Born in Maine in 1894 and died in 1973, Ford won four Academy Awards for Best Director and is closely linked with the western and the landscape of Monument Valley. His films with John Wayne helped define American screen myths, though his later work looked at those myths more critically.
Filmography
- The Iron Horse (1924)
- The Informer (1935)
- Stagecoach (1939)
- Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
- Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
- The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
- How Green Was My Valley (1941)
- My Darling Clementine (1946)
- Fort Apache (1948)
- 3 Godfathers (1948)
- She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
- Wagon Master (1950)
- The Quiet Man (1952)
- The Searchers (1956)
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
- Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
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