2e:null 2f:["$","title",null,{"children":"John Ford (1894 - 1973) | Rini B. Mehta | Observable"}] 34:T440,# John Ford (1894 - 1973) Short Bio from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ford): John Martin Feeney (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973), known professionally as John Ford, was an American film director and naval officer. He is renowned both for Westerns such as Stagecoach (1939), The Searchers (1956), and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), as well as adaptations of classic 20th century American novels such as The Grapes of Wrath (1940). He was the recipient of six Academy Awards including a record four wins for Best Director. In a career of more than 50 years, Ford directed more than 140 films (although most of his silent films are now lost) and he is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers of his generation.[2] Ford's work was held in high regard by his colleagues, with Orson Welles and Ingmar Bergman among those who named him one of the greatest directors of all time. Ford made frequent use of location shooting and wide shots, in which his characters were framed against a vast, harsh, and rugged natural terrain.35:T42a,{ // declare the margins and size etc. const width = 700; const height = 400; const radius = Math.min(width, height) / 2; const svg = d3.create("svg").attr("viewBox", [0, 0, width, height]); const g = svg .append("g") .attr("transform", `translate(${width / 2},${height / 2})`); const data = fordRoles.map((d) => d.Count); const color = d3 .scaleOrdinal() .domain(fordRoles.map((d) => d.profession)) .range([ "#ff9da7", "#b3e2cd", "#d62728", "#f28e2c", "#e377c2", "#f1e2cc", "#af7aa1", "#8c564b", "#cbd5e8", "#156FA2", "#000000" ]); const arc = d3 .arc() .outerRadius(radius - 10) .innerRadius(0) .cornerRadius(10); const pie = d3.pie(); const pied_data = pie(data); const arcs = g .selectAll(".arc") .data(pied_data) .join((enter) => enter .append("path") .attr("class", "arc") .style("stroke", "white") .style("fill", color) ); arcs.attr("d", arc); return svg.node(); }36:[{"id":"15b9f7b72d8c2f35bad01b2a41c678b870fcaead7512f106df8088753202d9d2a0096cf0b902b633e142bbe69c8f5ed2fbea9d1d77629e03fc2780125312408c","href":"https://static.observableusercontent.com/files/15b9f7b72d8c2f35bad01b2a41c678b870fcaead7512f106df8088753202d9d2a0096cf0b902b633e142bbe69c8f5ed2fbea9d1d77629e03fc2780125312408c","name":"FordActors.csv","type":"text/csv","lastModified":1633305199211.617,"size":338538},{"id":"0a7f0f145ac98c57e95574699434c4e5bd7b74fe02b3b32dd4e291259fd12e6a91466f04111db6a2a03154cfbe6cba6565994d7f1c4af1c46509d87e227333a8","href":"https://static.observableusercontent.com/files/0a7f0f145ac98c57e95574699434c4e5bd7b74fe02b3b32dd4e291259fd12e6a91466f04111db6a2a03154cfbe6cba6565994d7f1c4af1c46509d87e227333a8","name":"John Ford_filmography_revised.csv","type":"text/csv","lastModified":1633285740600.194,"size":17206}] 32:{"id":"aea6707eca390afd","slug":"johnford","title":"John Ford (1894 - 1973)","thumbnail":"a5bdd474f3c9e607c7946d5d5e589911a842a43d33b2ede40b1a06263e5267e2","access_level":"public","create_time":"$D2021-10-03T18:25:18.741Z","update_time":"$D2023-11-21T04:08:54.911Z","view_time":null,"first_public_time":"$D2021-10-04T02:05:21.377Z","has_unpublished_edits":null,"fork":false,"stars":4,"starred":false,"owner":{"type":"team","id":"9e093f781fb276b6","login":"rbhttchr","name":"Rini B. Mehta","avatar_url":"https://avatars-next.observableusercontent.com/f01f45f328c8f9ea2aea4750f27c601cbe23773858fae2a02593e05c4f1796ee","tier":"starter_2024"},"version":409,"publish_version":null,"role":null,"authored":false,"authors":[{"type":"individual","id":"2acec808e73ff66d","login":"rbhttchr","name":"Rini B. Mehta","avatar_url":"https://avatars-next.observableusercontent.com/f01f45f328c8f9ea2aea4750f27c601cbe23773858fae2a02593e05c4f1796ee","tier":null}],"members":[{"type":"individual","id":"2acec808e73ff66d","login":"rbhttchr","name":"Rini B. Mehta","avatar_url":"https://avatars-next.observableusercontent.com/f01f45f328c8f9ea2aea4750f27c601cbe23773858fae2a02593e05c4f1796ee","tier":null,"role":"editor"}],"comments":[],"custom_thumbnail":false,"trashed":false,"lapsed":null,"subscribed":null,"forks":2,"collection":null,"type":"notebook","body":{"title":"John Ford (1894 - 1973)","cells":[{"id":0,"value":"$34","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","output":"$undefined","database":"$undefined"},{"id":40,"value":"
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The many hats John Ford wore

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John Ford's stars

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