6.7
Movie
Directing
John Farrow
- Born
- Died
- (aged 58)
- Birthplace
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Credits
- 67 titles
Biography
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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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Signature work
Known For
6.7
Movie
7.4
Movie
Mutiny on the Bounty
6.5
Movie
Hondo
7.3
Movie
The Big Clock
6.9
Movie
Tarzan Escapes
6.8
Movie
His Kind of Woman
6.4
Movie
Where Danger Lives
6.3
Movie
The Sea Chase
6.8
Movie
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
6.4
Movie
Five Came Back
6.8
Movie
Alias Nick Beal
5.8
Movie
Wake Island
6.7
Movie
Back from Eternity
5.5
Movie
Commandos Strike at Dawn
5.7
Movie
Copper Canyon
6.6
Movie
Botany Bay
6.8
Movie
California
6.1
Movie
Ride, Vaquero!
Acting credits 3
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Forbidden Island Film | Edward Stuart Godfrey |
| 1953 | King of the Khyber Rifles Film | Cpl. Stuart (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Commandos Strike at Dawn Film | British Naval Officer (uncredited) |
Crew credits 65
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | John Paul Jones Film | Director, Writer |
| 1957 | The Unholy Wife Film | Director, Producer |
| 1956 | Around the World in 80 Days Film | Screenplay, Special Guest Director |
| 1956 | Back from Eternity Film | Director, Producer |
| 1955 | The Sea Chase Film | Director, Producer |
| 1954 | A Bullet Is Waiting Film | Director |
| 1953 | Hondo Film | Director |
| 1953 | Plunder of the Sun Film | Director |
| 1953 | Ride, Vaquero! Film | Director |
| 1952 | Botany Bay Film | Director |
| 1951 | Submarine Command Film | Director |
| 1951 | His Kind of Woman Film | Director, Producer |
| 1950 | Where Danger Lives Film | Director |
| 1950 | Copper Canyon Film | Director |
| 1949 | Red, Hot and Blue Film | Director, Screenplay |
| 1949 | Alias Nick Beal Film | Director |
| 1948 | Night Has a Thousand Eyes Film | Director |
| 1948 | Beyond Glory Film | Director |
| 1948 | The Big Clock Film | Director |
| 1947 | Blaze of Noon Film | Director |
| 1947 | Easy Come, Easy Go Film | Director |
| 1947 | California Film | Director, Producer |
| 1946 | Calcutta Film | Director |
| 1946 | Two Years Before the Mast Film | Director |
| 1945 | You Came Along Film | Director |
| 1944 | The Hitler Gang Film | Director |
| 1943 | China Film | Director |
| 1942 | Commandos Strike at Dawn Film | Director |
| 1942 | Wake Island Film | Director |
| 1940 | A Bill of Divorcement Film | Director |
| 1940 | Married and in Love Film | Director |
| 1939 | Reno Film | Director |
| 1939 | Full Confession Film | Director |
| 1939 | Five Came Back Film | Director |
| 1939 | Sorority House Film | Director |
| 1939 | Women in the Wind Film | Director |
| 1939 | The Saint Strikes Back Film | Director |
| 1938 | Comet Over Broadway Film | Director |
| 1938 | Broadway Musketeers Film | Director |
| 1938 | My Bill Film | Director |
| 1938 | Little Miss Thoroughbred Film | Director |
| 1938 | The Invisible Menace Film | Director |
| 1937 | She Loved a Fireman Film | Director |
| 1937 | West of Shanghai Film | Director |
| 1937 | Men in Exile Film | Director |
| 1936 | Tarzan Escapes Film | Co-Director |
| 1935 | Last of the Pagans Film | Screenplay |
| 1935 | Mutiny on the Bounty Film | Writer |
| 1934 | The Spectacle Maker Film | Director, Writer |
| 1932 | The Impassive Footman Film | Screenplay |
| 1931 | The Common Law Film | Screenstory |
| 1931 | Their Mad Moment Film | Writer |
| 1931 | A Woman of Experience Film | Adaptation, Screenplay, Dialogue |
| 1930 | Inside the Lines Film | Dialogue |
| 1930 | The Bad One Film | Story |
| 1930 | Seven Days Leave Film | Writer |
| 1929 | The Wheel of Life Film | Screenplay |
| 1929 | Wolf Song Film | Writer |
| 1928 | Three Week Ends Film | Adaptation |
| 1928 | The Woman from Moscow Film | Screenplay |