Francis Ford Coppola

Producer | Director | Writer

Francis Ford Coppola was born in 1939 in Detroit, Michigan, but grew up in a New York suburb in a ...

Born: April 7, 1939

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Filmography

Known For

Apocalypse Now Producer (1979)
The Conversation Producer (1974)
The Godfather Part II Producer (1974)
Known For

The Godfather Thanks (1972)
Producer

Freda (2021)
The Bling Ring (2013)
On the Road (2012)
Twixt (2011)
Somewhere (2010)
Tetro (2009)
Youth Without Youth (2007)
The Good Shepherd (2006)
Marie Antoinette (2006)
Forever Is a Long, Long Time (2004)
Kinsey (2004)
Lost in Translation (2003)
Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)
Platinum (2003)
In My Life (2002)
Assassination Tango (2002)
Pumpkin (2002)
The Legend of Suriyothai (2001)
Jeepers Creepers (2001)
No Such Thing (2001)
CQ (2001)
First Wave (1998-2001)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2000)
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Goosed (1999)
The Third Miracle (1999)
The Virgin Suicides (1999)
The Florentine (1999)
Lani-Loa (1998)
Moby Dick (1998)
Outrage (1998)
Buddy (1997)
The Odyssey (1997)
Survival on the Mountain (1997)
Dark Angel (1996)
Jack (1996)
The Conversation (1995)
Kidnapped (1995)
Haunted (1995)
Tecumseh: The Last Warrior (1995)
White Dwarf (1995)
My Family (1995)
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
Don Juan DeMarco (1994)
The Junky's Christmas (1994)
The Secret Garden (1993)
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992)
Wind (1992)
The Godfather Part III (1990)
The Outsiders (1990)
Wait Until Spring, Bandini (1989)
Powaqqatsi (1988)
Lionheart (1987)
Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987)
Gardens of Stone (1987)
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
Rumble Fish (1983)
The Black Stallion Returns (1983)
Hammett (1982)
The Escape Artist (1982)
Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
Kagemusha (1980)
The Black Stallion (1979)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
The Godfather Saga (1977)
The Godfather Part II (1974)
The Conversation (1974)
American Graffiti (1973)
Paper Moon (1973)
The People (1972)
THX 1138 (1971)
Filmmaker (1968)
The Terror (1963)
Tonight for Sure (1962)
Producer

Battle Beyond the Sun (1959)
Director

Distant Vision (2016)
Twixt (2011)
Tetro (2009)
Youth Without Youth (2007)
Un matin partout dans le monde (2000)
Supernova (2000)
The Rainmaker (1997)
Jack (1996)
Making 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' (1992)
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992)
The Godfather Part III (1990)
New York Stories (1989)
Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
Gardens of Stone (1987)
Faerie Tale Theatre (1987)
Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
Captain EO (1986)
The Cotton Club (1984)
Rumble Fish (1983)
The Outsiders (1983)
One from the Heart (1981)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
The Godfather Saga (1977)
The Godfather Part II (1974)
The Conversation (1974)
The Godfather (1972)
The Rain People (1969)
Finian's Rainbow (1968)
You're a Big Boy Now (1966)
Dementia 13 (1963)
The Terror (1963)
Tonight for Sure (1962)
The Bellboy and the Playgirls (1962)
Battle Beyond the Sun (1959)
Director

No Cigar (1956)
Writer

Distant Vision (2016)
Twixt (2011)
Tetro (2009)
Youth Without Youth (2007)
The Rainmaker (1997)
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992)
The Godfather Part III (1990)
New York Stories (1989)
Captain EO (1986)
The Cotton Club (1984)
Rumble Fish (1983)
One from the Heart (1981)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
The Godfather Saga (1977)
The Godfather Part II (1974)
The Conversation (1974)
The Great Gatsby (1974)
The Way We Were (1973)
The Godfather (1972)
Patton (1970)
The Rain People (1969)
You're a Big Boy Now (1966)
Is Paris Burning? (1966)
This Property Is Condemned (1966)
The Haunted Palace (1963)
Dementia 13 (1963)
Tonight for Sure (1962)
Writer

The Bellboy and the Playgirls (1962)
Actor

Artistry/Technology (2015)
Palo Alto The Judge (2013)
Apocalypse Now Director of TV Crew (1979)
The Young Racers (1963)
Actor

War Hunt Army Truck Driver (1962)
Soundtrack

The Godfather Part III (1990)
Archive footage

Light & Magic (2022)
Superstar (2022)
Al Pacino, le Bronx et la fureur (2022)
A Sétima Arte (2021)
Morceaux de Cannes (2021)
Minty Comedic Arts (2021)
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony (2021)
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age (2021)
Rembob'Ina (2021)
Hollywood Insider (2021)
The Movies (2019)
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound (2019)
Le Fossoyeur de Films (2017)
Behind the Scenes (2017)
Once in a Lew Moon (2015)
Film 2018 (2015)
Blow up (2015)
Listen to Me Marlon (2015)
Alfonso Sansone produttore per caso (2014)
The Greatest Ever War Films (2014)
Sidney Korshak, la face cachée d'Hollywood (2014)
And the Oscar Goes to... (2014)
The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011)
Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011)
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010)
Gilles Jacob: CIitizen Cannes (2010)
The People vs. George Lucas (2010)
Cámara negra. Teatro Victoria Eugenia (2007)
Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker' (2007)
Personnel et confidentiel (2007)
Brando (2007)
La tele de tu vida (2007)
Cannes 2006: Crónica de Carlos Boyero (2006)
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006)
The Godfather and the Mob (2006)
Hollywood Greats (2006)
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost & Found (2005)
Cinema mil (2005)
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish' (2005)
Inside Deep Throat (2005)
The Dream Studio (2004)
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate (2004)
Words in Progress (2004)
101 Biggest Celebrity Oops (2004)
Troldspejlet (2002)
Heart of the Festival (2002)
The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002)
I Lars von Triers rige (1999)
The Late Show (1992)
Archive footage

Frontline (1987)
The Mike Douglas Show (1976)
Additional Crew

The Legend of Suriyothai (2001)
Gunfighter (1999)
My Family (1995)
Dracula (1993)
Dracula (1993)
The Spirit of '76 (1990)
Powaqqatsi (1988)
Barfly (1987)
Return to Oz (1985)
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
Rumble Fish (1983)
The Outsiders (1983)
Hammett (1982)
Kagemusha (1980)
The Black Stallion (1979)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
The Haunted Palace (1963)
Tower of London (1962)
Additional Crew

Battle Beyond the Sun (1959)
Napoleon (1927)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Hammett (1982)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

The Wild Racers (1968)
The Terror (1963)
The Young Racers (1963)
The Premature Burial (1962)
Editor

Supernova (2000)
Script and Continuity Department

Sadko (1953)
Composer

Apocalypse Now (1979)
Sound Department

The Young Racers (1963)

Videos

Awards

Did You Know

Briefly attended the New York Military Academy where Troy Donahue was his classmate...until Coppola decided to drop out early on, so he called a taxi and left school. He and Donahue later worked together on The Godfather Part II (1974).

Quotes

[on the vanishing distinction between TV and cinema] It has all become one. (...) There is no more film, there is no more television - there is cinema. And it can be everywhere and anywhere and it can do anything. [Screendaily 2015]