Personal Info
Known ForDirecting
Born1904-02-10
BirthplaceSydney, New South Wales, Australia
John Farrow
Directing
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.
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Notable Works
Prominent titles featuring John Farrow
Hondo
1953
Filmography
Acting (3)
1959
Forbidden Islandas Edward Stuart Godfrey
6.3
1953
King of the Khyber Riflesas Cpl. Stuart (uncredited)
5.9
1942
Commandos Strike at Dawnas British Naval Officer (uncredited)
5.5
Production & Directing (77)
1959
John Paul JonesDirector
6.0
1959
John Paul JonesWriter
6.0
1957
The Unholy WifeDirector
4.7
1957
The Unholy WifeProducer
4.7
1956
Around the World in 80 DaysScreenplay
6.7
1956
Around the World in 80 DaysSpecial Guest Director
6.7
1956
Back from EternityDirector
6.7
1956
Back from EternityProducer
6.7
1955
The Sea ChaseDirector
6.3
1955
The Sea ChaseProducer
6.3
1954
A Bullet Is WaitingDirector
6.3
1953
HondoDirector
6.5
1953
Plunder of the SunDirector
6.3
1953
Ride, Vaquero!Director
6.1
1952
Botany BayDirector
6.6
1951
Submarine CommandDirector
5.8
1951
His Kind of WomanDirector
6.8
1951
His Kind of WomanProducer
6.8
1950
Where Danger LivesDirector
6.4
1950
Copper CanyonDirector
5.7
1949
Red, Hot and BlueDirector
6.2
1949
Red, Hot and BlueScreenplay
6.2
1949
Alias Nick BealDirector
6.8
1948
Night Has a Thousand EyesDirector
6.9
1948
Beyond GloryDirector
8.0
1948
The Big ClockDirector
7.3
1947
Blaze of NoonDirector
5.7
1947
Easy Come, Easy GoDirector
7.0
1947
CaliforniaDirector
6.8
1947
CaliforniaProducer
6.8
1946
CalcuttaDirector
6.4
1946
Two Years Before the MastDirector
6.5
1945
You Came AlongDirector
7.3
1944
The Hitler GangDirector
6.3
1943
ChinaDirector
6.9
1942
Commandos Strike at DawnDirector
5.5
1942
Wake IslandDirector
5.9
1940
A Bill of DivorcementDirector
6.3
1940
Married and in LoveDirector
5.7
1939
RenoDirector
6.7
1939
Full ConfessionDirector
5.6
1939
Five Came BackDirector
6.3
1939
Sorority HouseDirector
7.3
1939
Women in the WindDirector
6.8
1939
The Saint Strikes BackDirector
5.8
1938
Comet Over BroadwayDirector
5.7
1938
Broadway MusketeersDirector
4.4
1938
My BillDirector
6.6
1938
Little Miss ThoroughbredDirector
4.8
1938
The Invisible MenaceDirector
4.3
1937
She Loved a FiremanDirector
7.5
1937
West of ShanghaiDirector
5.8
1937
Men in ExileDirector
5.0
1936
Tarzan EscapesCo-Director
6.9
1935
Last of the PagansScreenplay
6.7
1935
Mutiny on the BountyWriter
7.4
1934
The Spectacle MakerDirector
6.3
1934
The Spectacle MakerWriter
6.3
1932
The Impassive FootmanScreenplay
4.3
1931
The Common LawScreenstory
5.4
1931
Their Mad MomentWriter
7.5
1931
A Woman of ExperienceAdaptation
6.2
1931
A Woman of ExperienceScreenplay
6.2
1931
A Woman of ExperienceDialogue
6.2
1930
Inside the LinesDialogue
5.5
1930
The Bad OneStory
7.0
1930
Seven Days LeaveWriter
6.6
1929
The Wheel of LifeScreenplay
9.0
1929
Wolf SongWriter
5.1
1928
Three Week EndsAdaptation
7.0
1928
The Woman from MoscowScreenplay
8.0
1928
The First KissAdaptation
9.0
1928
The First KissWriter
9.0
1928
Ladies of the MobWriter
10.0
1928
The Blue DanubeStory
10.0
1928
8.0
1927
10.0