John Ford
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.
150 directing credits · 40 acting credits
Directing · 150
Wagon Train
1957
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
Alcoa Premiere
1961
The Searchers
1956
Stagecoach
1939
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
How the West Was Won
1962
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949
Rio Grande
1950
The Horse Soldiers
1959
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
The Quiet Man
1952
Fort Apache
1948
They Were Expendable
1945
Mister Roberts
1955
My Darling Clementine
1946
The Jane Wyman Show
1955
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
3 Godfathers
1948
Donovan's Reef
1963
Mogambo
1953
Two Rode Together
1961
Drums Along the Mohawk
1939
Tobacco Road
1941
Wagon Master
1950
The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936
December 7th
1943
Battleground
2004
How Green Was My Valley
1941
Young Mr. Lincoln
1939
The Informer
1935
The Long Gray Line
1955
The Fugitive
1947
The Last Hurrah
1958
The Wings of Eagles
1957
7 Women
1965
The Whole Town's Talking
1935
The Hurricane
1937
The Iron Horse
1925
Sergeant Rutledge
1960
Born Reckless
1930
Arrowsmith
1931
Mary of Scotland
1936
The Lost Patrol
1934
The Sun Shines Bright
1953
When Willie Comes Marching Home
1950
The Rising of the Moon
1957
Gideon's Day
1958
The Long Voyage Home
1940
3 Bad Men
1926
The Black Watch
1929
The Wallop
1921
Four Men and a Prayer
1938
The Battle of Midway
1942
Flashing Spikes
1962
Judge Priest
1934
The Colter Craven Story
1960
Submarine Patrol
1938
Wee Willie Winkie
1937
Hell Bent
1918
Air Mail
1932
Cameo Kirby
1923
Action
1921
Straight Shooting
1917
Steamboat Round the Bend
1935
North of Hudson Bay
1923
Strong Boy
1929
Salute
1929
Upstream
1927
Bucking Broadway
1917
The World Moves On
1934
Four Sons
1928
The Plough and the Stars
1936
Flesh
1932
Hangman's House
1928
Pilgrimage
1933
Thank You
1925
What Price Glory
1952
Lightnin'
1925
Sex Hygiene
1942
Bare Fists
1919
Up the River
1930
Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines
1943
Desperate Trails
1921
Marked Men
1919
The Blue Eagle
1926
Korea
1959
The Shamrock Handicap
1926
The Face on the Barroom Floor
1923
The Village Blacksmith
1922
The Brat
1931
Just Pals
1920
Wild Women
1918
Doctor Bull
1933
Roped
1919
Kentucky Pride
1925
The Big Punch
1921
Riley the Cop
1928
The Red, White and Blue Line
1955
The Fighting Heart
1925
The Trail of Hate
1917
Hoodman Blind
1923
Mother Machree
1927
The Secret Man
1917
The Growler Story
1957
By Indian Post
1919
Seas Beneath
1931
Men without Women
1930
Silver Wings
1922
The Scarlet Drop
1918
This Is Korea!
1951
A Marked Man
1917
The Freeze-Out
1921
Cheyenne's Pal
1917
Gun Law
1919
It's Your America
1946
The Ace of the Saddle
1919
Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend
1976
The Soul Herder
1917
The Scrapper
1917
Sure Fire
1921
Three Jumps Ahead
1923
Hitchin' Posts
1920
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1919
Riders of Vengeance
1919
Thieves' Gold
1918
The Gun Packer
1919
A Woman's Fool
1918
Rider of the Law
1919
At the Front in North Africa with the U.S. Army
1943
Jackie
1921
Napoleon's Barber
1928
A Fight For Love
1919
The Tornado
1917
Little Miss Smiles
1922
The Phantom Riders
1918
A Gun Fightin' Gentleman
1919
The Rustlers
1919
The Girl in Number 29
1920
Three Mounted Men
1918
The Fighting Brothers
1919
Hearts of Oak
1924
The Craving
1918
The Last Outlaw
1919
The Prince of Avenue A
1920
Women in Defense
1941
Torpedo Squadron
1942
We Sail at Midnight
1943
German Industrial Manpower
1943
In Memoriam Manuel Quezon
1944
Acting · 40
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
The Horse Soldiers
1959
The Birth of a Nation
1915
Directed by John Ford
1971
Five Came Back
2017
Shooting War
2000
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
Show-Business at War
1943
Filmmakers for the Prosecution
2023
John Ford: The Man Who Invented America
2019
Spanish Western
2015
Fonda on Fonda
1992
The Screen Director
1951
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992
The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth
2009
John Wayne-A Life on Film
2000
Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines
1943
National Geographic Explorer: The Battle For Midway
1999
The American West of John Ford
1971
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
2000
The Broken Coin
1915
The Trail of Hate
1917
The Purple Mask
1916
Big Time
1929
Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend
1976
The Scrapper
1917
The Western: A Lost TV Special
1958
Omnibus: John Ford, Part One
1992
John Ford & Monument Valley
2013
The Tornado
1917
Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery
1914
A Study in Scarlet
1914
Monument Valley: John Ford Country
2006
Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland
1965
Ton Diagonismon Dia Thn Anadixin Tis Star Ellas
1952
My Name Is John Ford, I Make Westerns
1970
Serenity at Sea: John Ford and the Araner
2006
The Bandit's Wager
1916
John Ford's America
1989