
film director
Director de cine estadounidense (1894–1973)
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Join the roomJohn Martin Feeney, mejor conocido como John Ford, fue un director y productor de cine estadounidense. Es considerado uno de los directores de cine más importantes e influyentes durante la Edad de Oro de Hollywood, y fue uno de los primeros directores estadounidenses en ser reconocido como autor. En una carrera de más de 50 años, dirigió más de 130 películas entre 1917 y 1970, y recibió un récord de cuatro Premios de la Academia al Mejor Director por The Informer (1935), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), How Green Was My Valley (1941) y The Quiet Man (1952).
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“Maureen O'Hara is one of the actresses I most dislike. Everybody thought I was her lover. Actually, I hated her and she hated me, but she was right for the parts.”
“Do you know that Eugene O'Neill loved [(1940), based on a cycle of O'Neill's one-act sea plays]? Every month he had a print screened for him. It's a little thing that made me very proud of this picture.”
“Never. It's awful. When I am asked why I hardly ever move the camera, I answer that the actors are better paid than the stagehands and grips, so it's normal that they should work and move about a little more. You should never use technical gimmicks to create emotion.”
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