Directing
Francis Ford Coppola
EN, IT, FR, KO cinema · 225 credits
Born
7 April 1939 (age 87)
Birthplace
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Also known as Francis Coppola
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.
Known for
Filmography
Glimpses of the Moon
Glimpses of the Moon
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Apocalypse Retold!
Original Concept
Thank You Mr. Brown
Thank You Mr. Brown
Executive Producer
Tribeca 25
as Self
Megadoc
as Self
Films to Die For
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Brother Verses Brother
Executive Producer
Martin Scorsese, the Italian-American Master
as Self (archive) - director
Megalopolis
Writer, Director, Producer
Shadow Brother Sunday
Executive Producer
The Family
as Self
Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
as Self (archive footage)
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
as Self (archive footage)
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Freda
Executive Producer
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
as Self (archive footage)
American Dream: Detroit
as Self - Interviewee
Friedkin Uncut
as Self
Five Came Back
as Self
Spielberg
as Self
Listen to Me Marlon
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance
as Self (archive footage)
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Henri Langlois vu par...
as Self, Director
Palo Alto
as The Judge (voice) (uncredited)
Milius
as Self
Locations: Looking for Rusty James
Technical Advisor
Oldboy
Thanks
The Bling Ring
Executive Producer
On the Road
Executive Producer
Twixt
Director, Producer, Songs, Writer
The People vs. George Lucas
as Self (archive footage)
Somewhere
Executive Producer
Tetro
Director, Producer, Writer
The Last Days of Marlon Brando
as Self (archive Footage)
Coda: Thirty Years Later
2007
Coda: Thirty Years Later
as Self, Executive Producer
Brando
as Self (archive footage)
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
as Self (archive footage)
Youth Without Youth
Director, Producer, Writer
The Godfather and the Mob
as Self (archive footage)
Marie Antoinette
Executive Producer
The Good Shepherd
Executive Producer
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
as Self (archive footage)
Tying the Knot
as Self
Kinsey
Executive Producer
She Hate Me
Thanks
Jeepers Creepers 2
Executive Producer
Assassination Tango
Executive Producer
Lost in Translation
Thanks, Executive Producer
The Educational Archives: Sex & Drugs
Executive Producer
No Such Thing
Executive Producer
Pumpkin
Executive Producer
Jeepers Creepers
Executive Producer
Another Day
Executive Producer
CQ
Executive Producer
The Legend of Suriyothai
Executive Producer
The Virgin Suicides
Producer
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Executive Producer
Sleepy Hollow
Executive Producer
The Florentine
Producer
The Third Miracle
Executive Producer
Goosed
Executive Producer
Lani Loa: The Passage
1998
Lani Loa: The Passage
Executive Producer
Outrage
Executive Producer
The Rainmaker
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Survival on the Mountain
Executive Producer
Buddy
Executive Producer
Jack
Director, Producer
Dark Angel
Executive Producer
My Family
Executive Producer
Kidnapped
Executive Producer
Haunted
Executive Producer
Tecumseh: The Last Warrior
Executive Producer
White Dwarf
Executive Producer
Don Juan DeMarco
Producer
The Secret Garden
Executive Producer
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Director, Producer
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
Director, Producer, Screenplay
Wind
Executive Producer
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
as Self, Executive Producer
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
1991
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
as Self
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
as Self, Executive Producer
Central Park
as Self
The Godfather Part III
Director, Producer, Screenplay, Songs
New York Stories
Writer, Director
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Director, Producer
Powaqqatsi
Presenter, Executive Producer
Death of a Porn Queen
as Self (archive footage)
Gardens of Stone
Director, Producer
Tough Guys Don't Dance
Executive Producer
Barfly
Presenter, Executive Producer
Lionheart
Executive Producer
Peggy Sue Got Married
Director, Producer
Captain EO
Director, Producer, Writer
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Executive Producer
The Cotton Club
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Story
The Outsiders
Director, Producer
Rumble Fish
Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer
Koyaanisqatsi
Executive Producer
The Black Stallion Returns
Executive Producer
The Making of 'One from the Heart'
as Self, Executive Producer
One from the Heart
Director, Screenplay, Presenter
Parsifal
Executive Producer
Hammett
Executive Producer
The Escape Artist
Executive Producer
Rendez-Vous Video Magazine
as Self (segment "Coppola")
An All Round Maid
Producer
Jerry Brown: The Shape of Things to Come
Director, Executive Producer
Kagemusha
Executive Producer
Apocalypse Now
as Director of TV Crew (uncredited), Director, Producer, Writer, Original Music Composer
The Black Stallion
Executive Producer
Perfumed Nightmare
Executive Producer
The Godfather Part II
Producer, Director, Screenplay
The Conversation
Director, Producer, Writer
The Great Gatsby
Screenplay
American Graffiti
Producer
The Way We Were
Additional Writing
The Godfather
Screenplay, Producer, Director
The People
Executive Producer
THX 1138
Executive Producer
Patton
Screenstory, Screenplay
The Rain People
Director, Writer, Producer
Filmmaker
as Self, Producer
Finian's Rainbow
Director
Is Paris Burning?
Screenplay
You're a Big Boy Now
Director, Writer
This Property Is Condemned
Screenplay
The Young Racers
as (uncredited), Sound
The Terror
Associate Producer
Dementia 13
Director, Writer, Stunts
The Haunted Palace
Additional Dialogue, Writer
War Hunt
as Army Truck Driver (uncredited)
Tonight for Sure
Director, Writer, Producer
The Bellboy and the Playgirls
Director, Writer
The Peeper
Director, Writer, Cinematography
The Magic Voyage of Sinbad
Additional Writing
Battle Beyond the Sun
Associate Producer, Director
No Cigar
Director