John Farrow

  • Birthplace

    Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

  • Birthday
    February 10, 1904

    Deathday
    January 28, 1963

John Farrow

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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.

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John Farrow awards and nominations
Year Category Subcategory Info Movie/Tv Series
1957 Academy Awards, USA Winner Oscar Best Writing, Best Screenplay - Adapted (James Poe, John Farrow, S.J. Perelman) Around the World in Eighty Days
1957 Writers Guild of America, USA Winner WGA Award (Screen) Best Written American Comedy (James Poe, John Farrow, S.J. Perelman) Around the World in Eighty Days