Francis Ford Coppola
Directing
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
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movieMegalopolis
2024
Director
movieTwixt
2011
Director
movieTetro
2009
Director
movieYouth Without Youth
2007
Director
movieThe Rainmaker
1997
Director
movieJack
1996
Director
movieBram Stoker's Dracula
1992
Director
movieThe Godfather Part III
1990
Director
movieNew York Stories
1989
Director
movieGardens of Stone
1987
Director
moviePeggy Sue Got Married
1986
Director
movieCaptain EO
1986
Director
movieThe Cotton Club
1984
Director
movieRumble Fish
1983
Director
movieThe Outsiders
1983
Director
tvFaerie Tale Theatre
1982
Director
movieOne from the Heart
1982
Director
movieApocalypse Now
1979
Director
movieThe Godfather Part II
1974
Director
movieThe Conversation
1974
Director
movieThe Godfather
1972
Director
movieThe Rain People
1969
Director
movieFinian's Rainbow
1968
Director
movieYou're a Big Boy Now
1966
Director
movieDementia 13
1963
Director
movieTonight for Sure
1962
Director
movieThe Peeper
1962
Director
movieBattle Beyond the Sun
1959
Director
movieNo Cigar
1956
Director
Acting143
movieFilms to Die For
2025
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieMegadoc
2025
Self
movieJaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
2025
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
movieMartin Scorsese, the Italian-American Master
2024
Self (archive) - director
movieYellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club
2023
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
tvFaut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
2023
Self - Guest
tvBeau geste
2023
Self
tvLIGHT & MAGIC
2022
Self (archive footage)
tvDans les secrets des films Star Wars
2022
Self ( Archives)
movieWinona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
2022
Self (archive footage)
movieIndiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
2021
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
movieHannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2021
Self (archive footage)
movieMaking Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019
Self (archive footage)
movieAmerican Dream: Detroit
2018
Self - Interviewee
tvMarcians
2017
Self
movieListen to Me Marlon
2015
Self (archive footage)
movieMarlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
2014
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
movieAlfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance
2014
Self (archive footage)
moviePalo Alto
2014
The Judge (voice) (uncredited)
movieMilius
2013
Self
movieThe People vs. George Lucas
2010
Self (archive footage)
tvC à vous
2009
Self - Guest
movieThe Last Days of Marlon Brando
2008
Self (archive Footage)
movieThe Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
2007
Self (archive footage)
movieBrando
2007
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Godfather and the Mob
2006
Self (archive footage)
movieOn Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
2005
Self (archive footage)
tvLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Self - Guest
movieDeath of a Porn Queen
1987
Self (archive footage)
tvLate Night with David Letterman
1982
Self - Guest
movieRendez-Vous Video Magazine
1981
Self (segment "Coppola")
movieApocalypse Now
1979
Director of TV Crew (uncredited)
tvThe Kennedy Center Honors
1978
Self - Honoree
tvSaturday Night Live
1975
Self - Director
tvArena
1975
Self
tvDinah!
1974
Self
movieThe Young Racers
1963
(uncredited)
movieWar Hunt
1962
Army Truck Driver (uncredited)
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
Production101
movieBrother Verses Brother
2025
Executive Producer
movieMegalopolis
2024
Producer
movieShadow Brother Sunday
2024
Executive Producer
movieFreda
2021
Executive Producer
movieThe Bling Ring
2013
Executive Producer
movieOn the Road
2012
Executive Producer
movieTwixt
2011
Producer
movieSomewhere
2010
Executive Producer
movieTetro
2009
Producer
Coda: Thirty Years Later
2007
Executive Producer
movieYouth Without Youth
2007
Producer
movieThe Good Shepherd
2006
Executive Producer
movieMarie Antoinette
2006
Executive Producer
movieKinsey
2004
Executive Producer
Forever Is a Long, Long Time
2004
Executive Producer
movieLost in Translation
2003
Executive Producer
movieJeepers Creepers 2
2003
Executive Producer
tvPlatinum
2003
Executive Producer
movieAssassination Tango
2003
Executive Producer
movieThe Educational Archives: Sex & Drugs
2003
Executive Producer
moviePumpkin
2002
Executive Producer
movieNo Such Thing
2002
Executive Producer
movieAnother Day
2001
Executive Producer
movieThe Legend of Suriyothai
2001
Executive Producer
movieJeepers Creepers
2001
Executive Producer
movieCQ
2001
Executive Producer
movieDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
2000
Executive Producer
movieThe Virgin Suicides
2000
Producer
movieSleepy Hollow
1999
Executive Producer
movieThe Third Miracle
1999
Executive Producer
movieGoosed
1999
Executive Producer
movieThe Florentine
1999
Producer
Lani Loa: The Passage
1998
Executive Producer
tvFirst Wave
1998
Producer
tvMoby Dick
1998
Executive Producer
movieOutrage
1998
Executive Producer
movieThe Rainmaker
1997
Producer
movieBuddy
1997
Executive Producer
tvThe Odyssey
1997
Executive Producer
movieSurvival on the Mountain
1997
Executive Producer
movieDark Angel
1996
Executive Producer
movieJack
1996
Producer
movieKidnapped
1995
Executive Producer
movieHaunted
1995
Executive Producer
movieTecumseh: The Last Warrior
1995
Executive Producer
movieWhite Dwarf
1995
Executive Producer
movieMy Family
1995
Executive Producer
movieDon Juan DeMarco
1994
Producer
Ironbound
1994
Producer
movieThe Secret Garden
1993
Executive Producer
movieThe Junky's Christmas
1993
Producer
movieBram Stoker's Dracula
1992
Producer
movieWind
1992
Executive Producer
movieHearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
1991
Executive Producer
movieThe Godfather Part III
1990
Producer
movieThe Godfather Family: A Look Inside
1990
Executive Producer
tvThe Outsiders
1990
Producer
moviePowaqqatsi
1988
Executive Producer
movieTough Guys Don't Dance
1987
Executive Producer
movieBarfly
1987
Executive Producer
movieLionheart
1987
Executive Producer
movieGardens of Stone
1987
Producer
moviePeggy Sue Got Married
1986
Producer
movieCaptain EO
1986
Producer
movieMishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985
Executive Producer
movieThe Cotton Club
1984
Producer
movieRumble Fish
1983
Executive Producer
movieKoyaanisqatsi
1983
Executive Producer
movieThe Black Stallion Returns
1983
Executive Producer
movieThe Outsiders
1983
Producer
movieThe Making of 'One from the Heart'
1982
Executive Producer
movieHammett
1982
Executive Producer
movieThe Escape Artist
1982
Executive Producer
movieParsifal
1982
Executive Producer
movieAn All Round Maid
1981
Producer
movieKagemusha
1980
Executive Producer
movieJerry Brown: The Shape of Things to Come
1980
Executive Producer
movieThe Black Stallion
1979
Executive Producer
movieApocalypse Now
1979
Producer
moviePerfumed Nightmare
1979
Executive Producer
movieThe Godfather Part II
1974
Producer
movieThe Conversation
1974
Producer
movieAmerican Graffiti
1973
Producer
movieThe Godfather
1972
Producer
movieThe People
1972
Executive Producer
movieTHX 1138
1971
Executive Producer
movieThe Rain People
1969
Producer
movieFilmmaker
1968
Producer
movieThe Terror
1963
Associate Producer
movieTonight for Sure
1962
Producer
movieBattle Beyond the Sun
1959
Associate Producer
Thank You Mr. Brown
Executive Producer
Writing32
movieMegalopolis
2024
Writer
movieTwixt
2011
Writer
movieTetro
2009
Writer
movieThe Rainmaker
1997
Screenplay
movieThe Godfather Part III
1990
Screenplay
movieCaptain EO
1986
Writer
movieThe Cotton Club
1984
Screenplay, Story
movieRumble Fish
1983
Screenplay
movieOne from the Heart
1982
Screenplay
movieApocalypse Now
1979
Writer
tvMario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
1977
Writer, Screenplay
movieThe Godfather Part II
1974
Screenplay
movieThe Great Gatsby
1974
Screenplay
movieThe Godfather
1972
Screenplay
moviePatton
1970
Screenplay, Screenstory
movieThe Rain People
1969
Writer
movieIs Paris Burning?
1966
Screenplay
movieThis Property Is Condemned
1966
Screenplay
movieDementia 13
1963
Writer
movieThe Peeper
1962
Writer
movieApocalypse Retold!
Original Concept
Crew19
movieThe Preakness
2024
Thanks
movieParis Can Wait
2016
Thanks
movieOldboy
2013
Thanks
movieLocations: Looking for Rusty James
2013
Technical Advisor
movieShe Hate Me
2004
Thanks
moviePowaqqatsi
1988
Presenter
movieBarfly
1987
Presenter
movieOne from the Heart
1982
Presenter
movieThe Way We Were
1973
Additional Writing
movieDementia 13
1963
Stunts
movieThe Haunted Palace
1963
Additional Dialogue
movieThe Magic Voyage of Sinbad
1962
Additional Writing
movieThe Peeper
1962
Cinematography
Sound4
movieTwixt
2011
Songs
movieApocalypse Now
1979
Original Music Composer
