Biography
John Villiers Farrow, KGCHS was an Australian-American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He spent a considerable amount of his five-decade career in the United States and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director in 1942 for Wake Island. In 1957, Farrow won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Around the World in Eighty Days. He had seven children by his wife, actress Maureen O'Sullivan, including actress Mia Farrow.
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Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1957
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Holy Sepulchre
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1957 · nominated
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- Academy Award — Best Director · 1943 · nominated
Filmography22 titles
Beyond Glory
Mutiny on the Bounty
The Big Clock
Seven Days Leave
China
His Kind of Woman
Alias Nick Beal
California
Around the World in 80 Days
Back from Eternity
Red Mountain
Tarzan Escapes
Hondo
Where Danger Lives
Plunder of the Sun
The Sea Chase
Ride, Vaquero!
Submarine Command
Copper Canyon
The Saint Strikes Back
Commandos Strike at Dawn
Inside the Lines