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person_profile-Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola Age: 85

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Francis Ford Coppola

Date of Birth:

Apr 07, 1939

Country of birth:

USA

Biography of

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.

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Filmography of

Francis Ford Coppola

Found 43 Movies in total

... 2024

Twixt

Story

... 2011

Tetro

Screenplay

... 2009

... 2007

... 2000

The Rainmaker

Screenplay

... 1997

Jack

Director

... 1996

... 1992

... 1992

... 1990

... 1989

... 1988

... 1987

... 1987

... 1986

... 1984

Rumble Fish

Screenplay

... 1983

... 1983

Hammett

Second Unit Director

... 1982

... 1982

... 1981

Apocalypse Now

Director of TV Crew (uncredited) ( Actor )

Writer

... 1979

... 1974

... 1974

The Godfather

Screenplay

... 1972

... 1969

... 1968

The Wild Racers

Second Unit Director

... 1968

... 1966

... 1963

The Terror

Director

... 1963

... 1963

... 1962

The Premature Burial

Assistant Director

... 1962

... 1962

... 1962