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Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola  (born April 7, 1939) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. He is widely acclaimed as one of Hollywood's most celebrated and influential film directors. He epitomized the group of filmmakers known as the New Hollywood, which included George Lucas, Martin Scorsese, Robert Altman, Woody Allen and William Friedkin, who emerged in the early 1970s with unconventional ideas that challenged contemporary filmmaking. He co-authored the script for Patton, winning the Academy Award in 1970. His directorial fame escalated with the release of The Godfather in 1972. The film revolutionized movie-making in the gangster genre, garnering universal laurels from critics and public alike. It went on to win three Academy Awards, including his second, which he won for Best Adapted Screenplay, and it was instrumental in cementing his position as one of the prominent American film directors. Coppola followed it with an equally successful sequel The Godfather Part II, which became the first ever sequel to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. The film received yet higher praises than its predecessor, and gave him three Academy Awards—for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director and Best Picture. In the same year was released The Conversation, which he directed, produced and wrote. The film went on to win the Palme d'Or at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival. His next directorial venture was Apocalypse Now in 1979, and it was as notorious for its lengthy and troubled production as it was critically acclaimed for its vivid and stark depiction of the Vietnam War. It won his second Palme d'Or at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival. Although some of Coppola's ventures in the 1980s and early 1990s were critically lauded, Coppola's later work has not met the same level of critical and commercial success as his '70s films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Francis Ford Coppola, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia


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Born:
Apr 7, 1939 In Detroit, Michigan, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
78
First Appeared:
In the movie Art Never Sleeps
Latest Project:
Movie Martin Scorsese, l'Italo-Américain 2023-12-08
Known For
Poster of Five Came Back
Poster of The People vs. George Lucas
Poster of The Kid Stays in the Picture
Poster of Coppola, un hombre y sus sueños
Filmography
Movie Art Never Sleeps Self 2025
Movie The Family Self 2023-05-17
Movie Martin Scorsese, l'Italo-Américain Self 2023-12-08
Movie Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called Self (archive footage) 2022-04-09
Movie Becoming Al Pacino Self (archive footage) 2022-02-06
Movie Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) 2021-05-07
Movie Wim Wenders, Desperado Self 2020-07-16
Movie Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back Self 2019-11-10
Movie What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael Self 2019-03-22
Movie Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound Self (archive footage) 2019-10-25
Movie Francis Ford Coppola's Live Cinema Self 2018-01-10
Movie Friedkin Uncut Self 2018-11-05
Movie American Dream: Detroit Self - Interviewee 2018-05-01
Movie Spielberg Self 2017-10-05
Movie Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story Self 2017-02-01
Movie Five Came Back Self 2017-03-31
Series Five Came Back Self 2017-03-31
Movie The Family Whistle Self 2016-05-19
Movie Jaime Lerner - Uma História de Sonhos Self 2016-09-08
Movie Listen to Me Marlon Self (archive footage) 2015-07-29
Movie Reflections in Blood: Francis Ford Coppola and Bram Stoker’s Dracula Self 2015-10-08
Movie Practical Magicians: A Collaboration Between Father and Son Self 2015-10-08
Movie Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) 2014-09-20
Movie Palo Alto The Judge (voice) (uncredited) 2014-05-09
Movie And the Oscar Goes To... Self (archive footage) 2014-02-01
Movie Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto Self 2014-05-28
Movie Henri Langlois vu par... Self 2014-07-27
Movie Milius Self 2013-03-09
Movie Seduced and Abandoned Self 2013-05-20
Movie Trespassing Bergman Self 2013-08-28
Movie The Godfather Legacy Self 2012-07-12
Movie The People vs. George Lucas Self (archive footage) 2010-03-14
Movie Sodankylä Forever Self 2010-08-05
Movie I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale Self 2009-01-16
Movie The Last Days of Marlon Brando Self (archive Footage) 2008-03-01
Movie The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't Self 2008-06-03
Movie Emulsional Rescue: Revealing 'The Godfather' Self 2008-09-23
Movie Brando Self (archive footage) 2007-05-01
Movie The Making of Marie Antoinette Self 2007-07-02
Movie Lights, Action, Music Self 2007-08-06
Movie The Costumes Are the Sets: The Design of Eiko Ishioka Self 2007-10-02
Movie Fog City Mavericks Self 2007-10-24
Movie The Godfather and the Mob Self (archive footage) 2006-04-25
Movie George Lucas: Creating an Empire Self 2005-01-27
Movie Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138' Self 2004-08-14
Movie A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope Self 2004-09-14
Movie Tying the Knot Self 2004-10-01
Movie A Decade Under the Influence Self 2003-04-25
Movie Whether You Like It or Not: The Story of Hedwig Self 2003-09-07
Movie The Kid Stays in the Picture Self (archive footage) 2002-08-16
Movie Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal Self 2001-08-21
Movie R2-D2: Beneath the Dome Self 2001-11-25
Movie The Making of The Virgin Suicides Self 2000-12-19
Movie Kurosawa: The Last Emperor Self 1999-01-01
Movie Coppola, un hombre y sus sueños Self 1999-02-22
Movie The Making of 'American Graffiti' Self 1998-09-15
Movie The World of Jim Henson Self 1994-11-23
Movie It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein Self 1994-10-25
Movie Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man. The Myth. The Movies. Self 1992-01-01
Movie Writing with Light: Vittorio Storaro Self 1992-01-01
Movie Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse Self 1991-11-27
Movie Martin Scorsese Directs Self 1990-06-16
Movie The Godfather Family: A Look Inside Self 1990-07-12
Movie Hollywood Mavericks Self 1990-09-07
Movie Central Park Self 1989-04-01
Movie The Making of Captain EO Self 1986-09-12
Movie Rendez-Vous Video Magazine Self (segment "Coppola") 1981-01-01
Movie Inside the Coppola Personality Self 1981-01-01
Movie Apocalypse Now Director of TV Crew (uncredited) 1979-05-19
Series Saturday Night Live Unknown 1975-10-11
Movie The Lion Roars Again Self 1975-01-01
Movie Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138' Self 1971-03-01
Movie The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow' Self 1968-01-01
Movie Filmmaker Self 1968-12-01
Movie The New Cinema Self 1968-01-01
Movie The Young Racers 1963-01-01
Movie War Hunt Army Truck Driver (uncredited) 1962-05-01
Series The Oscars Unknown 1953-03-19