John Ford

John Ford (1894–1973, United States) was an American film director and producer best known for his Westerns and epic dramas. He directed over 140 films between 1917 and 1966, winning a record four Academy Awards for Best Director for The Informer (1935), Stagecoach (1939), How Green Was My Valley (1941), and The Quiet Man (1952). Ford’s films, such as The Searchers (1956) and My Darling Clementine (1946), profoundly influenced American cinema through their portrayal of the American frontier, heroism, and landscape.