JOHN FORD

John Ford was a legendary filmmaker from the 1910s to the 1970s. He directed more than 140 films and won four Academy Awards for Best Director for The Quiet Man, The Grapes of Wrath, The Informer, and How Green Was My Valley (which is a record that still stands). Some of his other films include: Stagecoach, The Searchers, and How Green Was My Valley. He passed away in 1973 at the age of 79.