Francis Ford Coppola

8.4	Listal rating

Stats

Age: 74, born 7 April 1939

Born and residing in: United States

Height: 5' 10"

Ethnicity: White / Caucasian

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Eleanor Coppola

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Francis Ford Coppola introduces "Tetro"

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About: He was born in 1939 in Detroit, USA, but he grew up in a New York suburb in a creative, supportive Italian-American family. His father was a composer and musician Carmine Coppola. His mother had been an actress. Francis Ford Coppola graduated with a degree in drama from Hofstra University, and did graduate work at UCLA in filmmaking. He was training as assistant with filmmaker Roger Corman, working in such capacities as soundman, dialogue director, associate producer and, eventually, director of He was born in 1939 in Detroit, USA, but he grew up in a New York suburb in a creative, supportive Italian-American family. His father was a composer and musician Carmine Coppola. His mother had been an actress. Francis Ford Coppola graduated with a degree in drama from Hofstra University, and did graduate work at UCLA in filmmaking. He was training as assistant with filmmaker Roger Corman, working in such capacities as soundman, dialogue director, associate producer and, eventually, director of Dementia 13 (1963), Coppola's first feature film. During the next four years, Coppola was involved in a variety of script collaborations, including writing an adaptation of This Property is Condemned, by Tennessee Williams (with Fred Coe and Edith Sommer), and screenplays for Is Paris Burning?, and Patton, the film for which Coppola won a Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award. In 1966, Coppola's 2nd film brought him critical acclaim and a Master of Fine Arts degree. In 1969, Coppola and George Lucas established American Zoetrope, an independent film production company based in San Francisco. The company's first project was THX 1138 (1971), produced by Coppola and directed by Lucas. Coppola also produced the second film that Lucas directed, American Graffiti (1973), in 1973. This movie got five Academy Award nominations, including one for Best Picture.

In 1971, Coppola's film The Godfather (1972) became one of the highest-grossing movies in history and brought him an Oscar for writing the screenplay with Mario Puzo The film was a Best Picture Academy Award-winner, and also brought Coppola a Best Director Oscar nomination. Following his work on the screenplay for The Great Gatsby (1974), Coppola's next film was The Conversation (1974), which was honored with the Golden Palm Award at the Cannes Film Festival, and brought Coppola Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay Oscar nominations. Also released that year, The Godfather: Part II (1974). rivaled the success of The Godfather (1972), and won six Academy Awards, bringing Coppola Oscars as a producer, director and writer. Coppola then began work on his most ambitious film, Apocalypse Now (1979), a Vietnam War epic that was inspired by Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness (1993) (TV). Released in 1979, the acclaimed film won a Golden Palm Award at the Cannes Film Festival, and two Academy Awards . Also that year, Coppola executive produced the hit The Black Stallion (1979). With George Lucas, Coppola executive produced Kagemusha, directed by Akira Kurosawa, and Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, directed by Paul Schrader, and based on the life and writings of Yukio Mishima. Coppola also executive produced such films as The Escape Artist (1982), Hammett (1982) The Black Stallion Returns (1983), Barfly (1987), Wind (1992), The Secret Garden (1993) etc.

He helped to make a star of his nephew, Nicolas Cage. Personal tragedy hit in 1986 when his son Gio died in a boating accident. Francis Ford Coppola is one of America's most erratic, energetic and controversial filmmakers. ... (more)

Director (14), American (13), Oscar Winner (10), The Godfather (7), Born 1939 (7), Male (7), Italian (6), Dracula (5), Apocalypse Now (5), Screenwriter (5), Producer (5), Genius (4), The Outsiders (4), Peggy Sue Got Married (3), Cult (3), Academy Of Achievement (3), Drama (3), The Godfather Of The Apocalypse (3), Action (3), Horror (3)

Movies directed by

1. The Godfather (1972)

Rating:

8.7

4129 Watched

2. The Godfather: Part II (1974)

Rating:

8.6

2767 Watched

3. Apocalypse Now (1979)

Rating:

8.1

2334 Watched

4. Dracula (1992)

Rating:

7.2

2262 Watched

5. The Godfather: Part III (1990)

Rating:

7.3

1796 Watched

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Movies written by

1. The Godfather (1972)

Rating:

8.7

4129 Watched

2. The Godfather: Part II (1974)

Rating:

8.6

2767 Watched

3. Apocalypse Now (1979)

Rating:

8.1

2334 Watched

4. The Godfather: Part III (1990)

Rating:

7.3

1796 Watched

5. The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992)

Rating:

8.9

713 Watched

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Movies

1. Apocalypse Now (1979)

Rating:

8.1

2334 Watched

2. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)

Rating:

7.9

128 Watched

3. The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002)

Rating:

6.9

42 Watched

4. Inside Deep Throat (2005)

Rating:

6.2

47 Watched

5. Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006)

Rating:

7.6

39 want to see

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TV

1. Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)

Rating:

7.2

521 Watched

2. The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007)

Rating:

5.9

81 Watched

3. A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995)

Rating:

8.1

35 Watched

4. The 83rd Annual Academy Awards (2011)

Rating:

6.4

46 Watched

5. The 76th Annual Academy Awards (2004)

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43 Watched

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TV written by

1. The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977)

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8.9

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TV directed by

1. The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977)

Rating:

8.9

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2. Making 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' (1992)

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1 Watched

Books

1. In the Blink of an Eye: A Perspective on Film Editing

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2. Bram Stoker's "Dracula": the Film and the Legend (Newmarket pictorial moviebooks)

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3. Zoetrope - La Fabrica de Suenos

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" Favorite Film Seen *Apocalypse Now - 10/10 *The Godfather - 9/10 *The Godfather: Part II - 9/10 *Rumble Fish - 8/10 *The Outsiders - 7/10 *The Godfather: Part III - 6/10 *Dracula - 5/10"

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" Trademarks, according to IMDB: -Often casts his own real-life extended family members in his films. In the case of the Godfather films, their characters' relationships to "Michael Corleone" often paralleled their real-life relationship to Coppola. He cast his sister, Talia Shire, as Michael's sister Connie, and his daughter, Sofia Coppola, as Michael's daughter Mary - named for Coppola's other daughter. In addition, Diane Keaton said that she modeled her performance as Kay Adams after Elanor"

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" Favorite Film: Seen: *Apocalypse Now - 9/10 *The Conversation - 9/10 *The Godfather - 8/10 *The Godfather: Part II - 8/10 *Rumbe Fish - 8/10 *The Outsiders - 8/10 *Dracula - 7/10 *New York Stories - 7/10 *Jack - 5/10 *The Godfather: Part III - 4/10"

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"He has had massive hits and some flobs, but when he makes a hit he makes a hit. Best work The Godfather trilogy, Dracula, Apocalypse Now."

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"2011 Rank: #23 2010 Rank: #21 2009 Rank: #9 a. Finian’s Rainbow (1968) b. The Godfather (1972) c. The Conversation (1974) d. Godfather Part II (1974) e. Apocalypse Now (1979) f. Godfather Part III (1990) g. Dracula (1992) h. The Rainmaker (1997) i. Tetro (2009) j. Twixt (2011) "

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Show Business Families (53 person items)

" Director, Francis Ford Coppola His sister, actress, Talia Shire (Talia Rose Coppola) His nephew, Talia Shire's son, actor/musician, Jason Schwartzman His nephew, Talia Shire's son, Jason Schwartzman's brother, actor/musician, Robert Schwartzman His daughter, director, Sofia Coppola His nephew, August Coppola's son, actor, Nicolas Cage (Nicholas Coppola) "

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" So that's where they got the idea for Toad in American Graffiti."

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" "I think he's probably the greatest American film director. He's completely original. He's still ahead of anyone else." "In the 60's they were four filmmakers who represented cinema and influenced everyone who came after: Fellini, Kurosawa, Bergman and Kubrick.""

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