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AKA:
Sean O'Feeney
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Sean Aloysius O'Fearna
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Jack Ford
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Sean Aloysius O'Feeney
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Ford
Birthplace:
Cape Elizabeth, Maine
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John Ford grew up with the American cinema. In the early days of filmmaking, his older brother Francis moved to Hollywood to work for Universal Pictures and John joined him in 1914, forging his apprenticeship as a moviemaker during the formative period of the classical Hollywood cinema. By 1917 he had been promoted to contract director, fashioning westerns which often starred Harry Carey, Sr. Ford moved to the Fox studio in 1921 and established his reputation with such films as the western spectacular "The Iron Horse" (1924). In his silent films, Ford composed images with a formality and a
1917
Contract director at Universal
1917
First feature film as director on "Straight Shooting"
1921
Contract director at Fox
Made Chief of Field Photographic Branch, Office of Strategic Services (rank as lieutenant commander, rear admiral) during WWII
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