John Ford
John Martin Feeney, 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, and received a record four Academy Awards for Best Director for The Informer (1935), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), How Green Was My Valley (1941), and The Quiet Man (1952).
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- Born in
- Cape Elizabeth
- Educated at
- Portland High School
- Awards
- 🏆 Presidential Medal of Freedom🏆 Order of Leopold🏆 Academy Award for Best Director🏆 Purple Heart🏆 Combat Action Ribbon
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1894
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Birth1973
Died
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