John Farrow

Born: 1904-02-10

Birthplace: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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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Known For

Around the World in 80 Days
Three Week Ends
Mutiny on the Bounty
Tarzan Escapes
Hondo
Forbidden Island
The Big Clock
John Paul Jones
His Kind of Woman
Red Mountain

Top Movie Credits

Around the World in 80 Days Special Guest Director
Tarzan Escapes Co-Director
Hondo Director
Forbidden Island Edward Stuart Godfrey