Ford Filmogrpahy
John Ford directed over 137 films and worked on circa 80 other projects, documentaries and short films.
Twenty three of Ford films received Oscars and with six going to him personally, four for Best Director - and Ford still holds the record for winning the most Oscars for Best Director along with claiming the very first AFI Lifetime Achievement Award.
| "A John Ford Film was a visual gratification." |
| ALFRED HITCHCOCK |
During a prolific film career spanning almost six decades, Ford's epic body of work includes acclaimed films such as; 'The Informer’ ‘The Grapes of Wrath’, ‘The Quiet Man’, ‘Stagecoach’, ‘My Darling Clementine’, ‘Fort Apache’ , ‘She Wore A Yellow Ribbon’, ‘Rio Grande’ ‘How Green Was My Valley’, ‘The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance’ and ‘The Searchers’ to name but a few.
His directorial skill pushed cinema beyond entertainment into enduring cinematic works of art.
Silent Films
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Writer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1917 | Straight Shooting | John Ford | George Hively |
| 1917 | The Secret Man | John Ford | John Ford, George Hively |
| 1917 | A Marked Man | John Ford | John Ford, George Hively |
| 1917 | Bucking Broadway | John Ford | George Hively |
| 1918 | The Phantom Riders | John Ford | George Hively, Henry McRae |
| 1918 | Wild Women | John Ford | John Ford, Hary Carey |
| 1918 | Thieves' Gold | John Ford | Frederic R Bechdol, George Hively |
| 1918 | The Scarlet Drop | John Ford | John Ford, George Hively |
| 1918 | Hell Bent | John Ford | John Ford, Harry Carey |
| 1918 | A Woman's Fool | John Ford | George Hively, Owen Wister |
| 1918 | The Craving | Francis Ford, John Ford | John Ford, Francis Ford |
| 1918 | Three Mounted Men | John Ford | Eugene B Lewis |
| 1919 | Roped | John Ford | Eugene B Lewis |
| 1919 | A Fight for Love | John Ford | Eugene B Lewis |
| 1919 | Bare Fists | John Ford | Eugene B Lewis, Bernard McConville |
| 1919 | Riders of Vengeance | John Ford | John Ford, Harry Carey |
| 1919 | The Outcasts of Poker Flat | John Ford | Bret Harte, H Tipton Steck |
| 1919 | Ace of the Saddle | John Ford | George Hively, Frederic J Jackson |
| 1919 | Rider of the Law | John Ford | GB Lancaster, H Tipton Steck |
| 1919 | A Gunfightin' Gentleman | John Ford | Harry Carey, John Ford |
| 1919 | Marked Men | John Ford | Peter B Kyne, H Tipton Steck |
| 1920 | The Prince of Avenue A | John Ford | Charles T Dazey, Frank Mitchell Dazey |
| 1920 | The Girl in Number 29 | John Ford | Philip D Hurn, Elizabeth Jordan |
| 1920 | Hitchin' Posts | John Ford | George C Hull, Harold Shumate |
| 1920 | Just Pals | John Ford | John McDermott, Paul Schofield |
| 1921 | The Big Punch | John Ford | John Ford, Jules Furthman |
| 1921 | The Freeze-Out | John Ford | George C Hull |
| 1921 | The Wallop | John Ford | George C Hull, Eugene Manlove Rhodes |
| 1921 | Desperate Trails | John Ford | Elliot J Clawson, Courtney Ryley Cooper |
| 1921 | Action | John Ford | J Allan Dunn, Harvey Gates |
| 1921 | Sure Fire | John Ford | George C Hull, Eugene Manlove Rhodes |
| 1921 | Jackie | John Ford | Helena Buczynska, Dorothy Yost |
| 1922 | Little Miss Smiles | John Ford | John Stone, Dorothy Yost |
| 1922 | Silver Wings | Edwin Carewe, John Ford | Paul Sloane |
| 1922 | Nero | J Gordon Edwards, John Ford | |
| 1922 | The Village Blacksmith | John Ford | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Paul Sloane |
| 1923 | The Face on the Bar-Room Floow | John Ford | G Marion Burton, Hugh Antoine d'Arcy |
| 1923 | Three Jumps Ahead | John Ford | John Ford |
| 1923 | Cameo Kirby | John Ford | Robert N Lee, Booth Tarkington |
| 1923 | North of Hudson Bay | John Ford | Jules Furthman |
| 1923 | Hoodman Blind | John Ford | Henry Arthur Jones, Wilson Barrett |
| 1924 | The Iron Horse | John Ford | Charles Kenyon, John Russell |
| 1924 | Hearts of Oak | John Ford | James A Herne, Charles Kenyon |
| 1925 | Lightnin' | John Ford | Frank Bacon, Frances Marion |
| 1925 | Kentucky Pride | John Ford | Elizabeth Pickett, Dorothy Yost |
| 1925 | The Fighting Heart | John Ford | Larry Evans, Lillie Hayward |
| 1925 | Thank You | John Ford | Tom Cushing, Frances Marion |
| 1926 | The Shamrock Handicap | John Ford | Peter B Kyne, John Stone |
| 1926 | 3 Bad Men | John Ford | Herman Whitaker, John Stone |
| 1926 | The Blue Eagle | John Ford | Gerald Beaumont, Malcolm Stuart Boylan |
| 1926 | What Price Glory? | Raoul Walsh, John Ford | N/A |
| 1927 | Upstream | John Ford | Randall Faye, Wallace Smith |
| 1927 | 7th Heaven | John Ford | Frank Borzage, John Ford |
| 1928 | Mother Machree | John Ford | Rida Johnson Young, Gertrude Orr |
| 1928 | Four Sons | John Ford | Philip Klein, I.A.R. Wylie |
| 1928 | Riley the Cop | John Ford | Fred Stanley, James Gruen |
| 1929 | Strong Boy | John Ford | Andrew Bennison, Malcolm Stuart Boylan |
