Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola

Birthdate
April 7, 1939 (85 years old)
Place of Birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Known For
Directing

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Birthdate
April 7, 1939 (85 years old)
Place of Birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Known For
Directing

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.

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Self

Acting (121)

Art Never Sleeps as Self
Megadoc as Self
2023
Martin Scorsese, l'Italo-Américain as Self
2023
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2023
The Family as Self
2023
Beau geste as Self (1 episode)
2022
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called as Self (archive footage)
2022
Becoming Al Pacino as Self (archive footage)
2021
Dare la vita - Conversazione con Francis Ford Coppola as Self
2021
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2021
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony as Self (archive footage)
2020
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen as Self (4 episodes)
2020
Wim Wenders, Desperado as Self
2019
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound as Self (archive footage)
2019
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael as Self
2018
Friedkin Uncut as Self
2018
American Dream: Detroit as Self - Interviewee
2018
Godfather I as Self
2018
Francis Ford Coppola's Live Cinema as Self
2017
Marcians as Self (1 episode)
2017
Spielberg as Self
2017
Five Came Back as Self (3 episodes)
2017
Five Came Back as Self
2017
Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story as Self
2016
Jaime Lerner - Uma História de Sonhos as Self
2016
The Family Whistle as Self
2015
Practical Magicians: A Collaboration Between Father and Son as Self
2015
Reflections in Blood: Francis Ford Coppola and Bram Stoker’s Dracula as Self
2015
Jay Leno's Garage as Self (1 episode)
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self (1 episode)
2015
Listen to Me Marlon as Self (archive footage)
2014
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2014
Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance as Self (archive footage)
2014
Henri Langlois vu par... as Self
2014
Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto as Self
2014
The Director's Chair as Self (1 episode)
2014
Palo Alto as The Judge (voice) (uncredited)
2014
And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
2013
Trespassing Bergman as Self
2013
Twixt: A Documentary as Self
2013
Seduced and Abandoned as Self
2013
Milius as Self
2012
Bergmans video as Self
2012
The Godfather Legacy as Self
2010
Sodankylä Forever as Self
2010
A Conversation with Martin Sheen as Self
2010
The People vs. George Lucas as Self (archive footage)
2009
C à vous as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2009
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale as Self
2008
Emulsional Rescue: Revealing 'The Godfather' as Self
2008
The Godfather: When the Shooting Stopped as Self
2008
Cannoli as Self
2008
Clemenza as Self
2008
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't as Self
2008
The Last Days of Marlon Brando as Self (archive Footage)
2007
Coda: Thirty Years Later as Self
2007
Fog City Mavericks as Self
2007
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' as Self (archive footage)
2007
In Camera: The Naïve Visual Effects of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' as Self
2007
Method and Madness: Visualizing 'Dracula' as Self
2007
The Costumes Are the Sets: The Design of Eiko Ishioka as Self
2007
Lights, Action, Music as Self
2007
The Making of Marie Antoinette as Self
2007
Brando as Self (archive footage)
2006
The Godfather and the Mob as Self (archive footage)
2005
Lucas, Coppola & Kurosawa as Self
2005
George Lucas: Creating an Empire as Self
2004
Tying the Knot as Self
2004
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope as Self
2004
Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138' as Self
2004
Leçon de Cinéma as Self (1 episode)
2004
The Dream Studio as self
2003
Whether You Like It or Not: The Story of Hedwig as Self
2003
A Decade Under the Influence as Self
2002
The Kid Stays in the Picture as Self (archive footage)
2001
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome as Self
2001
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal as Self
2000
The Making of The Virgin Suicides as Self
1999
Coppola, un hombre y sus sueños as Self
1999
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor as Self
1998
The Making of 'American Graffiti' as Self
1997
A Conversation with Martin Scorsese & Francis Ford Coppola as Self
1996
In Search of Dracula as Self
1996
The Daily Show as Self (1 episode)
1995
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies as Self
1994
The World of Jim Henson as Self
1994
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein as Self
1994
Inside the Actors Studio as Self (1 episode)
1994
Marlon Brando: The Wild One as Self
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1992
Writing with Light: Vittorio Storaro as Self
1992
Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man. The Myth. The Movies. as Self
1991
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse as Self
1991
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper as Self
1990
Hollywood Mavericks as Self
1990
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside as Self
1990
Martin Scorsese Directs as Self
1989
Central Park as Self
1986
The Making of Captain EO as Self
1982
Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982 as Self
1982
The Making of 'One from the Heart' as Self
1981
Inside the Coppola Personality as Self
1981
Rendez-Vous Video Magazine as Self (segment "Coppola")
1979
Apocalypse Now as Director of TV Crew (uncredited)
1977
Bitte umblättern as Self (1 episode)
1976
The Godfather Comes to Sixth St. as Self
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited) (1 episode)
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self (1 episode)
1975
The Lion Roars Again as Self
1974
Dinah! as Self (1 episode)
1974
Spécial cinéma as Self (1 episode)
1971
Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138' as Self
1971
Great Performances as Self (1 episode)
1971
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes as Self
1968
Filmmaker as Self
1968
The New Cinema as Self
1968
The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow' as Self
1963
The Young Racers
1962
War Hunt as Army Truck Driver (uncredited)
1953
The Oscars as Self (2 episodes)

Directing (44)

The Glimpses of the Moon • Director
• Director
Distant Vision • Director
• Director
2024
Megalopolis • Director
• Director
2014
Henri Langlois vu par... • Director
• Director
2011
Twixt • Director
• Director
2009
Tetro • Director
• Director
2007
Youth Without Youth • Director
• Director
2000
Supernova • Director
• Director
2000
One Morning All Over the World • Director
• Director
1997
The Rainmaker • Director
• Director
1996
Jack • Director
• Director
1992
Bram Stoker's Dracula • Director
• Director
1992
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 • Director
• Director
1990
The Godfather Part III • Director
• Director
1989
New York Stories • Director
• Director
1988
Tucker: The Man and His Dream • Director
• Director
1987
Gardens of Stone • Director
• Director
1987
Rip Van Winkle • Director
• Director
1986
Peggy Sue Got Married • Director
• Director
1986
Captain EO • Director
• Director
1984
The Cotton Club • Director
• Director
1983
Rumble Fish • Director
• Director
1983
The Outsiders • Director
• Director
1982
Faerie Tale Theatre • Director (1 episode)
• Director (1 episode)
1982
Hammett • Second Unit Director
• Second Unit Director
1982
One from the Heart • Director
• Director
1981
The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic • Director
• Director
1980
Jerry Brown: The Shape of Things to Come • Director
• Director
1979
Apocalypse Now • Director
• Director
1977
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television • Director (4 episodes)
• Director (4 episodes)
1974
The Godfather Part II • Director
• Director
1974
The Conversation • Director
• Director
1972
The Godfather • Director
• Director
1969
The Rain People • Director
• Director
1968
Finian's Rainbow • Director
• Director
1968
The Wild Racers • Second Unit Director
• Second Unit Director
1966
You're a Big Boy Now • Director
• Director
1963
Dementia 13 • Director
• Director
1963
The Young Racers • Second Unit Director
• Second Unit Director
1962
The Peeper • Director
• Director
1962
Tonight for Sure • Director
• Director
1962
The Premature Burial • Assistant Director
• Assistant Director
1962
The Bellboy and the Playgirls • Director
• Director
1956
No Cigar • Director
• Director

Production (121)

The Conquest of Mexico • Producer
• Producer
Distant Vision • Producer
• Producer
2024
Megalopolis • Producer
• Producer
2024
Shadow Brother Sunday • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2023
The Making of Priscilla • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2023
Fairyland • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2021
Freda • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2021
Love is Love is Love • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2021
Mainstream • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2020
On the Rocks • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2017
The Beguiled • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2016
Paris Can Wait • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2016
Joshy • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2016
The Family Whistle • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2016
Last Days in the Desert • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2015
A Very Murray Christmas • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2014
Life After Beth • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2014
Palo Alto • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2014
Mozart in the Jungle • Executive Producer (10 episodes)
• Executive Producer (10 episodes)
2013
The Bling Ring • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2013
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2012
On the Road • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2011
Twixt • Producer
• Producer
2010
Somewhere • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2009
Tetro • Producer
• Producer
2007
Coda: Thirty Years Later • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2007
Youth Without Youth • Producer
• Producer
2006
The Good Shepherd • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2006
Marie Antoinette • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2005
An All Round Maid • Producer
• Producer
2004
Kinsey • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2004
The 4400 • Executive Producer (44 episodes)
• Executive Producer (44 episodes)
2004
Forever Is a Long, Long Time • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2003
Lost in Translation • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2003
Jeepers Creepers 2 • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2003
Platinum • Executive Producer (6 episodes)
• Executive Producer (6 episodes)
2003
Assassination Tango • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2003
The Educational Archives: Sex & Drugs • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2002
Pumpkin • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2002
No Such Thing • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2002
In My Life • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2001
Another Day • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2001
The Legend of Suriyothai • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2001
Jeepers Creepers • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2001
CQ • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2000
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2000
The Virgin Suicides • Producer
• Producer
1999
Sleepy Hollow • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
1999
Goosed • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
1999
The Third Miracle • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
1999
The Florentine • Producer
• Producer
1998
Lani Loa: The Passage • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
1998
First Wave • Producer (66 episodes)
• Producer (66 episodes)
1998
Moby Dick • Executive Producer (2 episodes)
• Executive Producer (2 episodes)
1998
Outrage • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
1997
The Rainmaker • Producer
• Producer
1997
Buddy • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
1997
The Odyssey • Executive Producer (2 episodes)
• Executive Producer (2 episodes)
1997
Survival on the Mountain • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
1996
Dark Angel • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
1996
Jack • Producer
• Producer
1995
Kidnapped • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
1995
Haunted • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
1995
Tecumseh: The Last Warrior • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
1995
White Dwarf • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
1995
My Family • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
1995
The Conversation • Producer
• Producer
1994
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein • Producer
• Producer
1994
Don Juan DeMarco • Producer
• Producer
1994
Traveling Light • Producer
• Producer
1994
Ironbound • Producer
• Producer
1993
The Secret Garden • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
1993
The Junky's Christmas • Producer
• Producer
1992
Bram Stoker's Dracula • Producer
• Producer
1992
Wind • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
1991
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
1990
The Godfather Part III • Producer
• Producer
1990
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
1990
The Outsiders • Producer (13 episodes)
• Producer (13 episodes)
1990
Clownhouse • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
1989
Wait Until Spring, Bandini • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
1988
Tucker: The Man and His Dream • Producer
• Producer
1988
Powaqqatsi • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
1987
Tough Guys Don't Dance • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
1987
Barfly • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
1987
Lionheart • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
1987
Gardens of Stone • Producer
• Producer
1986
Peggy Sue Got Married • Producer
• Producer
1986
Captain EO • Producer
• Producer
1986
Seven Minutes in Heaven • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
1985
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
1984
The Cotton Club • Producer
• Producer
1983
Rumble Fish
• Executive Producer
• Producer
1983
Koyaanisqatsi • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
1983
The Outsiders • Producer
• Producer
1983
The Black Stallion Returns • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
1982
The Making of 'One from the Heart' • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
1982
Hammett • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
1982
The Escape Artist • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
1982
Godard's Passion • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
1982
Parsifal • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
1982
One from the Heart • Producer
• Producer
1981
The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic • Producer
• Producer
1980
Every Man for Himself • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
1980
Kagemusha • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
1979
The Black Stallion • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
1979
Apocalypse Now • Producer
• Producer
1977
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television • Producer (4 episodes)
• Producer (4 episodes)
1974
The Godfather Part II • Producer
• Producer
1974
The Conversation • Producer
• Producer
1973
American Graffiti • Producer
• Producer
1973
Paper Moon • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
1972
The Godfather • Producer
• Producer
1972
The People • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
1971
THX 1138 • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
1969
The Rain People • Producer
• Producer
1968
Filmmaker • Producer
• Producer
1963
The Terror • Associate Producer
• Associate Producer
1962
Tonight for Sure • Producer
• Producer
1962
Battle Beyond the Sun • Associate Producer
• Associate Producer

Creator (1)

1977
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television • Creator
• Creator

Writing (35)

The Glimpses of the Moon • Screenplay
• Screenplay
Distant Vision • Screenplay
• Screenplay
2024
Megalopolis • Writer
• Writer
2011
Twixt • Screenplay
• Screenplay
2009
Tetro • Writer
• Writer
2007
Youth Without Youth • Writer
• Writer
1997
The Rainmaker • Screenplay
• Screenplay
1992
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 • Scenario Writer
• Scenario Writer
1990
The Godfather Part III • Screenplay
• Screenplay
1989
New York Stories • Writer
• Writer
1986
Captain EO • Writer
• Writer
1984
The Cotton Club
• Screenplay
• Story
1983
Rumble Fish • Screenplay
• Screenplay
1982
One from the Heart • Screenplay
• Screenplay
1981
The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic • Screenplay
• Screenplay
1979
Apocalypse Now • Writer
• Writer
1977
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
• Screenplay (4 episodes)
• Writer (4 episodes)
1974
The Godfather Part II • Screenplay
• Screenplay
1974
The Conversation • Writer
• Writer
1974
The Great Gatsby • Screenplay
• Screenplay
1973
The Way We Were • Writer
• Writer
1972
The Godfather • Screenplay
• Screenplay
1970
Patton
• Screenplay
• Screenstory
1969
The Rain People • Writer
• Writer
1966
You're a Big Boy Now • Writer
• Writer
1966
Is Paris Burning? • Screenplay
• Screenplay
1966
This Property Is Condemned • Screenplay
• Screenplay
1963
Dementia 13 • Writer
• Writer
1963
The Haunted Palace • Writer
• Writer
1962
The Peeper • Writer
• Writer
1962
Tonight for Sure • Writer
• Writer
1962
The Bellboy and the Playgirls • Writer
• Writer

Sound (3)

1990
The Godfather Part III • Songs
• Songs
1979
Apocalypse Now • Original Music Composer
• Original Music Composer
1963
The Young Racers • Sound
• Sound

Crew (13)

The Preakness • Thanks
• Thanks
2016
Paris Can Wait • Thanks
• Thanks
2015
Practical Magicians: A Collaboration Between Father and Son • Thanks
• Thanks
2015
Reflections in Blood: Francis Ford Coppola and Bram Stoker’s Dracula • Thanks
• Thanks
2013
Oldboy • Thanks
• Thanks
2013
Locations: Looking for Rusty James • Technical Advisor
• Technical Advisor
2003
Lost in Translation • Thanks
• Thanks
1993
In the Name of the Father • Thanks
• Thanks
1987
Barfly • Presenter
• Presenter
1973
The Way We Were • Additional Writing
• Additional Writing
1963
Dementia 13 • Stunts
• Stunts
1963
The Haunted Palace • Additional Dialogue
• Additional Dialogue
1962
The Peeper • Cinematography
• Cinematography