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John Farrow
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Film director, screenwriter and producer (1904–1963)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 28
Top works
- Female Viagra
- Viagra : How to Buy Viagra Online
- What Happened to John
- Madeira
- The Story of Thomas More
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Film & TV
Directing · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John…
Known for
- Forbidden Island — Edward Stuart Godfrey1959
- King of the Khyber Rifles — Cpl. Stuart (uncredited)1953
- Commandos Strike at Dawn — British Naval Officer (uncredited)1942
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1921-06-07
- Active to
- 1998-07-24
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 28
- Total plays
- 79
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 200,620x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 41,712x
- Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,354x
- Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
· 2007 · cited 34,338x
- The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
· 1992 · cited 28,853x
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Key facts
- Born
- John Villiers Farrow , ( 1904-02-10 ) 10 February 1904, Sydney , New South Wales , Australia
- Died
- 27 January 1963 (1963-01-27) (aged 58), Beverly Hills, California , US
- Resting place
- Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City
- Occupations
- Director producer screenwriter
- Years active
- 1927–1962
- Spouses
- Felice Lewin ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1924 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1927 ) Maureen O'Sullivan ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1936 )
- Partner
- Lila Lee (1928 – 1933)
- Children
- 8, including Patrick , Mia , Prudence , and Tisa
- Relatives
- Ronan Farrow (grandson)
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- John Farrow 1934 crop.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1904-01-01
- date of death
- 1963-01-01
- Commons category
- John Farrow
- birth name
- John Villiers Farrow
- name in native language
- John Farrow
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Article
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, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director in 1942 for Wake Island, and in 1957, he 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.
Early life