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Francis Ford Coppola‌

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Birthday

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Francis Ford Coppola

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Francis Ford Coppola

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1939-04-07

Popularity

star11.2

Biography

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.

Movie Credits

It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein

It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein‌
star8.5
calendar 1994

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse‌
star7.9
calendar 1991

A Conversation with Martin Sheen

A Conversation with Martin Sheen‌
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calendar 2010

A Conversation with Martin Scorsese & Francis Ford Coppola

A Conversation with Martin Scorsese & Francis Ford Coppola‌
star0.0
calendar 1997

The Kid Stays in the Picture

The Kid Stays in the Picture‌
star6.7
calendar 2002

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale‌
star6.8
calendar 2009

Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance

Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance‌
star0.0
calendar 2014

Practical Magicians: A Collaboration Between Father and Son

Practical Magicians: A Collaboration Between Father and Son‌
star0.0
calendar 2015

Reflections in Blood: Francis Ford Coppola and Bram Stoker’s Dracula

Reflections in Blood: Francis Ford Coppola and Bram Stoker’s Dracula‌
star0.0
calendar 2015

Coda: Thirty Years Later

Coda: Thirty Years Later‌
star4.8
calendar 2007

Fog City Mavericks

Fog City Mavericks‌
star8.5
calendar 2007

The Family

The Family‌
star8.0
calendar 2023

The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow'

The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow'‌
star0.0
calendar 1968

The Godfather Family: A Look Inside

The Godfather Family: A Look Inside‌
star7.7
calendar 1990

The Making of Captain EO

The Making of Captain EO‌
star6.7
calendar 1986

Lucas, Coppola & Kurosawa

Lucas, Coppola & Kurosawa‌
star0.0
calendar 2005

Clemenza

Clemenza‌
star5.0
calendar 2008

Cannoli

Cannoli‌
star5.0
calendar 2008

Kurosawa: The Last Emperor

Kurosawa: The Last Emperor‌
star5.5
calendar 1999

Seduced and Abandoned

Seduced and Abandoned‌
star6.2
calendar 2013

Writing with Light: Vittorio Storaro

Writing with Light: Vittorio Storaro‌
star6.0
calendar 1992

A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope

A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope‌
star7.5
calendar 2004

Milius

Milius‌
star7.0
calendar 2013

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony‌
star4.3
calendar 2021

George Lucas: Creating an Empire

George Lucas: Creating an Empire‌
star0.0
calendar 2005

Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'

Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'‌
star6.8
calendar 2004

The Godfather Comes to Sixth St.

The Godfather Comes to Sixth St.‌
star0.0
calendar 1976

The Dream Studio

The Dream Studio‌
star0.0
calendar 2004

Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called

Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called‌
star7.6
calendar 2022

Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138'

Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138'‌
star6.2
calendar 1971

Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper

Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper‌
star0.0
calendar 1991

The Godfather Legacy

The Godfather Legacy‌
star7.1
calendar 2012

In Search of Dracula

In Search of Dracula‌
star0.0
calendar 1996

The People vs. George Lucas

The People vs. George Lucas‌
star6.4
calendar 2010

War Hunt

War Hunt‌
star6.5
calendar 1962

Filmmaker

Filmmaker‌
star7.1
calendar 1968

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound‌
star6.8
calendar 2019

Becoming Al Pacino

Becoming Al Pacino‌
star7.3
calendar 2022

Martin Scorsese, l'Italo-Américain

Martin Scorsese, l'Italo-Américain‌
star8.6
calendar 2023

What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael‌
star6.7
calendar 2019

The Godfather: Behind the Scenes

The Godfather: Behind the Scenes‌
star0.0
calendar 1971

Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story

Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story‌
star6.8
calendar 2017

Coppola, un hombre y sus sueños

Coppola, un hombre y sus sueños‌
star0.0
calendar 1999

Brando

Brando‌
star6.8
calendar 2007

Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man. The Myth. The Movies.

Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man. The Myth. The Movies.‌
star6.3
calendar 1992

The Young Racers

The Young Racers‌
star5.0
calendar 1963

Megadoc

Megadoc‌
star0.0
calendar

The Making of 'American Graffiti'

The Making of 'American Graffiti'‌
star7.8
calendar 1998

The New Cinema

The New Cinema‌
star0.0
calendar 1968

Inside the Coppola Personality

Inside the Coppola Personality‌
star7.0
calendar 1981

The Godfather and the Mob

The Godfather and the Mob‌
star7.0
calendar 2006

Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse Now‌
star8.3
calendar 1979

Jaime Lerner - Uma História de Sonhos

Jaime Lerner - Uma História de Sonhos‌
star0.0
calendar 2016

A Decade Under the Influence

A Decade Under the Influence‌
star8.0
calendar 2003

Listen to Me Marlon

Listen to Me Marlon‌
star7.5
calendar 2015

Five Came Back

Five Came Back‌
star7.9
calendar 2017

Rendez-Vous Video Magazine

Rendez-Vous Video Magazine‌
star5.0
calendar 1981

Spielberg

Spielberg‌
star7.6
calendar 2017

Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982

Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982‌
star0.0
calendar 1982

Martin Scorsese Directs

Martin Scorsese Directs‌
star9.0
calendar 1990

Trespassing Bergman

Trespassing Bergman‌
star6.6
calendar 2013

American Dream: Detroit

American Dream: Detroit‌
star0.0
calendar 2018

The Family Whistle

The Family Whistle‌
star6.0
calendar 2016

Central Park

Central Park‌
star7.1
calendar 1989

Friedkin Uncut

Friedkin Uncut‌
star7.2
calendar 2018

Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto

Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto‌
star6.0
calendar 2014

Godfather I

Godfather I‌
star0.0
calendar 2018

Hollywood Mavericks

Hollywood Mavericks‌
star6.0
calendar 1990

Art Never Sleeps

Art Never Sleeps‌
star0.0
calendar

Whether You Like It or Not: The Story of Hedwig

Whether You Like It or Not: The Story of Hedwig‌
star7.0
calendar 2003

Emulsional Rescue: Revealing 'The Godfather'

Emulsional Rescue: Revealing 'The Godfather'‌
star6.5
calendar 2008

The Making of The Virgin Suicides

The Making of The Virgin Suicides‌
star7.2
calendar 2000

And the Oscar Goes To...

And the Oscar Goes To...‌
star7.0
calendar 2014

Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire‌
star7.3
calendar 2014

Marlon Brando: The Wild One

Marlon Brando: The Wild One‌
star6.0
calendar 1994

Francis Ford Coppola's Live Cinema

Francis Ford Coppola's Live Cinema‌
star10.0
calendar 2018

The Making of 'One from the Heart'

The Making of 'One from the Heart'‌
star8.0
calendar 1982

The World of Jim Henson

The World of Jim Henson‌
star7.3
calendar 1994

Henri Langlois vu par...

Henri Langlois vu par...‌
star0.0
calendar 2014

Twixt: A Documentary

Twixt: A Documentary‌
star0.0
calendar 2013

Palo Alto

Palo Alto‌
star6.1
calendar 2014

Lights, Action, Music

Lights, Action, Music‌
star7.0
calendar 2007

The Making of Marie Antoinette

The Making of Marie Antoinette‌
star5.0
calendar 2007

Wim Wenders, Desperado

Wim Wenders, Desperado‌
star7.7
calendar 2020

Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back

Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back‌
star5.0
calendar 2019

R2-D2: Beneath the Dome

R2-D2: Beneath the Dome‌
star6.5
calendar 2001

The Costumes Are the Sets: The Design of Eiko Ishioka

The Costumes Are the Sets: The Design of Eiko Ishioka‌
star8.0
calendar 2007

The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'

The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'‌
star8.0
calendar 2007

Method and Madness: Visualizing 'Dracula'

Method and Madness: Visualizing 'Dracula'‌
star10.0
calendar 2007

In Camera: The Naïve Visual Effects of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'

In Camera: The Naïve Visual Effects of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'‌
star8.5
calendar 2007

The Godfather: When the Shooting Stopped

The Godfather: When the Shooting Stopped‌
star6.0
calendar 2008

The Last Days of Marlon Brando

The Last Days of Marlon Brando‌
star7.0
calendar 2008

Sodankylä Forever

Sodankylä Forever‌
star0.0
calendar 2010

The Lion Roars Again

The Lion Roars Again‌
star0.0
calendar 1975

Tying the Knot

Tying the Knot‌
star6.4
calendar 2004

Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal

Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal‌
star6.6
calendar 2001

Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age

Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age‌
star7.7
calendar 2021

The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't

The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't‌
star6.0
calendar 2008

Dare la vita - Conversazione con Francis Ford Coppola

Dare la vita - Conversazione con Francis Ford Coppola‌
star0.0
calendar 2021

Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders'

Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders'‌
star0.0
calendar 2005

Tv Credits

The Oscars

The Oscars‌
star7.0
calendar 1953

The Director's Chair

The Director's Chair‌
star8.0
calendar 2014

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live‌
star6.9
calendar 1975

Five Came Back

Five Came Back‌
star7.3
calendar 2017

Leçon de Cinéma

Leçon de Cinéma‌
star7.0
calendar 2004

Spécial cinéma

Spécial cinéma‌
star0.0
calendar 1974

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Late Night with Conan O'Brien‌
star7.1
calendar 1993

Dinah!

Dinah!‌
star6.5
calendar 1974

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche‌
star6.0
calendar 1975

Jay Leno's Garage

Jay Leno's Garage‌
star7.5
calendar 2015

Inside the Actors Studio

Inside the Actors Studio‌
star7.4
calendar 1994

Bitte umblättern

Bitte umblättern‌
star6.0
calendar 1977

Marcians

Marcians‌
star0.0
calendar 2017

Great Performances

Great Performances‌
star5.2
calendar 1971

Beau geste

Beau geste‌
star0.0
calendar 2023

Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma

Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma‌
star0.0
calendar 2023

C à vous

C à vous‌
star6.0
calendar 2009

Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen

Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen‌
star10.0
calendar 2020

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert‌
star6.6
calendar 2015

The Daily Show

The Daily Show‌
star6.4
calendar 1996