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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 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.
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthday
April 7, 1939
Age
87 years old
Place of Birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Popularity Score
2.4
Filmography
Vittorio De Sica: Staging Life
Self
2026Movie
Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean
Self
2026Movie
Pinocchio: Unstrung
Thanks
2026Movie
Megadoc
Self
2025Movie
Films to Die For
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025Movie
Eleanor Coppola: Art is All Around Us
Himself
2025Movie
The Making of Hearts of Darkness
Himself
2025Movie
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2025Movie
Brother Verses Brother
Executive Producer
2025Movie
Lumière, Le Cinéma!
Self
2024Movie
Martin Scorsese, the Italian-American Master
Self (archive) - director
2024Movie
Megalopolis
Writer
2024Movie
Shadow Brother Sunday
Executive Producer
2024Movie
The Preakness
Thanks
2024Movie
Megalopolis
Director
2024Movie
Megalopolis
Producer
2024Movie
The Last Showgirl
Thanks
2024Movie
The Family
Self
2023Movie
Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023Movie
Beau geste
Self
2023TV
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
Self - Guest
2023TV
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
Self (archive footage)
2022Movie
LIGHT & MAGIC
Self (archive footage)
2022TV
Dans les secrets des films Star Wars
Self ( Archives)
2022TV
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Self (archive footage)
2021Movie
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2021Movie
Dare la vita - Conversazione con Francis Ford Coppola
Self
2021Movie
Morceaux de Cannes
2021Movie
Directors on Directors
Self
2021TV
Freda
Executive Producer
2021Movie
Wim Wenders, Desperado
Self
2020Movie
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
Self
2020TV
The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
Director
2020Movie
The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
Writer
2020Movie
The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
Producer
2020Movie
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Self (archive footage)
2019Movie
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Self
2019Movie
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
Self
2019Movie
American Dream: Detroit
Self - Interviewee
2018Movie
Friedkin Uncut
Self
2018Movie
Godfather I
Self
2018Movie
Francis Ford Coppola's Live Cinema
Self
2018Movie
Konbini Vidéo Club
2018TV
Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story
Self
2017Movie
Five Came Back
Self
2017Movie
Spielberg
Self
2017Movie
Five Came Back
Self
2017TV
Marcians
Self
2017TV
Jaime Lerner - Uma História de Sonhos
Self
2016Movie
The Family Whistle
Self
2016Movie
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
Screenplay
2016Movie
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
Producer
2016Movie
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
Director
2016Movie
Paris Can Wait
Thanks
2016Movie
Listen to Me Marlon
Self (archive footage)
2015Movie
Artistry/Technology
Self
2015Movie
Jay Leno's Garage
Self
2015TV
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015TV
Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance
Self (archive footage)
2014Movie
Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto
Self
2014Movie
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2014Movie
Henri Langlois vu par...
Self
2014Movie
Palo Alto
The Judge (voice) (uncredited)
2014Movie
The Director's Chair
Self
2014TV
Henri Langlois vu par...
Director
2014Movie
Seduced and Abandoned
Self
2013Movie
Milius
Self
2013Movie
Trespassing Bergman
Self
2013Movie
Twixt: A Documentary
Self
2013Movie
Locations: Looking for Rusty James
Technical Advisor
2013Movie
Oldboy
Thanks
2013Movie
The Bling Ring
Executive Producer
2013Movie
The Godfather Legacy
Self
2012Movie
On the Road
Executive Producer
2012Movie
Twixt
Director
2011Movie
Twixt
Producer
2011Movie
Twixt
Songs
2011Movie
Twixt
Writer
2011Movie
A Conversation with Martin Sheen
Self
2010Movie
The People vs. George Lucas
Self (archive footage)
2010Movie
Sodankylä Forever
Self
2010TV
Somewhere
Executive Producer
2010Movie
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Self
2009Movie
C à vous
Self - Guest
2009TV
Tetro
Director
2009Movie
Tetro
Producer
2009Movie
Tetro
Writer
2009Movie
Cannoli
Self
2008Movie
Emulsional Rescue: Revealing 'The Godfather'
Self
2008Movie
The Godfather: When the Shooting Stopped
Self
2008Movie
The Last Days of Marlon Brando
Self (archive Footage)
2008Movie
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
Self
2008Movie
Coda: Thirty Years Later
Self
2007Movie
Fog City Mavericks
Self
2007Movie
Brando
Self (archive footage)
2007Movie
Lights, Action, Music
Self
2007Movie
The Making of Marie Antoinette
Self
2007Movie
The Costumes Are the Sets: The Design of Eiko Ishioka
Self
2007Movie
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
Self (archive footage)
2007Movie
In Camera: The Naïve Visual Effects of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
Self
2007Movie
Method and Madness: Visualizing 'Dracula'
Self
2007Movie
Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker'
Self
2007Movie
Youth Without Youth
Director
2007Movie
Youth Without Youth
Producer
2007Movie
Coda: Thirty Years Later
Executive Producer
2007Movie
Youth Without Youth
Writer
2007Movie
The Godfather and the Mob
Self (archive footage)
2006Movie
Marie Antoinette
Executive Producer
2006Movie
The Good Shepherd
Executive Producer
2006Movie
Lucas, Coppola & Kurosawa
Self
2005Movie
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
Self
2005Movie
Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders'
Self
2005Movie
Lucas, Coppola, and Kurosawa
Self
2005Movie
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
Self
2005Movie
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
Self (archive footage)
2005Movie
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
Self
2004Movie
Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
Self
2004Movie
The Dream Studio
self
2004Movie
Tying the Knot
Self
2004Movie
Leçon de Cinéma
Self
2004TV
Kinsey
Executive Producer
2004Movie
Forever Is a Long, Long Time
Executive Producer
2004Movie
She Hate Me
Thanks
2004Movie
A Decade Under the Influence
Self
2003Movie
Whether You Like It or Not: The Story of Hedwig
Self
2003Movie
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Self
2003Movie
Jeepers Creepers 2
Executive Producer
2003Movie
Assassination Tango
Executive Producer
2003Movie
Lost in Translation
Thanks
2003Movie
Lost in Translation
Executive Producer
2003Movie
The Educational Archives: Sex & Drugs
Executive Producer
2003Movie
Platinum
Executive Producer
2003TV
On the Set of CQ
Self
2002Movie
No Such Thing
Executive Producer
2002Movie
Pumpkin
Executive Producer
2002Movie
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
Self
2001Movie
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
Self
2001Movie
Jeepers Creepers
Executive Producer
2001Movie
Another Day
Executive Producer
2001Movie
CQ
Executive Producer
2001Movie
The Legend of Suriyothai
Executive Producer
2001Movie
The Making of The Virgin Suicides
Self
2000Movie
The Virgin Suicides
Producer
2000Movie
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Executive Producer
2000Movie
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
Self
1999Movie
Coppola, un hombre y sus sueños
Self
1999Movie
Sleepy Hollow
Executive Producer
1999Movie
The Florentine
Producer
1999Movie
The Third Miracle
Executive Producer
1999Movie
Goosed
Executive Producer
1999Movie
The Making of 'American Graffiti'
Self
1998Movie
Lani Loa: The Passage
Executive Producer
1998Movie
Outrage
Executive Producer
1998Movie
First Wave
Producer
1998TV
Moby Dick
Executive Producer
1998TV
A Conversation with Martin Scorsese & Francis Ford Coppola
Self
1997Movie
The Rainmaker
Director
1997Movie
The Rainmaker
Screenplay
1997Movie
Survival on the Mountain
Executive Producer
1997Movie
The Rainmaker
Producer
1997Movie
Buddy
Executive Producer
1997Movie
The Odyssey
Executive Producer
1997TV
The Daily Show
Self
1996TV
Jack
Director
1996Movie
Jack
Producer
1996Movie
Dark Angel
Executive Producer
1996Movie
My Family
Executive Producer
1995Movie
Kidnapped
Executive Producer
1995Movie
Haunted
Executive Producer
1995Movie
Tecumseh: The Last Warrior
Executive Producer
1995Movie
The Conversation
Producer
1995Movie
White Dwarf
Executive Producer
1995Movie
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
Self
1994Movie
Marlon Brando: The Wild One
Self
1994Movie
The World of Jim Henson
Self
1994Movie
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994TV
Don Juan DeMarco
Producer
1994Movie
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Producer
1994Movie
Ironbound
Producer
1994Movie
Traveling Light
Producer
1994Movie
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993TV
The Secret Garden
Executive Producer
1993Movie
In the Name of the Father
Thanks
1993Movie
The Junky's Christmas
Producer
1993Movie
Writing with Light: Vittorio Storaro
Self
1992Movie
Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man, The Myth, The Movies
Self
1992Movie
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Director
1992Movie
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Producer
1992Movie
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
Director
1992Movie
Wind
Executive Producer
1992Movie
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
Producer
1992Movie
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
Screenplay
1992Movie
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Self
1991Movie
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
Self
1991Movie
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Executive Producer
1991Movie
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
Self
1990Movie
Martin Scorsese Directs
Self
1990Movie
Central Park
Self
1990Movie
Hollywood Mavericks
Self
1990Movie
The Godfather Part III
Director
1990Movie
The Godfather Part III
Producer
1990Movie
The Godfather Part III
Screenplay
1990Movie
The Godfather Part III
Songs
1990Movie
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
Executive Producer
1990Movie
The Outsiders
Producer
1990TV
New York Stories
Writer
1989Movie
New York Stories
Director
1989Movie
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Director
1988Movie
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Producer
1988Movie
Powaqqatsi
Presenter
1988Movie
Powaqqatsi
Executive Producer
1988Movie
Death of a Porn Queen
Self (archive footage)
1987Movie
Sacrée soirée
Self
1987TV
Gardens of Stone
Director
1987Movie
Tough Guys Don't Dance
Executive Producer
1987Movie
Barfly
Presenter
1987Movie
Lionheart
Executive Producer
1987Movie
Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle
Director
1987Movie
Barfly
Executive Producer
1987Movie
Gardens of Stone
Producer
1987Movie
The Making of Captain EO
Self
1986Movie
Peggy Sue Got Married
Director
1986Movie
Peggy Sue Got Married
Producer
1986Movie
Captain EO
Director
1986Movie
Captain EO
Producer
1986Movie
Captain EO
Writer
1986Movie
Inside Mishima
Self
1985Movie
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Executive Producer
1985Movie
The Cotton Club
Director
1984Movie
The Cotton Club
Screenplay
1984Movie
The Cotton Club
Producer
1984Movie
The Cotton Club
Story
1984Movie
The Outsiders
Director
1983Movie
Rumble Fish
Director
1983Movie
Rumble Fish
Screenplay
1983Movie
Koyaanisqatsi
Executive Producer
1983Movie
The Black Stallion Returns
Executive Producer
1983Movie
The Outsiders
Producer
1983Movie
Rumble Fish
Executive Producer
1983Movie
Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982
Self
1982Movie
The Making of 'One from the Heart'
Self
1982Movie
Late Night with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1982TV
One from the Heart
Director
1982Movie
Parsifal
Executive Producer
1982Movie
The Making of 'One from the Heart'
Executive Producer
1982Movie
Hammett
Executive Producer
1982Movie
The Escape Artist
Executive Producer
1982Movie
One from the Heart
Screenplay
1982Movie
One from the Heart
Presenter
1982Movie
Faerie Tale Theatre
Director
1982TV
Inside the Coppola Personality
Self
1981Movie
Rendez-Vous Video Magazine
Self (segment "Coppola")
1981Movie
An All Round Maid
Producer
1981Movie
Jerry Brown: The Shape of Things to Come
Director
1980Movie
Jerry Brown: The Shape of Things to Come
Executive Producer
1980Movie
Kagemusha
Executive Producer
1980Movie
Apocalypse Now
Director of TV Crew (uncredited)
1979Movie
Apocalypse Now
Director
1979Movie
Apocalypse Now
Producer
1979Movie
The Black Stallion
Executive Producer
1979Movie
Apocalypse Now
Writer
1979Movie
Apocalypse Now
Original Music Composer
1979Movie
Perfumed Nightmare
Executive Producer
1979Movie
Apocalypse Now
Creator
1979TV
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self - Honoree
1978TV
Please Turn the Page
Self
1977TV
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
Producer
1977TV
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
Writer
1977TV
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
Director
1977TV
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
Screenplay
1977TV
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
Creator
1977TV
The Godfather Comes to Sixth St.
Self
1976Movie
The Lion Roars Again
Self
1975Movie
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975TV
Saturday Night Live
Self - Director
1975TV
Arena
Self
1975TV
Spécial cinéma
Self
1974TV
Dinah!
Self
1974TV
The Godfather Part II
Producer
1974Movie
The Conversation
Director
1974Movie
The Conversation
Producer
1974Movie
The Great Gatsby
Screenplay
1974Movie
The Conversation
Writer
1974Movie
The Godfather Part II
Director
1974Movie
The Godfather Part II
Screenplay
1974Movie
American Graffiti
Producer
1973Movie
The Way We Were
Additional Writing
1973Movie
The Godfather
Screenplay
1972Movie
The People
Executive Producer
1972Movie
The Godfather
Producer
1972Movie
The Godfather
Director
1972Movie
Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138'
Self
1971Movie
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes
Self
1971Movie
Great Performances
Self
1971TV
Film '72
Self
1971TV
THX 1138
Executive Producer
1971Movie
Patton
Screenstory
1970Movie
Patton
Screenplay
1970Movie
The Rain People
Director
1969Movie
The Rain People
Writer
1969Movie
The Rain People
Producer
1969Movie
The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow'
Self
1968Movie
Filmmaker
Self
1968Movie
The New Cinema
Self
1968Movie
Finian's Rainbow
Director
1968Movie
Filmmaker
Producer
1968Movie
Is Paris Burning?
Screenplay
1966Movie
You're a Big Boy Now
Director
1966Movie
You're a Big Boy Now
Writer
1966Movie
This Property Is Condemned
Screenplay
1966Movie
The Young Racers
(uncredited)
1963Movie
The Terror
Associate Producer
1963Movie
Dementia 13
Director
1963Movie
Dementia 13
Writer
1963Movie
The Haunted Palace
Additional Dialogue
1963Movie
The Haunted Palace
Writer
1963Movie
Dementia 13
Stunts
1963Movie
The Young Racers
Sound
1963Movie
War Hunt
Army Truck Driver (uncredited)
1962Movie
Tonight for Sure
Director
1962Movie
The Bellboy and the Playgirls
Director
1962Movie
The Bellboy and the Playgirls
Writer
1962Movie
Tonight for Sure
Writer
1962Movie
The Peeper
Director
1962Movie
The Peeper
Writer
1962Movie
The Peeper
Cinematography
1962Movie
Tonight for Sure
Producer
1962Movie
The Magic Voyage of Sinbad
Additional Writing
1962Movie
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961TV
Battle Beyond the Sun
Associate Producer
1959Movie
Battle Beyond the Sun
Director
1959Movie
No Cigar
Director
1956Movie
The Oscars
Self
1953TV
Art Never Sleeps
Self
—Movie
Glimpses of the Moon
Director
—Movie
Glimpses of the Moon
Screenplay
—Movie
Glimpses of the Moon
Producer
—Movie
Apocalypse Retold!
Original Concept
—Movie
Thank You Mr. Brown
Executive Producer
—Movie