Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Francis Ford Coppola, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Movie | Martin Scorsese, l'Italo-Américain | Self | 2023-12-08 |
Movie | The Family | Self | 2023-05-17 |
Movie | Becoming Al Pacino | Self (archive footage) | 2022-02-06 |
Movie | Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) | 2021-05-07 |
Movie | Wim Wenders, Desperado | Self | 2020-07-16 |
Movie | What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael | Self | 2019-03-22 |
Movie | Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound | Self (archive footage) | 2019-10-25 |
Movie | American Dream: Detroit | Self - Interviewee | 2018-05-01 |
Movie | Friedkin Uncut | Self | 2018-11-05 |
Series | Five Came Back | Self | 2017-03-31 |
Movie | Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story | Himself | 2017-02-01 |
Movie | Spielberg | Self | 2017-10-05 |
Movie | Five Came Back | Self | 2017-03-31 |
Movie | The Family Whistle | Himself | 2016-05-19 |
Movie | Jaime Lerner - Uma História de Sonhos | 2016-09-08 | |
Movie | Listen to Me Marlon | Self (archive footage) | 2015-07-29 |
Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
Movie | Palo Alto | The Judge (voice) (uncredited) | 2014-05-09 |
Movie | Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) | 2014-09-20 |
Movie | Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto | Himself | 2014-05-28 |
Movie | Milius | Self | 2013-03-09 |
Movie | Seduced and Abandoned | Self | 2013-05-20 |
Movie | Trespassing Bergman | Self | 2013-08-28 |
Movie | The Godfather Legacy | Self | 2012-07-12 |
Movie | Bergmans video | Self | 2012-08-22 |
Movie | The People vs. George Lucas | Self (archive footage) | 2010-03-14 |
Movie | I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale | Self | 2009-01-16 |
Movie | The Last Days of Marlon Brando | Self (archive Footage) | 2008-03-01 |
Movie | The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't | Self | 2008-06-03 |
Movie | The Costumes Are the Sets: The Design of Eiko Ishioka | Self | 2007-10-02 |
Movie | Fog City Mavericks | Self | 2007-10-24 |
Movie | The Godfather and the Mob | Self (archive footage) | 2006-04-25 |
Movie | Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138' | Self | 2004-08-14 |
Movie | A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope | Self | 2004-09-14 |
Movie | Tying the Knot | Self | 2004-10-01 |
Movie | A Decade Under the Influence | Self | 2003-04-25 |
Movie | Whether You Like It or Not: The Story of Hedwig | Himself | 2003-09-07 |
Movie | The Kid Stays in the Picture | Self (archive footage) | 2002-08-16 |
Movie | R2-D2: Beneath the Dome | Self | 2001-11-25 |
Movie | Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal | Self | 2001-08-21 |
Movie | The Making of The Virgin Suicides | Self | 2000-12-19 |
Movie | Kurosawa: The Last Emperor | Self | 1999-01-01 |
Movie | Coppola, un hombre y sus sueños | Himself | 1999-02-22 |
Movie | The Making of 'American Graffiti' | Himself | 1998-09-15 |
Movie | A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies | Self | 1995-05-21 |
Movie | It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein | Self | 1994-10-25 |
Movie | The World of Jim Henson | Self | 1994-11-23 |
Movie | Writing with Light: Vittorio Storaro | Self | 1992-01-01 |
Movie | Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man. The Myth. The Movies. | Self | 1992-01-01 |
Movie | Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse | Self | 1991-11-27 |
Movie | Martin Scorsese Directs | Self | 1990-06-16 |
Movie | Hollywood Mavericks | Self | 1990-09-07 |
Movie | The Godfather Family: A Look Inside | Self | 1990-07-12 |
Movie | Central Park | Himself | 1989-04-01 |
Movie | The Making of Captain EO | Self | 1986-09-12 |
Movie | Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982 | Self | 1982-09-15 |
Movie | Inside the Coppola Personality | Himself | 1981-01-01 |
Movie | Rendez-Vous Video Magazine | Himself | 1981-01-01 |
Movie | Apocalypse Now | Director of TV Crew (uncredited) | 1979-08-15 |
Movie | The Lion Roars Again | Self | 1975-01-01 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
Movie | Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138' | Self | 1971-03-01 |
Movie | The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow' | Self | 1968-01-01 |
Movie | The New Cinema | 1968-01-01 | |
Movie | Filmmaker | Himself | 1968-12-01 |
Movie | War Hunt | Army Truck Driver (uncredited) | 1962-05-01 |
Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |