Francis Ford Coppola

Directing 1939-04-07

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Francis Ford Coppola, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. more

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It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

A Conversation with Martin Scorsese & Francis Ford Coppola

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

Practical Magicians: A Collaboration Between Father and Son

Reflections in Blood: Francis Ford Coppola and Bram Stoker’s Dracula

The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow'

A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope

Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story

Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man. The Myth. The Movies.

Whether You Like It or Not: The Story of Hedwig

Emulsional Rescue: Revealing 'The Godfather'

The Costumes Are the Sets: The Design of Eiko Ishioka

In Camera: The Naïve Visual Effects of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'

The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'

Method and Madness: Visualizing 'Dracula'

The Godfather: When the Shooting Stopped

Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal

Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age

Dare la vita - Conversazione con Francis Ford Coppola

Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders'

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