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Aleksander Ford(1908-1980)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Art Department
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Aleksander Ford
Aleksander Ford was born on 24 November 1908 in Kyiv, Kyiv Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kyiv, Ukraine]. He was a director and writer, known for Five from Barska Street (1954), Knights of the Teutonic Order (1960) and The Eighth Day of the Week (1958). He was married to Eleanor Griswold, Olga Minska and Janina Wieczerzynska. He died on 4 April 1980 in Naples, Florida, USA.
BornNovember 24, 1908
DiedApril 4, 1980(71)
BornNovember 24, 1908
DiedApril 4, 1980(71)
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  • Awards
    • 2 wins & 6 nominations total

Known for

Five from Barska Street (1954)
Five from Barska Street
6.2
  • Director
  • 1954
Knights of the Teutonic Order (1960)
Knights of the Teutonic Order
6.9
  • Director
  • 1960
Zbigniew Cybulski, Aleksander Ford, Marek Hlasko, and Sonja Ziemann in The Eighth Day of the Week (1958)
The Eighth Day of the Week
7.2
  • Director
  • 1958
Young Chopin (1952)
Young Chopin
6.5
  • Director
  • 1952

Credits

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Director

  • Sie sind frei, Doktor Korczak (1974)
    Sie sind frei, Doktor Korczak
    7.2
    • Director
    • 1974
  • The First Circle (1973)
    The First Circle
    5.6
    • Director
    • 1973
  • Wages of Sin (1966)
    Wages of Sin
    4.8
    • Director
    • 1966
  • Pierwszy dzien wolnosci (1964)
    Pierwszy dzien wolnosci
    6.7
    • Director
    • 1964
  • Knights of the Teutonic Order (1960)
    Knights of the Teutonic Order
    6.9
    • Director
    • 1960
  • Zbigniew Cybulski, Aleksander Ford, Marek Hlasko, and Sonja Ziemann in The Eighth Day of the Week (1958)
    The Eighth Day of the Week
    7.2
    • Director
    • 1958
  • Five from Barska Street (1954)
    Five from Barska Street
    6.2
    • Director
    • 1954
  • Young Chopin (1952)
    Young Chopin
    6.5
    • Director
    • 1952
  • Border Street (1948)
    Border Street
    7.2
    • Director
    • 1948
  • Majdanek - cmentarzysko Europy (1945)
    Majdanek - cmentarzysko Europy
    6.7
    Short
    • Director
    • 1945
  • Przysiegamy ziemi polskiej
    Short
    • Director
    • 1943
  • Ludzie Wisly (1938)
    Ludzie Wisly
    5.0
    • Director
    • 1938
  • Children Must Laugh (1938)
    Children Must Laugh
    6.4
    • Director
    • 1938
  • Spolem
    Short
    • Director
    • 1937
  • Milosc maturzystki
    • first version
    • 1935

Writer

  • The First Circle (1973)
    The First Circle
    5.6
    • writer
    • 1973
  • Knights of the Teutonic Order (1960)
    Knights of the Teutonic Order
    6.9
    • dialogue
    • screenplay
    • 1960
  • Zbigniew Cybulski, Aleksander Ford, Marek Hlasko, and Sonja Ziemann in The Eighth Day of the Week (1958)
    The Eighth Day of the Week
    7.2
    • writer
    • 1958
  • Five from Barska Street (1954)
    Five from Barska Street
    6.2
    • Writer
    • 1954
  • Young Chopin (1952)
    Young Chopin
    6.5
    • screenplay
    • 1952
  • Border Street (1948)
    Border Street
    7.2
    • writer
    • 1948
  • Pioneers of Palestine (1933)
    Pioneers of Palestine
    2.8
    • writer
    • 1933
  • Narodziny i zycie gazety
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1930
  • Tetno polskiego Manchesteru
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1930
  • Nad ranem
    Short
    • writer
    • 1929

Art Department

  • A Generation (1955)
    A Generation
    7.1
    • artistic supervisor
    • 1955

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Alexander Ford
  • Born
    • November 24, 1908
    • Kyiv, Kyiv Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kyiv, Ukraine]
  • Died
    • April 4, 1980
    • Naples, Florida, USA(suicide by hanging)
  • Spouses
      Eleanor Griswold? - April 4, 1980 (his death, 3 children)

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  • Trivia
    Educated at Warsaw University.

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