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JOHN FORD
John martin Freeney
Born the Februrary 1st of 1894, Maine, usa Died the august 31st of 1973, california, usa
JOHN AUGUSTINE FEENEY BARBARA "ABBEY" CURRAN
HIS PARENTS ARE BOTH IRISH
HIS PARENTS
HIS PARENTS ARE IRISH LIKE WE SAID BUT HIS GRAND MOTHER HAS SOMEHOW IRISH NOBILITY
THEY HAD 11 CHILDREN BUT A LOT OF THEM HAD DIED
THEY BECAME AMERICAN IN 1880 A FEW YEARS AFTER THEY MET
STYLE AND INSPIRATION
HE LIKES TO MAKE WIDE PLANS THAT OFTEN CONTRAST WITH THE 4:3 SQAURE SCREEN
MOST OF HIS SCENE TAKES PLACE IN NATURAL OR COMMON PLACES SUCH AS DESERT, CITIES...
INSPIRATION ARE HARD TO FIND BECAUSE HE IS NOW A HUGE EXEMPLE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE CINEMATIC INDUSTRY
SOME DATES
1956
1942
1930
1917
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1924
1940
1952
JOB AND CAREER
John Ford was an iconic american film director, he directed more than 60 films ! He is really famous for his western !
the postwar Ford take care debts and omissions
Influence
His brothers Francis who was actor and film maker
His work is especially recognized for his westerns, a genre which however only represents part of his filmography and for which it should be noted that he was never rewarded. Ford is above all the filmmaker of America of simple people, pioneers, farmers, emigrants, workers, obscure soldiers, Indians, tender, dignified and generous characters animated by a keen sense of justice.
AWARDS
- 1935 academy award = the informer
- he won 4 oscars :
- 1940 = the great oh wrath and stagecoach
- 1941 = how green was my valley
- 1952 = the quiet man
Before WWII
He came back to the western movies only when the WW2 began, in 1939. He filmed “stagecoach”
John Ford won his first oscar for the best director with “The Informer” in 1935.
It helped John Wayne's career
WWII
Served as head of the photographic unit for the office of strategie services
Created an amount of classics that won numerous academic awards
He died 31 august 1973
First major success as a director: The Iron House. It is a historical drama and it mentioned the main transcontinental railroad. Also it was a super ambitious work so it was hard to film, to build the decors and so many numerous measures have been put in place, it was a huge project that required many implications.
won his last oscar (fourth one)
He made a documentary named December 7th of Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Midway then went to North Africa
When he was just an accessories supplier, he was given by chance his first directorial debut when the actual director was absent. The movie’s name is The Tornado out in theaters on March the 3rd of 1917.
When he was just an accessories supplier, he was given by chance his first directorial debut when the actual director was absent. The movie’s name is The Tornado out in theaters on March the 3rd of 1917.
When he was just an accessories supplier, he was given by chance his first directorial debut when the actual director was absent. The movie’s name is The Tornado out in theaters on March the 3rd of 1917.
‘The Quiet Man’, which Ford shot in Ireland