Francis Ford Coppola
Producer, Director, Writer, Actor, Composer, Editor
April 7, 1939 (87 years)
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.
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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| 2025 | Brother Verses Brother · as Executive Producer |
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| 2023 | Shadow Brother Sunday · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Freda · as Executive Producer |
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| 2013 | The Bling Ring · as Executive Producer |
| 2012 | On the Road · as Executive Producer |
| 2011 | TwixtOn Plex |
| 2010 | Somewhere · as Executive Producer |
| 2009 | TetroOn Plex |
| 2007 | Coda: Thirty Years Later · as Executive Producer |
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| 2006 | The Good Shepherd · as Executive Producer |
| 2006 | Marie Antoinette · as Executive Producer |
| 2004 | Kinsey · as Executive Producer |
| 2003 | Lost in Translation · as Executive Producer |
| 2003 | Jeepers Creepers 2 · as Executive Producer |
| 2003 | Platinum · as Executive Producer |
| 2002 | Assassination Tango · as Executive Producer |
| 2002 | Pumpkin · as Executive Producer |
| 2001 | Another Day · as Executive Producer |
| 2001 | Jeepers Creepers · as Executive Producer |
| 2001 | The Legend of Suriyothai · as Executive Producer |
| 2001 | CQ · as Executive Producer |
| 2001 | No Such Thing · as Executive Producer |
| 2000 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · as Executive Producer |
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| 1999 | Sleepy Hollow · as Executive Producer |
| 1999 | The Third Miracle · as Executive Producer |
| 1999 | Goosed · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 1999 | The FlorentineOn Plex |
| 1998 | Lani-Loa · as Executive Producer |
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| 1998 | Moby Dick · as Executive Producer |
| 1998 | Outrage · as Executive Producer |
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| 1997 | Buddy · as Executive Producer |
| 1997 | The Odyssey (1997) · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 1997 | Survival on the Mountain · as Executive Producer |
| 1996 | Dark Angel · as Executive Producer |
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| 1995 | Kidnapped · as Executive Producer |
| 1995 | Haunted · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 1995 | Tecumseh: The Last Warrior · as Executive Producer |
| 1995 | White Dwarf · as Executive Producer |
| 1995 | My Family · as Executive Producer |
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| 1993 | The Secret Garden · as Executive Producer |
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| 1992 | Wind · as Executive Producer |
| 1991 | Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse · as Executive Producer |
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| 1990 | The Godfather Family: A Look Inside · as Executive Producer |
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| 1989 | Wait Until Spring, Bandini · as Executive Producer |
| 1988 | Powaqqatsi · as Executive Producer |
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| 1987 | Tough Guys Don't Dance · as Executive Producer |
| 1987 | Barfly · as Executive Producer |
| 1987 | Lionheart · as Executive Producer |
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| 1985 | Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters · as Executive Producer |
| 1984 | The Cotton ClubOn Plex |
| 1983 | Rumble Fish · as Executive Producer |
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| 1983 | The Black Stallion Returns · as Executive Producer |
| 1982 | The Making of 'One from the Heart' · as Executive Producer |
| 1982 | Hammett · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 1982 | The Escape Artist · as Executive Producer |
| 1982 | Parsifal · as Executive Producer |
| 1982 | Koyaanisqatsi · as Executive Producer |
| 1980 | Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior · as Executive Producer |
| 1979 | The Black Stallion · as Executive Producer |
| 1979 | Apocalypse NowOn Plex |
| 1977 | Perfumed Nightmare · as Executive Producer |
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| 1974 | The ConversationOn Plex |
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| 1973 | Paper Moon · as Executive Producer |
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| 1972 | The People · as Executive Producer |
| 1971 | THX 1138 · as Executive Producer |
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| 1963 | The Terror · as Associate ProducerOn Plex |
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| 1959 | Battle Beyond the Sun · as Associate ProducerOn Plex |
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| 2011 | TwixtOn Plex |
| 2009 | TetroOn Plex |
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| 1984 | The Cotton ClubOn Plex |
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| 1982 | HammettOn Plex |
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| 1979 | Apocalypse NowOn Plex |
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| 1974 | The ConversationOn Plex |
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| 1959 | Battle Beyond the SunOn Plex |
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| 2016 | The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959 · as Screenplay |
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| 2011 | TwixtOn Plex |
| 2009 | TetroOn Plex |
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| 1997 | The Rainmaker · as Screenplay |
| 1990 | The Godfather Part III · as Screenplay |
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| 1984 | The Cotton Club · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 1983 | Rumble Fish · as Screenplay |
| 1981 | One from the Heart · as Screenplay |
| 1979 | Apocalypse NowOn Plex |
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| 1974 | The Godfather Part II · as Screenplay |
| 1974 | The ConversationOn Plex |
| 1974 | The Great Gatsby · as Screenplay |
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| 1972 | The Godfather · as Screenplay |
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| 1966 | Is Paris Burning? · as Screenplay |
| 1966 | This Property Is Condemned · as Screenplay |
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| 2013 | Palo Alto · as The Judge (voice) (uncredited)On Plex |
| 1979 | Apocalypse Now · as Director Of Tv Crew (uncredited)On Plex |
| 1963 | The Young Racers · as (uncredited) |
| 1962 | War Hunt · as Army Truck Driver (uncredited) |
| 1979 | Apocalypse Now · as Original Music ComposerOn Plex |
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| 2011 | Twixt · as SongsOn Plex |
| 1992 | The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 · as Scenario Writer |
| 1990 | The Godfather Part III · as Songs |
| 1970 | Patton · as Screenstory |
| 1963 | The Young Racers · as Sound |
| 1963 | The Terror · as Three Or Four Days DirectorOn Plex |