John Ford (February 1,1894 – August 31, 1973) was an American film director famous for his westerns such as The Searchers and adaptations of 20th century American novels such as The Grapes of Wrath. His style of film-making has been tremendously influential, leading colleagues such as Ingmar Bergman and Orson Welles to name him one of the greatest directors of all time. His four Academy Awards for Best Director (1935,1940,1941,1952) are unmatched. His films have influenced directors as diverse as Akira Kurosawa, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Sam Peckinpah, and Sergio Leone. When asked where he learned the craft of film-making Orson Welles famously replied "the old masters, by which I mean John Ford, John Ford and John Ford."

From Feeney to Ford

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He was born John Martin Feeney in Cape Elizabeth, Maine to John Augustine Feeney and Barbara (Abbey) Curran, both of whom were born in Spiddal , County Galway, Ireland in 1856.

John A. Feeney's grandmother, Barbara Morris, was said to be a member of a local (impoverished) gentry family, the Morrises of Spiddal, presently headed by the decidedly well-off Lord Killanin.

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