Francis Ford Coppola

Directing · Born 1939-04-07 in Detroit, Michigan, USA

Biography

Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is an American filmmaker. 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…

Filmography

• It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein as Self
• Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse as Self
• I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale as Self
• Coda: Thirty Years Later as Self
• Fog City Mavericks as Self
• The Family as Self
• The Godfather Family: A Look Inside as Self
• The Making of Captain EO as Self
• Cannoli as Self
• Kurosawa: The Last Emperor as Self