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John Farrow

Directing
58 years oldSydney, New South Wales, Australia

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Villiers Farrow, CBE (10 February 1904 – 27 January 1963) was an Australian, later American, film director, producer and screenwriter. In 1957 he won the Academy Award for Best Writing / Best Screenplay for Around the World in Eighty Days and in 1942 he was nominated as Best Director for Wake Island. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Farrow, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal Details

Born
February 10, 1904 - January 28, 1963 (age 58)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Known For
Directing

Movies (50)

John Paul Jones
5.9

John Paul Jones

Director (Directing)

1959

Forbidden Island
5.7

Forbidden Island

as Edward Stuart Godfrey

1959

The Unholy Wife
4.4

The Unholy Wife

Director (Directing)

1957

Around the World in 80 Days
6.6

Around the World in 80 Days

Screenplay (Writing)

1956

Back from Eternity
6.6

Back from Eternity

Director (Directing)

1956

The Sea Chase
6.1

The Sea Chase

Director (Directing)

1955

A Bullet Is Waiting
6.1

A Bullet Is Waiting

Director (Directing)

1954

King of the Khyber Rifles
5.7

King of the Khyber Rifles

as Cpl. Stuart (uncredited)

1953

Hondo
6.6

Hondo

Director (Directing)

1953

Plunder of the Sun
6.1

Plunder of the Sun

Director (Directing)

1953

Ride, Vaquero!
5.9

Ride, Vaquero!

Director (Directing)

1953

Botany Bay
6.6

Botany Bay

Director (Directing)

1952

Submarine Command
5.6

Submarine Command

Director (Directing)

1951

Red Mountain
6.4

Red Mountain

Director (Directing)

1951

His Kind of Woman
6.6

His Kind of Woman

Director (Directing)

1951

Where Danger Lives
6.4

Where Danger Lives

Director (Directing)

1950

Copper Canyon
5.3

Copper Canyon

Director (Directing)

1950

Red, Hot and Blue
5.8

Red, Hot and Blue

Screenplay (Writing)

1949

Alias Nick Beal
6.7

Alias Nick Beal

Director (Directing)

1949

Night Has a Thousand Eyes
6.7

Night Has a Thousand Eyes

Director (Directing)

1948

Beyond Glory
7.3

Beyond Glory

Director (Directing)

1948

The Big Clock
7.3

The Big Clock

Director (Directing)

1948

Blaze of Noon
4.0

Blaze of Noon

Director (Directing)

1947

Easy Come, Easy Go

Easy Come, Easy Go

Director (Directing)

1947

California
6.7

California

Director (Directing)

1947

Calcutta
6.3

Calcutta

Director (Directing)

1946

Two Years Before the Mast
6.1

Two Years Before the Mast

Director (Directing)

1946

You Came Along
7.0

You Came Along

Director (Directing)

1945

The Hitler Gang
6.0

The Hitler Gang

Director (Directing)

1944

China
6.8

China

Director (Directing)

1943

Commandos Strike at Dawn
5.4

Commandos Strike at Dawn

Director (Directing)

1942

Wake Island
5.8

Wake Island

Director (Directing)

1942

A Bill of Divorcement
7.0

A Bill of Divorcement

Director (Directing)

1940

Married and in Love
5.4

Married and in Love

Director (Directing)

1940

Reno
6.0

Reno

Director (Directing)

1939

Full Confession
4.7

Full Confession

Director (Directing)

1939

Five Came Back
6.2

Five Came Back

Director (Directing)

1939

Sorority House
6.8

Sorority House

Director (Directing)

1939

Women in the Wind
6.8

Women in the Wind

Director (Directing)

1939

The Saint Strikes Back
5.6

The Saint Strikes Back

Director (Directing)

1939

Comet Over Broadway
5.0

Comet Over Broadway

Director (Directing)

1938

Broadway Musketeers
3.5

Broadway Musketeers

Director (Directing)

1938

My Bill
6.2

My Bill

Director (Directing)

1938

Little Miss Thoroughbred
4.0

Little Miss Thoroughbred

Director (Directing)

1938

The Invisible Menace
3.8

The Invisible Menace

Director (Directing)

1938

She Loved a Fireman
6.0

She Loved a Fireman

Director (Directing)

1937

West of Shanghai
5.4

West of Shanghai

Director (Directing)

1937

Men in Exile
4.2

Men in Exile

Director (Directing)

1937

Tarzan Escapes
6.3

Tarzan Escapes

Co-Director (Directing)

1936

Last of the Pagans
6.0

Last of the Pagans

Screenplay (Writing)

1935