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John Ford was an American film director. He is renowned both for Westerns such as Stagecoach , The Searchers , and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance , as well as adaptations of classic 20th-century American novels such as the film The Grapes of Wrath . His four Academy Awards for Best Director remain a record. One of the films for which he won the award, How Green Was My Valley, also won Best Picture.

In a career that spanned more than 50 years, Ford directed more than 140 films and he is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers of his generation. Ford's work was held in high regard by his colleagues, with Orson Welles and Ingmar Bergman among those who have named him one of the greatest directors of all time.

Ford made frequent use of location shooting and long shots, in which his characters were framed against a vast, harsh, and rugged natural terrain. Wikipedia  

✵ 1. February 1894 – 31. August 1973
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John Ford Quotes

“Revenge proves its own executioner.”

Source: The Broken Heart

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