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Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola

Director · Born 1939-04-07 · Detroit, Michigan, USA

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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. I…

Directed

  1. The Godfather (1972) — Director
  2. The Godfather Part II (1974) — Director
  3. Apocalypse Now (1979) — Director
  4. The Godfather Part III (1990) — Director
  5. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) — Director
  6. The Conversation (1974) — Director
  7. The Outsiders (1983) — Director
  8. The Rainmaker (1997) — Director
  9. Jack (1996) — Director
  10. Megalopolis (2024) — Director
  11. Rumble Fish (1983) — Director
  12. Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) — Director
  13. The Cotton Club (1984) — Director
  14. Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988) — Director
  15. New York Stories (1989) — Director
  16. Twixt (2011) — Director
  17. Youth Without Youth (2007) — Director
  18. Tetro (2009) — Director
  19. One from the Heart (1982) — Director
  20. Dementia 13 (1963) — Director
  21. The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992) — Director
  22. Gardens of Stone (1987) — Director
  23. Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television (1977) — Director
  24. The Rain People (1969) — Director
  25. You're a Big Boy Now (1966) — Director
  26. Finian's Rainbow (1968) — Director
  27. Captain EO (1986) — Director
  28. Faerie Tale Theatre (1982) — Director
  29. Battle Beyond the Sun (1959) — Director
  30. Tonight for Sure (1962) — Director
  31. The Bellboy and the Playgirls (1962) — Director
  32. The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959 (2016) — Director
  33. Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle (1987) — Director
  34. Henri Langlois vu par... (2014) — Director
  35. The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone (2020) — Director
  36. Jerry Brown: The Shape of Things to Come (1980) — Director
  37. No Cigar (1956) — Director
  38. The Peeper (1962) — Director
  39. Glimpses of the Moon — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Apocalypse Now (1979) — Director of TV Crew (uncredited)
  2. Palo Alto (2014) — The Judge (voice) (uncredited)
  3. The Daily Show (1996) — Self
  4. Saturday Night Live (1975) — Self - Director
  5. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991) — Self
  6. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) — Self
  7. Spielberg (2017) — Self
  8. Listen to Me Marlon (2015) — Self (archive footage)
  9. Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) — Self - Guest
  10. The People vs. George Lucas (2010) — Self (archive footage)
  11. Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound (2019) — Self (archive footage)
  12. The Oscars (1953) — Self
  13. Five Came Back (2017) — Self
  14. I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale (2009) — Self
  15. Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003) — Self
  16. Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story (2025) — Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
  17. Inside the Actors Studio (1994) — Self
  18. Late Night with David Letterman (1982) — Self - Guest
  19. LIGHT & MAGIC (2022) — Self (archive footage)
  20. Milius (2013) — Self
  21. Seduced and Abandoned (2013) — Self
  22. Friedkin Uncut (2018) — Self
  23. Five Came Back (2017) — Self
  24. A Decade Under the Influence (2003) — Self
  25. The Godfather Family: A Look Inside (1990) — Self
  26. Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age (2021) — Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
  27. Trespassing Bergman (2013) — Self
  28. Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony (2021) — Self (archive footage)
  29. War Hunt (1962) — Army Truck Driver (uncredited)
  30. Great Performances (1971) — Self
  31. R2-D2: Beneath the Dome (2001) — Self
  32. Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story (2017) — Self
  33. The Godfather Legacy (2012) — Self
  34. What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael (2019) — Self
  35. Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire (2014) — Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
  36. Lumière, Le Cinéma! (2024) — Self
  37. Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called (2022) — Self (archive footage)
  38. Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man, The Myth, The Movies (1992) — Self
  39. Brando (2007) — Self (archive footage)
  40. Megadoc (2025) — Self