John Farrow

Birth Name:

John Villiers Farrow

Birth Place:

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Profession

Director, Writer, Producer, Actor, Assistant director, Soundtrack

Pope Pius XI appointed him a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre in 1937
Had a four-year career in the Merchant Service, during which he wrote short stories, and then got his ticket to Hollywood in the form of an invite to be a technical advisor for a film about the Marines
Before World War II, he was relegated to directing B movies, but won so much acclaim for his innovations in these small-budget films that after he returned from service, he was promoted to A-list material
Worked primarily as a screenwriter during his early career, but began directing in the 1930s, earning his first feature-length directorial credit for "Men in Exile" in 1937
Converted to Catholicism and was so enthusiastic about his new religion that he wrote several articles and books about it
The Tahitian to English to French dictionary that he wrote as a Marine researcher in Tahiti served as a standard for years

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