John Ford- Academy Awards

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  • JOHN FORD- ACADEMY AWARDS



    Ford with an Oscar c.1946


    John Ford was nominated 5 times
    and won 4 Academy awards


    Wins:
    The Informer (1935)
    The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
    How Green Was My Valley (1941)
    The Quiet Man (1952)


    Also Nominated For:
    Stagecoach (1939)


    Ford won his four Oscars for his pictures of social comment,
    rather than for his quintessential westerns.
    How Green Was My Valley (1941) also won Best Picture.
    Ford was the first director to win Best Director Oscars
    back-to-back in consecutive years.


    Academy Awards
    1932 Outstanding Production- Arrowsmith
    1935 Outstanding Production- The Informer
    1935 Best Director- The Informer (1935)
    1939 Best Director (Nominated) Stagecoach
    1940 Outstanding Production- The Long Voyage Home
    1940 Best Director- The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
    1941 Best Motion Picture- How Green Was My Valley
    1941 Best Director-How Green Was My Valley (1941)
    1942 Best Documentary- The Battle of Midway
    1943 Best Documentary, Short Subjects- December 7th
    1952 Best Motion Picture- The Quiet Man
    1952 Best Director- The Quiet Man (1952)

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

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