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Francis Ford Coppola

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Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola is a director born on April 7, 1939 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He is known for The Godfather, The Godfather Part II and Apocalypse Now. GloboWatch shows where to watch 4 of his movies and TV shows, country by country.

Known for
Directing
Born
April 7, 1939
Place of birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Also known as
Francis Coppola

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 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.

Filmography

  1. 2024MegalopolisWriter · Director · Producer
  2. 2017Spielbergas Self
  3. 2015Listen to Me Marlonas Self (archive footage)
  4. 2014Palo Altoas The Judge (voice) (uncredited)
  5. 2013The Bling RingExecutive producer
  6. 2012On the RoadExecutive producer
  7. 2011TwixtDirector · Producer · Writer
  8. 2010SomewhereExecutive producer
  9. 2010The People vs. George Lucasas Self (archive footage)
  10. 2009TetroDirector · Producer · Writer
  11. 2007Youth Without YouthDirector · Producer · Writer
  12. 2006The Good ShepherdExecutive producer
  13. 2006Marie AntoinetteExecutive producer
  14. 2004KinseyExecutive producer
  15. 2003Lost in TranslationExecutive producer
  16. 2003Jeepers Creepers 2Executive producer
  17. 2002PumpkinExecutive producer
  18. 2001Jeepers CreepersExecutive producer
  19. 2000The Virgin SuicidesProducer
  20. 1999Sleepy HollowExecutive producer
  21. 1997The RainmakerDirector · Screenplay · Producer
  22. 1997The OdysseyExecutive producer
  23. 1996JackDirector · Producer
  24. 1995HauntedExecutive producer
  25. 1995My FamilyExecutive producer
  26. 1994Mary Shelley's FrankensteinProducer
  27. 1994Don Juan DeMarcoProducer
  28. 1993The Secret GardenExecutive producer
  29. 1992Bram Stoker's DraculaDirector · Producer
  30. 1992The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980Director · Producer · Screenplay
  31. 1991Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypseas Self · Executive producer
  32. 1990The Godfather Part IIIDirector · Producer · Screenplay
  33. 1989New York StoriesWriter · Director
  34. 1988Tucker: The Man and His DreamDirector · Producer
  35. 1988PowaqqatsiExecutive producer
  36. 1987BarflyExecutive producer
  37. 1987Gardens of StoneDirector · Producer
  38. 1986Peggy Sue Got MarriedDirector · Producer
  39. 1985Mishima: A Life in Four ChaptersExecutive producer
  40. 1984The Cotton ClubDirector · Screenplay · Producer · Story
  41. 1983Rumble FishDirector · Screenplay · Executive producer
  42. 1983KoyaanisqatsiExecutive producer
  43. 1983The OutsidersDirector · Producer
  44. 1982One from the HeartDirector · Screenplay
  45. 1980KagemushaExecutive producer
  46. 1979The Black StallionExecutive producer
  47. 1979Apocalypse Nowas Director of TV Crew (uncredited) · Director · Producer · Writer · Music
  48. 1977Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for TelevisionProducer · Writer · Director · Screenplay · Creator
  49. 1974The Godfather Part IIProducer · Director · Screenplay
  50. 1974The ConversationDirector · Producer · Writer
  51. 1974The Great GatsbyScreenplay
  52. 1973American GraffitiProducer
  53. 1972The GodfatherScreenplay · Producer · Director
  54. 1971THX 1138Executive producer
  55. 1970PattonScreenplay
  56. 1966Is Paris Burning?Screenplay
  57. 1966This Property Is CondemnedScreenplay
  58. 1963Dementia 13Director · Writer
  59. 1963The Haunted PalaceWriter
  60. 1953The Oscarsas Self · 2 episodes