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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Known For
Martin Scorsese, l'Italo-Américain
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2023
The Family
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2023
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
Self (archive footage)
2022
Becoming Al Pacino
Self (archive footage)
2022
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Self (archive footage)
2021
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Self (archive footage)
2019
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
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2019
Friedkin Uncut
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2018
American Dream: Detroit
Self - Interviewee
2018
Spielberg
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2017
Five Came Back
Self
2017
Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story
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2017
Jaime Lerner - Uma História de Sonhos
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2016
The Family Whistle
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2016
Practical Magicians: A Collaboration Between Father and Son
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2015
Reflections in Blood: Francis Ford Coppola and Bram Stoker’s Dracula
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2015
Listen to Me Marlon
Self (archive footage)
2015
Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance
Self (archive footage)
2014
Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto
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2014
Trespassing Bergman
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2013
Seduced and Abandoned
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2013
Milius
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2013
The Godfather Legacy
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2012
A Conversation with Martin Sheen
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2010
The People vs. George Lucas
Self (archive footage)
2010
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
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2009
Cannoli
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2008
Clemenza
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2008
Coda: Thirty Years Later
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2007
Fog City Mavericks
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2007
Brando
Self (archive footage)
2007
The Godfather and the Mob
Self (archive footage)
2006
Lucas, Coppola & Kurosawa
Self
2005
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
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2005
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
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2004
Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
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2004
The Dream Studio
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2004
A Decade Under the Influence
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2003
The Kid Stays in the Picture
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2002
Coppola, un hombre y sus sueños
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1999
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
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1999
The Making of 'American Graffiti'
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1998
A Conversation with Martin Scorsese & Francis Ford Coppola
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1997
Vem Var Dracula
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1996
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
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1994
Writing with Light: Vittorio Storaro
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1992
Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man. The Myth. The Movies.
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1992
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
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1991
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
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1991
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
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1990
Martin Scorsese Directs
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1990
Central Park
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1990
The Making of Captain EO
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1986
Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982
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1982
Inside the Coppola Personality
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1981
Rendez-Vous Video Magazine
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1981
Apocalypse Now
Director of TV Crew (uncredited)
1979
The Godfather Comes to Sixth St.
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1976
Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138'
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1971
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes
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1971
Filmmaker
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1968
The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow'
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1968
The New Cinema
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1968
The Young Racers
1963
War Hunt
Army Truck Driver (uncredited)
1962
Megadoc
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Dare la vita - Conversazione con Francis Ford Coppola
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2021
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2021
Wim Wenders, Desperado
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2020
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
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2019
Godfather I
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2018
Francis Ford Coppola's Live Cinema
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2018
Henri Langlois vu par...
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2014
And the Oscar Goes To...
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2014
Sodankylä Forever
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2010
The Godfather: When the Shooting Stopped
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2008
Hollywood Mavericks
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1990
Art Never Sleeps
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SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
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2025
Lumière! The Adventure Continues
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2024
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
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2023
Beau geste
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2023
LIGHT & MAGIC
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2022
Variety Studio: Directors on Directors
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2021
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
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2020
Marcians
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2017
Five Came Back
Self · (3 episodes)
2017
Jay Leno's Garage
Self · (1 episode)
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (1 episode)
2015
Artistry/Technology
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2015
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2014
The Director's Chair
Self · (1 episode)
2014
Palo Alto
The Judge (voice) (uncredited)
2013
Twixt: A Documentary
Self
2013
C à vous
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2009
Emulsional Rescue: Revealing 'The Godfather'
Self
2008
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
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2008
The Last Days of Marlon Brando
Self (archive Footage)
2008
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
Self (archive footage)
2007
The Costumes Are the Sets: The Design of Eiko Ishioka
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2007
In Camera: The Naïve Visual Effects of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
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2007
Method and Madness: Visualizing 'Dracula'
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2007
Lights, Action, Music
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2007
The Making of Marie Antoinette
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2007
Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders'
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2005
Lucas, Coppola, and Kurosawa
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2005
Tying the Knot
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2004
Leçon de Cinéma
Self · (1 episode)
2004
Whether You Like It or Not: The Story of Hedwig
Self
2003
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
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2001
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
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2001
The Making of The Virgin Suicides
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2000
The Daily Show
Self · (1 episode)
1996
The World of Jim Henson
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1994
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · (1 episode)
1994
Marlon Brando: The Wild One
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1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1993
Sacrée soirée
Self · (1 episode)
1987
Inside Mishima
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1985
The Making of 'One from the Heart'
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1982
Please Turn the Page
Self · (1 episode)
1977
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited) · (1 episode)
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self · (1 episode)
1975
The Lion Roars Again
Self
1975
Dinah!
Self · (1 episode)
1974
Spécial cinéma
Self · (1 episode)
1974
Great Performances
Self · (1 episode)
1971
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · (1 episode)
1961
The Oscars
Self · (2 episodes)
1953