
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