John Ford
John Ford
John Fordwas an Irish-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 Directorremain a record. One of the films for which he won the award, How Green Was My Valley, also won Best Picture...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth1 February 1894
CountryUnited States of America
I like, as a director and a spectator, simple, direct, frank films. Nothing disgusts me more than snobbism, mannerism, technical gratuity... and, most of all, intellectualism.
Electronics is clearly the winner of the day.
To be quite blunt, I make pictures for money, to pay the rent.There are some great artists in the business. I am not one of them.
When in doubt, make a western.
Tell us, pray, what devil This melancholy is, which can transform Men into monsters.
Who better than an Irishman can understand the Indians, while still being stirred by tales of the US cavalry?
I didn't show up at the ceremony to collect any of my first three Oscars. Once I went fishing, another time there was a war on, and on another occasion, I remember, I was suddenly taken drunk.
I am... a mushroom; On whom the dew of heaven drops now and then.
You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart.
Anybody can direct a picture once they know the fundamentals. Directing is not a mystery, it's not an art. The main thing about directing is: photograph the people's eyes.