Biography
Having started his career in the silent era, Ford honed his craft making scores of short films before become one of Hollywood's most decorated directors, winning a total of four Best Director Academy Awards. His first came with "The Informer" (1935), but it was his second for the seminal "Stagecoach" (1939) that cemented his place in cinema history. The film marked the true beginning of his collaboration with Wayne, even though the actor had …
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Career Milestones
| Made Chief of Field Photographic Branch, Office of Strategic Services (rank as lieutenant commander, rear admiral) during WWII | ||
1921 | Contract director at Fox | |
1917 | First feature film as director on "Straight Shooting" | |
1917 | Contract director at Universal | |
1913 | Hired by Universal | |
Awards
1987 | Venice International Film Festival for Special Jury Prize in Hip, Hip, Hurrah! |
1959 | Directors Guild of America Award for Feature Film in The Horse Soldiers |
1958 | National Board of Review Award for Best Director in The Last Hurrah |
1956 | Directors Guild of America Award for Feature Film in The Searchers |
1955 | Directors Guild of America Award for Feature Film in Mister Roberts |
1955 | Directors Guild of America Award for Feature Film in The Long Gray Line |
1954 | Directors Guild of America Award for DGA Lifetime Achievement |
1954 | Golden Globe Award for Special Achievement Award |
1952 | Academy Award for Best Motion Picture in The Quiet Man |
1952 | Academy Award for Directing in The Quiet Man |
1952 | Directors Guild of America Award for Feature Film in The Quiet Man |
1950 | Locarno International Film Festival for Prize awarded by the International Jury of the Press in When Willie Comes Marching Home |
1941 | New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director in How Green Was My Valley |
1941 | Academy Award for Directing in How Green Was My Valley |
1940 | New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director in The Grapes of Wrath |
1940 | Academy Award for Directing in The Grapes of Wrath |
1939 | New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director in Stagecoach |
1939 | Academy Award for Directing in Stagecoach |
1935 | New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director in The Informer |
1935 | Academy Award for Directing in The Informer |