(1895–1973), U.S. motion picture director. Born in Cape Elizabeth, Me., Ford arrived in Hollywood in 1914 and worked as an actor and stuntman before becoming a director in 1917. Renowned for his Westerns and American epics starring movie legends John Wayne, Henry Fonda, and James Stewart, Ford won best director Academy awards for ‘The Informer' (1935), ‘The Grapes of Wrath' (1940), ‘How Green Was My Valley' (1941), and ‘The Quiet Man' (1952). Other memorable Ford films include ‘Stagecoach' (1939), ‘My Darling Clementine' (1946), ‘She Wore a Yellow Ribbon' (1949), ‘The Searchers' (1956), and ‘The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance' (1962). (See also Directing.)