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The Final Resting Place of John Ford.
John Ford 1st.February 1895 - 31st.August
1973.
Located in section M, plot 304.
Cause of Death - Cancer.
John Ford was an American film director famous for such westerns as Stagecoach and The Searchers, and for adaptations of such classic 20th century American novels 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, Sergio Leone and Jean-Luc Godard. 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."
There is a statue of Ford in Portland, Maine. He is depicted sitting in a director's chair.
Ford died in Palm Desert, California, aged 79 from stomach cancer. He was interred in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.