Ford is a Polish director and screenwriter who achieved success with his second feature film Legion ulicy (Legion of the Streets, 1932). He later made the films Halutzim (Sabra, 1934) and Droga mlodich (We're On Our Way, 1936), Ludzie Wisly (People of the Vistula, 1937), Ulica graniczna (Border Street, 1949) and the biography film Mlodość Chopina (Chopin's Youth, 1952). In 1954, he directed his biggest success Piątka z ulicy Barskiej (Five Boys from Barska Street). His other films include Osmy dzień tygodnia (The Eighth Day of the Week, 1958), the spectacular film Krzyźacy (Knights of the Black Cross, 1960), and Pierwszy dzien wolnosci (The First Day of Freedom, 1965). Because of growth of anti-Semitic feelings in Poland, he moved first to the US where he made The First Circle (1972), and later to Israel where he made The Martyr (1975).