Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola
Coppola in 2019
Born (1939-04-07) April 7, 1939 (age 85)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
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  • Film director
  • producer
  • screenwriter
Years active1962–present
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(m. 1963; died 2024)​
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Francis Ford Coppola (/ˈkoʊpələ/ KOH-pə-lə,[1][2][3] Italian: [ˈkɔppola]; born April 7, 1939)[4] is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is considered one of the leading figures of the New Hollywood film movement and is widely considered one of the greatest directors of all time.[a] Coppola is the recipient of five Academy Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, two Palmes d'Or, and a BAFTA Award.

After directing The Rain People in 1969, Coppola co-wrote Patton (1970), which earned him the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay along with Edmund H. North. Coppola's reputation as a filmmaker was cemented with the release of The Godfather (1972) which won three Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay and revolutionized the gangster genre[13] of filmmaking, receiving strong commercial and critical reception. He directed The Godfather Part II (1974) which also won Best Picture with Coppola earning the Best Director.

Also in 1974, Coppola released the thriller The Conversation, which received the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. His next film, the war epic Apocalypse Now (1979), which had a notoriously lengthy and strenuous production, was widely acclaimed for vividly depicting the Vietnam War. It also won the Palme d'Or, making Coppola one of only ten filmmakers to have won the award twice. Coppola later directed notable films such as The Outsiders and Rumble Fish (both 1983), The Cotton Club (1984), Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), The Godfather Part III (1990), Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) and The Rainmaker (1997). Coppola has acted as producer on such diverse films as American Graffiti (1973), The Black Stallion (1979), The Escape Artist (1982), Hammett (1982), Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985) and The Secret Garden (1993).

Many of Coppola's relatives and children have become popular actors and filmmakers: his sister Talia Shire is an actress, his daughter Sofia is a director, his son Roman is a screenwriter, and his nephews Jason Schwartzman and Nicolas Cage are actors.[14] Coppola resides in Napa, California, and since the 2010s has been a vintner, owning a family-branded winery of his own.[15]

  1. ^ "THE GODFATHER, CODA: THE DEATH OF MICHAEL CORLEONE | Francis Ford Coppola Featurette". Paramount Pictures. November 17, 2020. Archived from the original on April 6, 2022. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
  2. ^ "A Special Message from Director Francis Ford Coppola". StudioCanal UK. September 9, 2021. Archived from the original on April 6, 2022. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
  3. ^ "This Is YouTube". YouTube. March 4, 2010. Archived from the original on April 6, 2022. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
  4. ^ Francis Ford Coppola at the Encyclopædia Britannica
  5. ^ "Francis Ford Coppola: 10 essential films". April 5, 2019. Archived from the original on January 11, 2020. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
  6. ^ "The 50 greatest directors and their 100 best movies". entertainment weekly.com April 19, 1996. Archived from the original on October 29, 2020. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  7. ^ "BFI – Sight & Sound – Top Ten Poll 2002 Poll – The Critics' Top Ten Directors". Archived from the original on June 23, 2011.
  8. ^ "The Greatest Directors Ever by Total Film Magazine". Filmsite.org. Archived from the original on July 2, 2014. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
  9. ^ "The 25 Most Influential Directors of All Time". MovieMaker. July 7, 2002. Archived from the original on December 2, 2023. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  10. ^ "Greatest Film Directors". filmsite.org. Archived from the original on September 5, 2019. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  11. ^ Cotroneo, Vincent (February 19, 2023). "Most Important Directors of All Time". MovieWeb. Archived from the original on September 24, 2023. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  12. ^ Keady, Martin (November 15, 2022). "The 20 Best Directors of All Time". ScreenCraft. Archived from the original on December 2, 2023. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  13. ^ Barry, Langford (2005). Film Genre: Hollywood and Beyond. Edinburgh University Press. p. 134.
  14. ^ "A Coppola family tree". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on August 14, 2024. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  15. ^ "Francis Ford Coppola Explains His Passion For Wine". Forbes Magazine. Archived from the original on May 14, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2024.


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