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[[John Ford]] is an American director whose lengthy career was one of the most honored in Hollywood history. Four Oscars for Best Director. Filmed some of the most iconic [[The Western|Wild West]] and [[World War II|war movies]] of the age.
Born John Feeney in 1894 (or 1895) in Maine to a large Irish family, he traveled with his older brother Francis to Hollywood during the early years of film-making. Changing their last names to Ford, Francis went to work as an actor while John found himself finding work behind the camera. By the 1920s and 1930s, John Ford was working on small-time, quickly made Westerners but was moving on to bigger and better projects. He won his first Best Director Oscar for ''[[The Informer]]'', a political thriller about the [[The Troubles|IRA]] which cemented his reputation as a great director. Then in 1939 he directed ''[[Stagecoach]]'', considered for decades to be the greatest Western ever made. He went on to win three more Best Director Oscars, more than any other film-maker.
Not to be confused with [[John M. Ford]].
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* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: Ford enjoyed getting his heroes mixing up in at least one boxing match to prove how manly they are. Even when there's no reason for them to fight.
* [[The Bully]]: Ford was notorious for harassing, insulting, and victimizing his crew and actors. He was worse with his big star, [[John Wayne]], than anyone else. After the [[World War II|war]], Ford would humiliate Wayne by pointing out Wayne never served in the military while the director had filmed documentaries in the Pacific theater in hazardous situations.
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