Cleef (1925), Audie Murphy (1925), Jamie Foxx (1967), Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (1921), Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839), and James Brown (1933).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, John Ford ranks 12. Before him are Woody Allen (1935), Francis Ford Coppola (1939), Cecil B. DeMille (1881), George Lucas (1944), Michael Mann (1943), and Quentin Tarantino (1963). After him are Tim Burton (1958), Robert Zemeckis (1952), Oliver Stone (1946), Stephen Hillenburg (1961), Brian De Palma (1940), and Sydney Pollack (1934).

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