- Born
- Died
- Birth nameMosze Lifszyc
- Aleksander Ford was born on November 24, 1908 in Kiev, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was a director and writer, known for Piatka z ulicy Barskiej (1954), Krzyzacy (1960) and Ósmy dzien tygodnia (1958). He was married to Eleanor Griswold, Olga Minska and Janina Wieczerzynska. He died on April 4, 1980 in Naples, Florida, USA.
- SpousesEleanor Griswold(? - April 4, 1980) (his death, 3 children)Olga Minska (divorced)Janina Wieczerzynska (divorced, 1 child)
- Educated at Warsaw University.
- Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945". Pages 357-360. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987.
- After World War II he headed the government-controlled Film Polski organization.
- Father of Aleksander Ford.
- His documentary Mir kumen on (1938), concerning impoverished Jewish and Polish orphans in a sanatorium, was banned for being "a vehicle for Communist propaganda".
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