About John Ford
John Martin Feeney, better known as John Ford, was an American film director and producer. He is regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers during the Golden Age of Hollywood, and was one of the first American directors to be recognized as an auteur. In a career of more than 50 years, he directed over 130 films between 1917 and 1970, and received a record four Academy Awards for Best Director for The Informer (1935), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), How Green Was My Valley (1941), and The Quiet Man (1952).
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Awards & Honors
Directors Guild of America Award
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
Navy Occupation Service Medal
National Board of Review Award for Best Film
World War II Victory Medal
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
American Campaign Medal
National Defense Service Medal
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
Order of Leopold
Academy Award for Best Director
Purple Heart
Combat Action Ribbon
AFI Life Achievement Award
Air Medal
China Service Medal
Korean Service Medal
United Nations Korea Medal
American Defense Service Medal
Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement
Owen Wister Award
Naval Reserve Medal
Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal
Legionnaire of Legion of Merit
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
