Francis Ford Coppola

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1939-04-07 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Francis Ford Coppola

Biography

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 gangste...

Acting

2002

The Kid Stays in the Picture

as Self (archive footage)

2014

Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance

as Self (archive footage)

2023

The Family

as Self

2008

Cannoli

as Self

2008

Clemenza

as Self

2013

Milius

as Self

2021

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

as Self (archive footage)

2004

2022

Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called

as Self (archive footage)

1996

2010

The People vs. George Lucas

as Self (archive footage)

1962

War Hunt

as Army Truck Driver (uncredited)

1968

Filmmaker

as Self

2019

2022

Becoming Al Pacino

as Self (archive footage)

2007

Brando

as Self (archive footage)

-

Megadoc

as Self

1968

2006

The Godfather and the Mob

as Self (archive footage)

1979

Apocalypse Now

as Director of TV Crew (uncredited)

2015

Listen to Me Marlon

as Self (archive footage)

2017

1981

Rendez-Vous Video Magazine

as Self (segment "Coppola")

2017

Spielberg

as Self

2018

American Dream: Detroit

as Self - Interviewee

1990

2018

2018

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

2014

Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

2013

Palo Alto

as The Judge (voice) (uncredited)

2008

The Last Days of Marlon Brando

as Self (archive Footage)

2004

2021

Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

1985

Production

1979

Apocalypse Now

as Director

1979

Apocalypse Now

as Producer

1983

The Outsiders

as Director

1983

Rumble Fish

as Director

1983

Rumble Fish

as Screenplay

1972

The Godfather

as Screenplay

1974

1990

1990

1990

2000

1974

The Conversation

as Director

1974

The Conversation

as Producer

1971

THX 1138

as Executive Producer

1986

1963

The Terror

as Associate Producer

1973

2006

Marie Antoinette

as Executive Producer

1999

Sleepy Hollow

as Executive Producer

1994

Don Juan DeMarco

as Producer

1984

The Cotton Club

as Director

1984

The Cotton Club

as Screenplay

2004

Kinsey

as Executive Producer

1970

Patton

as Screenstory

1970

Patton

as Screenplay

1966

Is Paris Burning?

as Screenplay

1956

No Cigar

as Director

1993

The Secret Garden

as Executive Producer

1974

The Great Gatsby

as Screenplay

1983

Koyaanisqatsi

as Executive Producer

2021

Freda

as Executive Producer

1992

1992

1996

Jack

as Director

1996

Jack

as Producer

2009

Tetro

as Director

1980

Kagemusha

as Executive Producer

1997

The Rainmaker

as Director

1997

The Rainmaker

as Screenplay

2007

2007

2001

Jeepers Creepers

as Executive Producer

1985

1987

Gardens of Stone

as Director

1963

Dementia 13

as Director

1963

Dementia 13

as Writer

1982

1968

Finian's Rainbow

as Director

1966

2012

On the Road

as Executive Producer

1969

The Rain People

as Director

1969

1987

Tough Guys Don't Dance

as Executive Producer

2011

Twixt

as Director

2011

Twixt

as Producer

2011

Twixt

as Screenplay

1962

Tonight for Sure

as Director

1963

The Young Racers

as Second Unit Director

2013

1963

The Haunted Palace

as Additional Dialogue

1994

Ironbound

as Producer

1994

Traveling Light

as Producer

1973

The Way We Were

as Additional Writing

1979

The Black Stallion

as Executive Producer

2003

Jeepers Creepers 2

as Executive Producer

2003

Assassination Tango

as Executive Producer

1972

The People

as Executive Producer

2003

2010

Somewhere

as Executive Producer

1996

Dark Angel

as Executive Producer

1998

Lani Loa: The Passage

as Executive Producer

1962

1999

The Florentine

as Producer

1974

1983

The Black Stallion Returns

as Executive Producer

2006

The Good Shepherd

as Executive Producer

1962

The Peeper

as Director

1962

The Peeper

as Writer

1962

The Peeper

as Cinematography

2013

Oldboy

as Thanks

1995

My Family

as Executive Producer

-

2016

1987

Barfly

as Presenter

1987

Lionheart

as Executive Producer

2013

The Bling Ring

as Executive Producer

1987

Rip Van Winkle

as Director

1973

1963

1963

Dementia 13

as Stunts

1963

1982

Hammett

as Second Unit Director

1968

The Wild Racers

as Second Unit Director

2003

Lost in Translation

as Executive Producer

2000

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

as Executive Producer

1999

The Third Miracle

as Executive Producer

1997

Survival on the Mountain

as Executive Producer

1995

Kidnapped

as Executive Producer

1995

Haunted

as Executive Producer

1995

Tecumseh: The Last Warrior

as Executive Producer

1993

1989

Wait Until Spring, Bandini

as Executive Producer

1973

Paper Moon

as Executive Producer

1962

Tonight for Sure

as Producer

1995

The Conversation

as Producer

2004

Forever Is a Long, Long Time

as Executive Producer

2002

In My Life

as Executive Producer

2016

The Family Whistle

as Executive Producer

1969

The Rain People

as Producer

1972

The Godfather

as Producer

1982

Parsifal

as Executive Producer

1990

Clownhouse

as Executive Producer

1987

Barfly

as Executive Producer

1986

1982

1983

The Outsiders

as Producer

1983

Rumble Fish

as Producer

1984

The Cotton Club

as Producer

1986

Seven Minutes in Heaven

as Executive Producer

1997

The Rainmaker

as Producer

2001

Another Day

as Executive Producer

2003

2007

Coda: Thirty Years Later

as Executive Producer

2013

Palo Alto

as Executive Producer

2014

Life After Beth

as Executive Producer

2015

A Very Murray Christmas

as Executive Producer

2016

Last Days in the Desert

as Executive Producer

2016

Joshy

as Executive Producer

2016

Paris Can Wait

as Executive Producer

2017

The Beguiled

as Executive Producer

2020

On the Rocks

as Executive Producer

2021

Mainstream

as Executive Producer

2021

Love is Love is Love

as Executive Producer

2023

Fairyland

as Executive Producer

1990

1962

The Premature Burial

as Assistant Director

1982

Hammett

as Executive Producer

1989

1989

New York Stories

as Director

2024

Megalopolis

as Writer

2009

Tetro

as Producer

2024

Shadow Brother Sunday

as Executive Producer

-

The Preakness

as Thanks

1981

1968

Filmmaker

as Producer

1959

Battle Beyond the Sun

as Associate Producer

1979

1979

Apocalypse Now

as Original Music Composer

1982

The Escape Artist

as Executive Producer

2024

Megalopolis

as Director

2024

Megalopolis

as Producer

1995

White Dwarf

as Executive Producer

1983

Rumble Fish

as Executive Producer

1992

1999

Goosed

as Executive Producer

2002

No Such Thing

as Executive Producer

1984

2002

Pumpkin

as Executive Producer

1972

The Godfather

as Director

1974

1974

1992

Wind

as Executive Producer

1997

Buddy

as Executive Producer

1987

Gardens of Stone

as Producer

2001

CQ

as Executive Producer

1998

Outrage

as Executive Producer

1982

One from the Heart

as Screenplay

2007

2009

Tetro

as Writer

2024

2025

Brother Verses Brother

as Executive Producer

1982

One from the Heart

as Presenter

1988

Powaqqatsi

as Presenter

1986

Captain EO

as Director

1986

Captain EO

as Producer

1986

Captain EO

as Writer

1963

The Terror

as Director

2025

1988

Powaqqatsi

as Executive Producer

1959

1982

Hammett

as Director

2000

Supernova

as Director

2011

Twixt

as Songs

2017

Jeepers Creepers 3

as Executive Producer

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