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John Ford

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Filmmaker

The Resume

    (February 1, 1895-August 31, 1973)
    Birth name is Sean Aloysius O'Fearn
    Won the 1935 Best Director Oscar ('The Informer')
    Won the 1940 Best Director Oscar ('The Grapes of Wrath')
    Won the 1941 Best Director Oscar ('How Green was My Valley')
    Won the 1952 Best Director Oscar ('The Quiet Man')
    Directed 'The Covered Wagon,' 'The Lost Patrol,' 'Stagecoach,' 'Mister Roberts,' 'The Searchers' and 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance'

Why he might be annoying:

    He wore an eye patch as an affectation.
    His nickname was 'Pappy.'
    He had an affair with Katharine Hepburn.
    He punched Henry Fonda on the set of 'Mister Roberts' and was fired from the film.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He made a star out of John Wayne.
    He is the only director to win four Best Director Oscars.
    He and Joseph L. Mankiewitz are the only two directors to win back-to-back Best Director Oscars.
    He made combat documentaries during World War II.
    He featured the landscape of Monument Valley exquisitely in his films.
    He won the first AFI Lifetime Achievement Award.

Credit: Professor Moriarty


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 22 Votes: 9.09% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 36 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 8 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 28 Votes: 53.57% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 22 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 25 Votes: 44.00% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 19 Votes: 36.84% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 64 Votes: 35.94% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 23 Votes: 43.48% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 102 Votes: 65.69% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 43 Votes: 58.14% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 46 Votes: 34.78% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 92 Votes: 44.57% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 156 Votes: 43.59% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 229 Votes: 42.79% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 317 Votes: 43.85% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 373 Votes: 42.90% Annoying