Francis Ford Coppola
Directing
Born: Apr 07, 1939
From: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Credits: 30 titles
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Family | Self | 2023 | 6.0 |
| Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called | Self (archive footage) | 2022 | 7.7 |
| Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony | Self (archive footage) | 2021 | 4.5 |
| Practical Magicians: A Collaboration Between Father and Son | Self | 2015 | — |
| Reflections in Blood: Francis Ford Coppola and Bram Stoker’s Dracula | Self | 2015 | — |
| Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance | Self (archive footage) | 2014 | — |
| Seduced and Abandoned | Self | 2013 | 6.19 |
| Milius | Self | 2013 | 7.083 |
| The Godfather Legacy | Self | 2012 | 7.2 |
| A Conversation with Martin Sheen | Self | 2010 | — |
| I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale | Self | 2009 | 7.0 |
| Cannoli | Self | 2008 | 5.0 |
| Coda: Thirty Years Later | Self | 2007 | 4.8 |
| Fog City Mavericks | Self | 2007 | 8.5 |
| Lucas, Coppola & Kurosawa | Self | 2005 | — |
| George Lucas: Creating an Empire | Self | 2005 | 5.0 |
| A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope | Self | 2004 | 7.571 |
| Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138' | Self | 2004 | 7.0 |
| The Dream Studio | self | 2004 | 10.0 |
| Kurosawa: The Last Emperor | Self | 1999 | 6.167 |
| A Conversation with Martin Scorsese & Francis Ford Coppola | Self | 1997 | — |
| It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein | Self | 1994 | 8.8 |
| Writing with Light: Vittorio Storaro | Self | 1992 | 6.333 |
| Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse | Self | 1991 | 7.912 |
| Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper | Self | 1991 | — |
| The Godfather Family: A Look Inside | Self | 1990 | 7.791 |
| The Making of Captain EO | Self | 1986 | 6.929 |
| The Godfather Comes to Sixth St. | Self | 1976 | 7.0 |
| Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138' | Self | 1971 | 6.722 |
| The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow' | Self | 1968 | — |
| Known for | Directing |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1939 |
| From | Detroit, Michigan, USA |