Unit+Four+Directors+and+Key+People

=Unit Four Directors and Key People=

John Wayne is also the biggest box office draw of all time appearing within the Quigley annual list of "Top 10 Money Maker's Poll". He is known for starring in western films, such as his breakout role in "The Searchers", "Rio Bravo", "True Grit", and "The Quiet Man".
 * John Wayne:** He was a American Film actor, director, and producer. He is famous for his distinctive calm voice, walk, and height.


 * John Ford:** He was a famous American film director who is famous for his westerns such as The Searchers, Stagecoach, and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. He directed more than 140 films during the span of 50 years, and he pioneered location shooting and the long shot for the characters he portrayed. Ford also served as president of the Motion Picture Direction Association during the 1920s. Set most of his films in Monument Valley.


 * Gary Cooper:** An American film actor who appeared in over 100 films, most of which were Westerns. He was known for his quiet, understated acting style, but on screen had a very intense persona. Over the span of his career, Cooper was nominated for five Academy Awards for best actor and he won the award twice. His acting career lasted from 1925 until shortly before his death in 1961.


 * Glenn Ford**:The son of a Canadian railroad executive, his family moved to Santa Monica, California, when he was eight years old. His acting career began with plays at high school, followed by acting in West Coast, a traveling theater company. In 1939 he took a screen test for Columbia Pictures, which won him a contract. His rise to stardom was interrupted by military service during WWII. His career during the 1940s and 1950s showed that he could act in varois roles and genres, including film noir in The Big Heat (1953), westerns like 3:10 to Yuma (1957) and comedies like The Gazebo (1959).He has usually been cast as a calm and collected everyday-hero.


 * Clint Eastwood:** He is an American actor, producer, and director. He became famous for playing the Man With No Name in Sergio Leone's Dollar trilogy of spaghetti westerns where the roles have made him a cultural icon of masculinity. He has won Academy Awards for Best Director as well as Producer of Best Picture. He has also received nominations for best actor. Many of his films have received commercial success and critical acclaim. Eastwood has directed most of the films he has starred in and also ones in which he doesn't appear. He has also received Golden Globe nominations and is highly praised in France as well. He was born May 31st 1930. He is 6 foot 2 inches tall.


 * Stanley Kramer:** An American film director and producer. Kramer was responsible for some of Hollywood's most famous "message" movies. His notable movies include "The Defiant Ones," "On the Beach," "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner," and "Inherit The Wind." His work was admired with receiving nine academy award over his career. He has been noticed by some big directors, including Stephen Spielberg and David Thomson, being described as a "enterprising director" and a "hero of the 1950"' and as "one of our great filmmakers".