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John Villiers Farrow, KGCHS (10 February 1904 – 27 January 1963) was an Australian film director, producer, and screenwriter. Spending a considerable amount of his career in the United States, in 1942 he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for Wake Island , and in 1957 he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for ...
John Farrow. Director: Around the World in 80 Days. John Farrow wrote short stories and plays during his four-year career in the navy. In the late 1920s he came to Hollywood as a technical advisor for a film about Marines and stayed as a screenwriter, from A Sailor's Sweetheart (1927) through Tarzan Escapes (1936).
- January 1, 1
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- January 1, 1
- Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
John Farrow. Director: Around the World in 80 Days. John Farrow wrote short stories and plays during his four-year career in the navy. In the late 1920s he came to Hollywood as a technical advisor for a film about Marines and stayed as a screenwriter, from A Sailor's Sweetheart (1927) through Tarzan Escapes (1936).
- February 10, 1904
- January 27, 1963
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John Farrow (born February 10, 1904, Sydney, Australia—died January 27, 1963, Los Angeles, California, U.S.) was an Australian-born director and writer whose diverse film credits included film noirs, westerns, and historical adventures.
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Oct 29, 2021 · John Farrow – Mia’s father – was a womaniser who directed almost 50 movies and won an Oscar. Now his colourful life has become a documentary.
Aug 24, 2022 · John Farrow: Hollywood's Man in the Shadows is the first documentary ever made about enigmatic, Australian born, Oscar-winning filmmaker John Farrow, who went to the very top in Hollywood, but obscured his past from all who knew him. Guests: Director/Producer: Claude Gonzalez. Director/Producer: Frans Vandenburg. Credits. Phillip Adams, Presenter.
Dec 15, 2023 · The 2020 documentary on Australian-born filmmaker John Farrow by Claude Gonzalez and Frans Vandenburg is aptly titled “Hollywood’s Man in the Shadows.” Farrow was, and still is, largely unknown in his native country.