American Masters John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend (Season 20, Episode 1)
TV-14
TV Episode | 97 min | Documentary, Biography, History

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American Masters

John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend (Season 20, Episode 1)

TV-14

TV Episode | 97 min | Documentary, Biography, History

John Ford and John Wayne - a friendship and professional collaboration that spanned 50 years, changed each others' lives, changed the movies, and in the process, changed the way America saw itself.

Director

Sam Pollard (as Samuel D. Pollard)

Writer

Kenneth Bowser

Producer

Kenneth Bowser

Composer

Thomas Wagner

Cinematographers

Michael Chin | Jefferson Miller

Editor

Steven Wechsler

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Edit Released

Updated May 10, 2006

Release date

May 10, 2006 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 27 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 31 wins & 81 nominations

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21 cast members

Name	Known for
Peter Bogdanovich Self Self See fewer	The Last Picture Show (1971)
Harry Carey Jr. Self Self See fewer	Tombstone (1993)
Harry Carey Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
William H. Clothier Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Scott Eyman Self Self See fewer	Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007)
Dan Ford Self Self See fewer	No Easy Way (1996)
Francis Ford Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Purple Mask (1916)
John Ford Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Quiet Man (1952)
Joseph McBride Self Self See fewer	Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)
Andrew V. McLaglen Self Self See fewer	The Wild Geese (1978)
John Milius Self Self See fewer	Conan the Barbarian (1982)
Robert Parrish Self Self See fewer	Casino Royale (1967)
Sydney Pollack Narrator Narrator See fewer	Tootsie (1982)
Mark Rydell Self Self See fewer	The Long Goodbye (1973)
Richard Schickel Self Self See fewer	The Big Red One (1980)
Martin Scorsese Self Self See fewer	Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
Pippa Scott Self Self See fewer	Auntie Mame (1958)
David Thomson Self Self See fewer	Dream Weaver (1968)
John Wayne Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	True Grit (1969)
Patrick Wayne Self Self See fewer	The Searchers (1956)
Jack Williams Self Self See fewer	Innerspace (1987)