John Farrow
Film director, screenwriter and producer (1904-1963) · Australia · Directors · Died at 58
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Something wrong?John Villiers Farrow, KGCHS was an Australian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He spent a considerable amount of his five-decade career in the United States and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director in 1942 for Wake Island.
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John Paul JonesFilm, Director, Writer1957Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted ScreenplayAward1956
Around the World in 80 DaysFilm, Writer1954
A Bullet Is WaitingFilm, Director1952
Botany BayFilm, Director1951
His Kind of WomanFilm, Director, Producer1949
Alias Nick BealFilm, Director1947
CaliforniaFilm, Director, Producer1944
The Hitler GangFilm, Director1942
Commandos Strike at DawnFilm, Director1939
Five Came BackFilm, Director1938
My BillFilm, Director1936
Tarzan EscapesFilm, Director1934
The Spectacle MakerFilm, Director, Writer1929
Wolf SongFilm, Writer1904Born10 February 1904Also in Deutsch
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JJJohn Paul Jones
TWThe Unholy WifeADAround the World in 80 Days
BEBack from Eternity
TCThe Sea ChaseAWA Bullet Is Waiting
HOHondo
RVRide, Vaquero!
PSPlunder of the Sun
KRKing of the Khyber RiflesBBBotany BayHWHis Kind of Woman
SCSubmarine Command
WLWhere Danger Lives
CCCopper CanyonABAlias Nick Beal
RBRed, Hot and Blue
TCThe Big Clock
NENight Has a Thousand EyesCACalifornia
CACalcutta
TMTwo Years Before the MastTGThe Hitler Gang
CHChina
WIWake IslandCDCommandos Strike at Dawn
MLMarried and in LoveFBFive Came Back
TBThe Saint Strikes Back
SHSorority House
FCFull Confession
TMThe Invisible MenaceMBMy Bill
WSWest of Shanghai
MEMen in ExileTETarzan Escapes
MBMutiny on the BountyTMThe Spectacle Maker
TLThe Common LawWSWolf Song80 credits on file
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John Villiers Farrow, KGCHS was an Australian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He spent a considerable amount of his five-decade career in the United States and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director in 1942 for Wake Island. In 1957, Farrow won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Around the World in Eighty Days. He had seven children by his wife, actress Maureen O'Sullivan, including actress Mia Farrow.
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