Ironically, the most awarded director of all time probably deserved more Oscars.
The Big Picture There is a great obsession people have with trying to quantify excellence. Any debate over the greatest athlete in any sport always involves the number of championships or gold medals they won, how many years they held the title, or how long their winning streak lasted. Obviously, the trophies are not everything, but they provide an important benchmark when trying to stack the most accomplished people in any category against each other.
How John Ford Impacted the Western Style It comes along with the territory of being the man who created Western classics like Stagecoach, The Searchers, and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, but the visual and thematic style of Ford’s storytelling left an indelible mark on the Western and its future developments.
Why Didn't Ford Ever Win an Oscar for a Western? Despite his many accolades, Ford’s inability to win for his most iconic genre is still puzzling. If his skills as a director were so frequently recognized, why was he never awarded for the genre in which he was most skilled and had the most experience, and was most passionate about?
But even that angle does not tell the whole story. Almost certainly part of the reason for the empty shelf for Western Oscars has to do with a strange bias against Westerns generally at the Oscars. From the very first Academy Awards ceremony until the year 1990, there was only one Western that actually won Best Picture: 1931’s Cimarron.
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