What mid-twentieth century director is responsible for defining the genre of the Western and popularizing the stereotype of the backwards, uncivilized savage?

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Answer:

The correct answer is :  John Ford

Explanation:

He was very famous because his westerns movies were notable for a turn-of-the-20th-century ideal of American masculinity.   His films had a powerful influence because they created the Americans’ conception of their own history as well as their values. Ford helped create an archetypical code of masculine ethics and behavior that affected the American psyche.