John Farrow

John Farrow
Farrow in 1934
Born
John Villiers Farrow

(1904-02-10)10 February 1904
Died27 January 1963(1963-01-27) (aged 58)
Resting placeHoly Cross Cemetery, Culver City
Occupations
  • Director
  • producer
  • screenwriter
Years active1927–1962
Spouses
Felice Lewin
(m. 1924; div. 1927)
    (m. 1936)
    PartnerLila Lee (19281933)
    Children8, including Patrick, Mia, Prudence, and Tisa
    RelativesRonan Farrow (grandson)

    John Villiers Farrow, KGCHS (10 February 1904  27 January 1963) was an Australian film director, producer, and screenwriter. Spending a considerable amount of his career in the United States, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director in 1942 for Wake Island, and in 1957, he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Around the World in Eighty Days. He had seven children by his wife, actress Maureen O'Sullivan, including actress Mia Farrow.