person

Francis Ford Coppola

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1939-04-07

Place of Birth

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Francis Ford Coppola

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.

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It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein

Oct 25, 1994

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Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

Nov 27, 1991

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A Conversation with Martin Sheen

Jun 20, 2010

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A Conversation with Martin Scorsese & Francis Ford Coppola

Nov 21, 1997

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The Kid Stays in the Picture

Aug 16, 2002

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I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

Jan 16, 2009

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Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance

Sep 10, 2014

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Practical Magicians: A Collaboration Between Father and Son

Oct 08, 2015

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

Oct 08, 2015

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Coda: Thirty Years Later

Dec 09, 2007

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Fog City Mavericks

Oct 24, 2007

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The Family

May 17, 2023

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The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow'

Jan 01, 1968

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The Godfather Family: A Look Inside

Jul 12, 1990

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The Making of Captain EO

Sep 12, 1986

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Lucas, Coppola & Kurosawa

Mar 29, 2005

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Cannoli

Sep 23, 2008

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Clemenza

Sep 23, 2008

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Kurosawa: The Last Emperor

Jan 01, 1999

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Seduced and Abandoned

May 20, 2013

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Writing with Light: Vittorio Storaro

Jan 01, 1992

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A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope

Sep 14, 2004

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Milius

Mar 09, 2013

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Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

Mar 26, 2021

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George Lucas: Creating an Empire

Jan 27, 2005

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

Aug 14, 2004

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The Godfather Comes to Sixth St.

Oct 23, 1976

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The Dream Studio

Jan 01, 2004

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Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called

Apr 09, 2022

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Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138'

Mar 01, 1971

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Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper

May 17, 1991

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The Godfather Legacy

Jul 12, 2012

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Vem Var Dracula

Oct 02, 1996

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The People vs. George Lucas

Mar 14, 2010

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War Hunt

May 01, 1962

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Filmmaker

Dec 01, 1968

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Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

Oct 25, 2019

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Becoming Al Pacino

Feb 06, 2022

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Martin Scorsese, l'Italo-Américain

Dec 08, 2023

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What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

Mar 22, 2019

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The Godfather: Behind the Scenes

Jan 01, 1971

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Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story

Feb 01, 2017

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Coppola, un hombre y sus sueños

Feb 22, 1999

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Brando

May 01, 2007

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

Jan 01, 1992

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The Young Racers

Jan 01, 1963

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Megadoc

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The Making of 'American Graffiti'

Sep 15, 1998

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The New Cinema

Jan 01, 1968

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Inside the Coppola Personality

Jan 01, 1981

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The Godfather and the Mob

Apr 25, 2006

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Apocalypse Now

May 19, 1979

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Jaime Lerner - Uma História de Sonhos

Sep 08, 2016

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A Decade Under the Influence

Apr 25, 2003

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Listen to Me Marlon

Jul 29, 2015

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Five Came Back

Mar 31, 2017

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Rendez-Vous Video Magazine

Jan 01, 1981

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Spielberg

Oct 05, 2017

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Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982

Sep 15, 1982

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Martin Scorsese Directs

Jun 16, 1990

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Trespassing Bergman

Aug 28, 2013

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American Dream: Detroit

May 01, 2018

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The Family Whistle

May 19, 2016

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Central Park

Apr 01, 1990

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Friedkin Uncut

Nov 05, 2018

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Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto

May 28, 2014

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Godfather I

Jan 29, 2018

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Hollywood Mavericks

Sep 07, 1990

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Art Never Sleeps

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Whether You Like It or Not: The Story of Hedwig

Sep 07, 2003

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Emulsional Rescue: Revealing 'The Godfather'

Sep 23, 2008

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The Making of The Virgin Suicides

Dec 19, 2000

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And the Oscar Goes To...

Feb 01, 2014

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Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

Sep 20, 2014

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Marlon Brando: The Wild One

Aug 11, 1994

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Francis Ford Coppola's Live Cinema

Jan 10, 2018

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The Making of 'One from the Heart'

Aug 14, 1982

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The World of Jim Henson

Nov 23, 1994

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Henri Langlois vu par...

Jul 27, 2014

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Twixt: A Documentary

Jul 23, 2013

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Palo Alto

Dec 29, 2013

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Lights, Action, Music

Aug 06, 2007

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The Making of Marie Antoinette

Jul 02, 2007

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Wim Wenders, Desperado

Jul 16, 2020

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Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back

Nov 10, 2019

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R2-D2: Beneath the Dome

Nov 25, 2001

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The Costumes Are the Sets: The Design of Eiko Ishioka

Oct 02, 2007

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

Oct 02, 2007

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

Oct 08, 2007

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Method and Madness: Visualizing 'Dracula'

Oct 02, 2007

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The Godfather: When the Shooting Stopped

Sep 23, 2008

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The Last Days of Marlon Brando

Mar 01, 2008

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Sodankylä Forever

Aug 05, 2010

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The Lion Roars Again

Jan 01, 1975

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Tying the Knot

Oct 01, 2004

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Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal

Aug 21, 2001

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Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age

May 07, 2021

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The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't

Jun 03, 2008

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Dare la vita - Conversazione con Francis Ford Coppola

Aug 07, 2021

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Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders'

Sep 20, 2005

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Inside Mishima

Oct 23, 1985

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Lucas, Coppola, and Kurosawa

Jan 01, 2005

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Lumière! The Adventure Continues

Nov 22, 2024

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Artistry/Technology

Aug 04, 2015

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The Oscars

Mar 19, 1953

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The Director's Chair

May 10, 2014

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Saturday Night Live

Oct 11, 1975

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Five Came Back

Mar 31, 2017

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Leçon de Cinéma

Mar 20, 2004

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Spécial cinéma

Sep 25, 1974

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Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Sep 13, 1993

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Dinah!

Oct 21, 1974

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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Jan 12, 1975

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Jay Leno's Garage

Oct 07, 2015

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Inside the Actors Studio

Aug 14, 1994

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Please Turn the Page

Apr 20, 1977

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Marcians

Nov 16, 2017

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Great Performances

Jan 28, 1971

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Beau geste

Jan 22, 2023

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Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma

Sep 22, 2023

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C à vous

Sep 07, 2009

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Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen

Dec 31, 2020

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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Sep 08, 2015

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The Daily Show

Jul 22, 1996

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Variety Studio: Directors on Directors

Mar 03, 2021

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The Mike Douglas Show

Dec 11, 1961

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SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night

Jan 16, 2025

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Sacrée soirée

Sep 02, 1987

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LIGHT & MAGIC

Jul 27, 2022