John Ford

John Ford

American film director (1894–1973)

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).

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 117 films (1900–1966) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 64 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▼ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1966 7 Women John Ford 87 min Color
1965 Seven Women. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. John Ford Productions Inc. & Bernard Smith Productions Inc. 35mm Color sound
1963 Donovan's Reef. Paramount Pictures Corp. & John Ford Productions Inc. 104 min 35mm Color sound
1962 How the West Was Won John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall 12:00 Color
1962 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance John Ford 123 min 16mm B&W sound
1962 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. Paramount Pictures Corp. & John Ford Productions Inc. 123 min 35mm B&W sound
1958 Gideon's Day John Ford 91 min Color & B&W
1958 The Last Hurrah John Ford 1:21 B&W
1957 The Rising Of The Moon warner brothers 81 min 16mm B&W sound
1957 The Wings of eagles John Ford 110 min Color & B&W
1956 The Searchers John Ford 1:19 Color
1956 The Searchers John Ford 119 min 16mm Color
1955 Rookie Of The Year. Hal Roach Studios. 29 min. 16mm B&W sound
1953 Sun shines bright Argosy Pictures Corp. ; John Ford and Merian C. Cooper's Argosy Production ; presenter, Herbert J. Yates ; writer, Laurence Stallings ; director, John Ford. 90 16mm B&W sound
1953 The Sun Shines Bright Ideal Pictures Inc 90 16mm B&W sound
1952 The Quiet Man National Telefilm 1:29 16mm Color sound
1952 What Price Glory? John Ford 111 min Color
1951 This is Korea John Ford 50 min
1950 Rio Grande John Ford 1:05
1950 Wagon Master John Ford 86 Color & B&W
1950 When Willie Comes Marching Home. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 82 min. 35mm B&W sound
1949 Mighty Joe Young. Ernest B. Schoedsack 94 min. 35mm B&W sound
1949 Pinky. Elia Kazan, John Ford 102 min 35mm B&W sound
1949 She wore a yellow ribbon FILINC 103 min 16mm Color
1949 She wore a yellow ribbon Warner Home Video 103 min 16mm Color
1949 She wore a yellow ribbon Warner Home Video 103 min 16mm Color
1948 Fort Apache John Ford 1:28 B&W
1948 Fort Apache. 129 N Vermont 128 min 35mm B&W sound
1946 My Darling Clementine John Ford 92 min 16mm B&W
1946 My Darling Clementine John Ford 92 min 16mm B&W
1946 My Darling Clementine. John Ford 97 min. 35mm B&W sound
1945 They Were Expendable. John Ford 14 reels B&W sound
1943 December 7th John Ford, Gregg Toland 12:00 B&W
1942 Sex Hygiene. ▶ Otto Brower John Ford 16mm/video file sound
1942 The Battle Of Midway John Ford 18 Color & B&W
1942 THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY ▶ John Ford 18 min 16mm Color & B&W
1942 The Battle of Midway John Ford 18 min Color & B&W
1941 HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY John Ford 118 min B&W
1941 HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY 20th Century-Fox 118min 16mm B&W Sound
1941 How Green Was My Valley. John Ford 10730 ft. B&W
1941 Sex Hygiene John Ford, Otto Brower 1000 ft B&W
1941 Tobacco Road McGraw-Hill Films 84 min 16mm B&W sound
1941 Tobacco Road. John Ford 7 594 ft. B&W
1941 Women in defense Blackhawk 10 16mm B&W sound
1941 WOMEN IN DEFENSE ▶ John Ford 16mm B&W
1941 WOMEN IN DEFENSE Office of Emergency Management 11 min B&W Sound
1941 Women in defense. Office for Emergency Management Film Unit 375 16mm B&W sound
1940 The Grapes Of Wrath John Ford 1:29 B&W
1940 The Grapes of wrath John Ford 128 min B&W
1940 The Grapes Of Wrath. John Ford 1586 ft. B&W