About Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. 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.
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Movie Credits
Francis Ford Coppola has appeared in 88 movies.
Some of Francis Ford Coppola's most popular movies include:
TV Credits
Francis Ford Coppola has appeared in 12 TV Series.
These include
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance,
Kingpin,
Poop Notice,
Himitsu Sentai Goranger,
Five Came Back,
The Director's Chair,
Saturday Night Live,
Jay Leno's Garage,
Bitte umblättern,
Great Performances,
Late Night with Conan O'Brien and
The Oscars.
Production Credits
Francis Ford Coppola has 145 production credits.
Writing
Credited for Screenplay in 16 shows -
This Property Is Condemned,
Is Paris Burning?,
Patton,
The Godfather,
The Godfather Part II,
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television,
The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic,
The Cotton Club,
Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors,
The Godfather Part III,
The Rainmaker,
Ultraviolet,
Anatomy of a Scene,
Youth Without Youth,
Tetro and
Twixt.
Credited for Screenstory in 1 show -
Patton.
Credited for Writer in 12 shows -
The Bellboy and the Playgirls,
Tonight for Sure,
Dementia 13,
You're a Big Boy Now,
The Rain People,
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television,
Apocalypse Now,
One from the Heart,
Captain EO,
New York Stories,
Distant Vision and
Megalopolis.
Production
Credited for Producer in 25 shows -
The Conquest of Mexico,
Filmmaker,
The Godfather,
American Graffiti,
The Godfather Part II,
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television,
Apocalypse Now,
The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic,
Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors,
Gardens of Stone,
The Outsiders,
The Godfather Part III,
Bram Stoker's Dracula,
Ironbound,
Traveling Light,
Don Juan DeMarco,
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein,
Jack,
First Wave,
The Virgin Suicides,
Lost in Translation,
Youth Without Youth,
Tetro,
Twixt and
Megalopolis.
Credited for Executive Producer in 36 shows -
The People,
Paper Moon,
The Black Stallion,
Kagemusha,
The Escape Artist,
Hammett,
Koyaanisqatsi,
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters,
Lionheart,
Tough Guys Don't Dance,
Wind,
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues,
The Secret Garden,
My Family,
White Dwarf,
Buddy,
Outrage,
Neo Ranga,
Ultraviolet,
Lani Loa: The Passage,
Goosed,
Sleepy Hollow,
Wives and Daughters,
No Such Thing,
CQ,
Uprising,
Assassination Tango,
Jeepers Creepers 2,
Kinsey,
Keeping Mum,
Marie Antoinette,
Somewhere,
On the Road,
The Bling Ring,
Freda and
Shadow Brother Sunday.
Sound
Crew
Credited for Presenter in 1 show -
Barfly.
Directing
Credited for Director in 38 shows -
No Cigar,
The Bellboy and the Playgirls,
Tonight for Sure,
Dementia 13,
You're a Big Boy Now,
Finian's Rainbow,
The Rain People,
The Godfather,
The Godfather Part II,
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television,
Apocalypse Now,
Jerry Brown: The Shape of Things to Come,
The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic,
One from the Heart,
Faerie Tale Theatre,
The Cotton Club,
Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors,
Captain EO,
Rip Van Winkle,
Gardens of Stone,
Tucker: The Man and His Dream,
New York Stories,
The Godfather Part III,
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980,
Bram Stoker's Dracula,
Jack,
The Rainmaker,
Ultraviolet,
The Mike O'Malley Show,
Un matin partout dans le monde,
Do Over,
Youth Without Youth,
Tetro,
Twixt,
Henri Langlois vu par...,
Distant Vision,
Pandora in the Crimson Shell: Ghost Urn and
Megalopolis.
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