Francis Ford Coppola
Directing
Born: April 7, 1939 (age 87) · Detroit, Michigan, USA
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
The Godfather
1972
The Godfather Part II
1974
Apocalypse Now
1979
Lost in Translation
2003
Sleepy Hollow
1999
The Godfather Part III
1990
Bram Stoker's Dracula
1992
The Virgin Suicides
2000
Jeepers Creepers
2001
The Bling Ring
2013
Marie Antoinette
2006
Oldboy
2013
Photos (8)
Movies (5)
TV Shows (1)
Self / Appearances (120)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · 1 eps
The Daily Show
Self · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Director · 1 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 1 eps
Great Performances
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Late Night with David Letterman
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Sacrée soirée
Self · 1 eps
Spécial cinéma
Self · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 2 eps
Arena
Self · 1 eps
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self · 1 eps
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Dinah!
Self · 1 eps
C à vous
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Marcians
Self · 1 eps
Jay Leno's Garage
Self · 1 eps
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self - Honoree · 1 eps
Beau geste
Self · 1 eps
LIGHT & MAGIC
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Leçon de Cinéma
Self · 1 eps
Directors on Directors
Self · 1 eps
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Hollywood Mavericks
Self
Sodankylä Forever
Self · 4 eps
Five Came Back
Self · 3 eps
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Self
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Self (archive footage)
The Director's Chair
Self · 1 eps
Spielberg
Self
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Seduced and Abandoned
Self
Central Park
Self
Fog City Mavericks
Self
Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dans les secrets des films Star Wars
Self ( Archives) · 6 eps
Friedkin Uncut
Self
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Self
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Self
Vittorio De Sica: Staging Life
Self
The World of Jim Henson
Self
A Decade Under the Influence
Self
Trespassing Bergman
Self
Lumière, Le Cinéma!
Self
Megadoc
Self
Godfather I
Self
The People vs. George Lucas
Self (archive footage)
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
Self
Martin Scorsese, the Italian-American Master
Self (archive) - director
Marlon Brando: The Wild One
Self
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
Self
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Self
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
Self
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Self (archive footage)
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
Self (archive footage)
Brando
Self (archive footage)
Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean
Self
Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man, The Myth, The Movies
Self
Martin Scorsese Directs
Self
The Family
Self
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · 1 eps
Milius
Self
Five Came Back
Self
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
Self
Listen to Me Marlon
Self (archive footage)
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
Self
Death of a Porn Queen
Self (archive footage)
Henri Langlois vu par...
Self
The Making of Hearts of Darkness
Himself
The Godfather Legacy
Self
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
Self
Whether You Like It or Not: The Story of Hedwig
Self
Wim Wenders, Desperado
Self
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
Self (archive footage)
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes
Self
Lights, Action, Music
Self
The Making of Captain EO
Self
The New Cinema
Self
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
Self
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
Self
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
Self
Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker'
Self
Lucas, Coppola & Kurosawa
Self
Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders'
Self
Artistry/Technology
Self
Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story
Self
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
Self (archive footage)
Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto
Self
Filmmaker
Self
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
Self
The Making of The Virgin Suicides
Self
The Costumes Are the Sets: The Design of Eiko Ishioka
Self
The Making of Marie Antoinette
Self
Emulsional Rescue: Revealing 'The Godfather'
Self
Francis Ford Coppola's Live Cinema
Self
The Godfather and the Mob
Self (archive footage)
The Family Whistle
Self
The Making of 'American Graffiti'
Self
The Dream Studio
self
Twixt: A Documentary
Self
In Camera: The Naïve Visual Effects of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
Self
The Godfather: When the Shooting Stopped
Self
Films to Die For
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Making of 'One from the Heart'
Self
Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138'
Self
A Conversation with Martin Scorsese & Francis Ford Coppola
Self
Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982
Self
Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance
Self (archive footage)
Tying the Knot
Self
Eleanor Coppola: Art is All Around Us
Himself
American Dream: Detroit
Self - Interviewee
Inside Mishima
Self
The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow'
Self
The Last Days of Marlon Brando
Self (archive Footage)
Rendez-Vous Video Magazine
Self (segment "Coppola")
Inside the Coppola Personality
Self
A Conversation with Martin Sheen
Self
Method and Madness: Visualizing 'Dracula'
Self
Jaime Lerner - Uma História de Sonhos
Self
Upcoming (3)
Directing (38)
The Godfather
Director
The Godfather Part II
Director
Apocalypse Now
Director
The Godfather Part III
Director
Faerie Tale Theatre
Director
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Director
The Outsiders
Director
Megalopolis
Director
The Rainmaker
Director
The Conversation
Director
Jack
Director
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
Director
Rumble Fish
Director
The Cotton Club
Director
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Director
Gardens of Stone
Director
Peggy Sue Got Married
Director
Youth Without Youth
Director
Twixt
Director
New York Stories
Director
Tetro
Director
One from the Heart
Director
The Rain People
Director
The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
Director
Finian's Rainbow
Director
Captain EO
Director
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
Director
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
Director
Dementia 13
Director
You're a Big Boy Now
Director
Henri Langlois vu par...
Director
Battle Beyond the Sun
Director
The Bellboy and the Playgirls
Director
Tonight for Sure
Director
Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle
Director
The Peeper
Director
Jerry Brown: The Shape of Things to Come
Director
No Cigar
Director
Writing (33)
The Godfather
Screenplay
The Godfather Part II
Screenplay
Apocalypse Now
Writer
The Godfather Part III
Screenplay
Megalopolis
Writer
The Rainmaker
Screenplay
The Conversation
Writer
Patton
Screenplay
Patton
Screenstory
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
Writer
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
Screenplay
Rumble Fish
Screenplay
The Cotton Club
Screenplay
The Cotton Club
Story
The Great Gatsby
Screenplay
The Haunted Palace
Writer
Youth Without Youth
Writer
Twixt
Writer
Is Paris Burning?
Screenplay
New York Stories
Writer
Tetro
Writer
One from the Heart
Screenplay
This Property Is Condemned
Screenplay
The Rain People
Writer
The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
Writer
Captain EO
Writer
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
Screenplay
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
Screenplay
Dementia 13
Writer
You're a Big Boy Now
Writer
The Bellboy and the Playgirls
Writer
Tonight for Sure
Writer
The Peeper
Writer
Producing (93)
The Godfather
Producer
The Godfather Part II
Producer
The Odyssey
Executive Producer
Apocalypse Now
Producer
First Wave
Producer
The Godfather Part III
Producer
Sleepy Hollow
Executive Producer
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Producer
Lost in Translation
Executive Producer
Jeepers Creepers
Executive Producer
Jeepers Creepers 2
Executive Producer
The Outsiders
Producer
Megalopolis
Producer
The Rainmaker
Producer
The Virgin Suicides
Producer
The Good Shepherd
Executive Producer
The Conversation
Producer
Jack
Producer
Marie Antoinette
Executive Producer
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Producer
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
Producer
Rumble Fish
Executive Producer
The Bling Ring
Executive Producer
Kagemusha
Executive Producer
American Graffiti
Producer
The Cotton Club
Producer
The Secret Garden
Executive Producer
CQ
Executive Producer
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Executive Producer
Kinsey
Executive Producer
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Producer
Don Juan DeMarco
Producer
The Outsiders
Producer
Gardens of Stone
Producer
Peggy Sue Got Married
Producer
Youth Without Youth
Producer
The Black Stallion
Executive Producer
Twixt
Producer
On the Road
Executive Producer
Tough Guys Don't Dance
Executive Producer
THX 1138
Executive Producer
Koyaanisqatsi
Executive Producer
Moby Dick
Executive Producer
Barfly
Executive Producer
Tetro
Producer
Somewhere
Executive Producer
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Executive Producer
Haunted
Executive Producer
The Terror
Associate Producer
My Family
Executive Producer
The Rain People
Producer
The Third Miracle
Executive Producer
Platinum
Executive Producer
Wind
Executive Producer
The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
Producer
Assassination Tango
Executive Producer
Captain EO
Producer
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
Producer
The Escape Artist
Executive Producer
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
Producer
Parsifal
Executive Producer
Dark Angel
Executive Producer
The Black Stallion Returns
Executive Producer
Hammett
Executive Producer
The Florentine
Producer
Lionheart
Executive Producer
Buddy
Executive Producer
No Such Thing
Executive Producer
Pumpkin
Executive Producer
Tecumseh: The Last Warrior
Executive Producer
Powaqqatsi
Executive Producer
Perfumed Nightmare
Executive Producer
The Legend of Suriyothai
Executive Producer
Freda
Executive Producer
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
Executive Producer
Survival on the Mountain
Executive Producer
Goosed
Executive Producer
The People
Executive Producer
Battle Beyond the Sun
Associate Producer
Another Day
Executive Producer
White Dwarf
Executive Producer
Filmmaker
Producer
The Junky's Christmas
Producer
Kidnapped
Executive Producer
Shadow Brother Sunday
Executive Producer
Tonight for Sure
Producer
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Executive Producer
Outrage
Executive Producer
An All Round Maid
Producer
The Making of 'One from the Heart'
Executive Producer
Jerry Brown: The Shape of Things to Come
Executive Producer
Brother Verses Brother
Executive Producer
The Educational Archives: Sex & Drugs
Executive Producer
Other Crew (23)
Pinocchio: Unstrung
Thanks
Apocalypse Now
Original Music Composer
The Godfather Part III
Songs
Lost in Translation
Thanks
Oldboy
Thanks
In the Name of the Father
Thanks
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
Creator
The Way We Were
Additional Writing
The Last Showgirl
Thanks
The Haunted Palace
Additional Dialogue
Paris Can Wait
Thanks
Twixt
Songs
She Hate Me
Thanks
Barfly
Presenter
One from the Heart
Presenter
The Preakness
Thanks
The Magic Voyage of Sinbad
Additional Writing
Powaqqatsi
Presenter
Dementia 13
Stunts
The Young Racers
Sound
Locations: Looking for Rusty James
Technical Advisor
The Peeper
Cinematography
Apocalypse Now
Creator