John Ford

American film director (1894–1973)

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Lived 1894–1973, aged 79United States

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1894–1973
Aged 79

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Updated 2026-05-29

Directed over 130 films across five decades and won four Best Director Oscars—more than any other filmmaker. Ford shaped American cinema during Hollywood's Golden Age, from Westerns to Depression-era dramas.

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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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