Highest rated movie: A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995)
Lowest rated movie: The Birth of a Nation (1915)
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Movies starring John Ford have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 72%.
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies - released in 1995 - is John Ford's highest rated movie, with a score of 86% based on 52 reviews.
The lowest rated film from John Ford is The Birth of a Nation - released in 1915 - with a score of 60% based on 417 reviews.
John Ford (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973) was an American film director. He was famous for both his westerns such as Stagecoach, The Searchers, and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and adaptations of such classic 20th-century American novels as The Grapes of Wrath. His four Academy Awards for Best Director (1935, 1940, 1941, 1952) is a record, and one of those films, How Green Was My Valley, also won Best Picture.
In a career that spanned more than 50 years, Ford directed more than 140 films (although nearly all of his silent films are now lost) and he is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers of his generation. Ford's films and personality were held in high regard by his colleagues, with Ingmar Bergman and Orson Welles among those who have named him as one of the greatest directors of all time.
In particular, Ford was a pioneer of location shooting and the long shot which frames his characters against a vast, harsh and rugged natural terrain.
John Ford has acted in films with Clint Eastwood, Martin Scorsese, John Wayne and Orson Welles.
John Ford has worked with these film directors: Martin Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovich, D.W. Griffith and Michael Henry Wilson.
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