Irish-American Celebrities
John Ford
Famed Hollywood movie director John Ford was born Sean O'Feeney in 1894, in Spiddal, County Galway. An American film director, Ford 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 Best Director Academy Awards 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 over 140 films (althouh 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.
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