Francis Ford Coppola

Biography

Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is an American filmmaker. 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.

Known For

The Daily Show

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Saturday Night Live

The Mike Douglas Show

Great Performances

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Late Night with David Letterman

Spécial cinéma

All Movies (113)

• Vittorio De Sica: Staging Life2026 · as Self
• Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean2026 · as Self
• Films to Die For2025 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Eleanor Coppola: Art is All Around Us2025 · as Himself
• The Making of Hearts of Darkness2025 · as Himself
• Megadoc2025 · as Self
• Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story2025 · as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
• Lumière, Le Cinéma!2024 · as Self
• Martin Scorsese, the Italian-American Master2024 · as Self (archive) - director
• Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club2023 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Family2023 · as Self
• Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• Dare la vita - Conversazione con Francis Ford Coppola2021 · as Self
• Morceaux de Cannes2021
• Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age2021 · as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
• Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• Wim Wenders, Desperado2020 · as Self
• Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back2019 · as Self
• Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael2019 · as Self
• Friedkin Uncut2018 · as Self
• American Dream: Detroit2018 · as Self - Interviewee
• Godfather I2018 · as Self
• Francis Ford Coppola's Live Cinema2018 · as Self
• Spielberg2017 · as Self
• Five Came Back2017 · as Self
• Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story2017 · as Self
• Jaime Lerner - Uma História de Sonhos2016 · as Self
• The Family Whistle2016 · as Self
• Practical Magicians: A Collaboration Between Father and Son2015 · as Self
• Reflections in Blood: Francis Ford Coppola and Bram Stoker’s Dracula2015 · as Self
• Artistry/Technology2015 · as Self
• Listen to Me Marlon2015 · as Self (archive footage)
• Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire2014 · as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
• Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance2014 · as Self (archive footage)
• Henri Langlois vu par...2014 · as Self
• Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto2014 · as Self
• Palo Alto2014 · as The Judge (voice) (uncredited)
• Trespassing Bergman2013 · as Self
• Twixt: A Documentary2013 · as Self
• Seduced and Abandoned2013 · as Self
• Milius2013 · as Self
• The Godfather Legacy2012 · as Self
• A Conversation with Martin Sheen2010 · as Self
• The People vs. George Lucas2010 · as Self (archive footage)
• I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale2009 · as Self
• Cannoli2008 · as Self
• Emulsional Rescue: Revealing 'The Godfather'2008 · as Self
• The Godfather: When the Shooting Stopped2008 · as Self
• The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't2008 · as Self
• The Last Days of Marlon Brando2008 · as Self (archive Footage)
• Coda: Thirty Years Later2007 · as Self
• Fog City Mavericks2007 · as Self
• The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'2007 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Costumes Are the Sets: The Design of Eiko Ishioka2007 · as Self
• In Camera: The Naïve Visual Effects of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'2007 · as Self
• Method and Madness: Visualizing 'Dracula'2007 · as Self
• Lights, Action, Music2007 · as Self
• Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker'2007 · as Self
• The Making of Marie Antoinette2007 · as Self
• Brando2007 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Godfather and the Mob2006 · as Self (archive footage)
• Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders'2005 · as Self
• On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'2005 · as Self (archive footage)
• Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found2005 · as Self
• Lucas, Coppola & Kurosawa2005 · as Self
• George Lucas: Creating an Empire2005 · as Self
• Lucas, Coppola, and Kurosawa2005 · as Self
• Tying the Knot2004 · as Self
• A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope2004 · as Self
• Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'2004 · as Self
• The Dream Studio2004 · as self
• Whether You Like It or Not: The Story of Hedwig2003 · as Self
• A Decade Under the Influence2003 · as Self
• Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood2003 · as Self
• On the Set of CQ2002 · as Self
• R2-D2: Beneath the Dome2001 · as Self
• Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal2001 · as Self
• The Making of The Virgin Suicides2000 · as Self
• Coppola, un hombre y sus sueños1999 · as Self
• Kurosawa: The Last Emperor1999 · as Self
• The Making of 'American Graffiti'1998 · as Self
• A Conversation with Martin Scorsese & Francis Ford Coppola1997 · as Self
• Vem Var Dracula1996 · as Self
• The World of Jim Henson1994 · as Self
• It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein1994 · as Self
• Marlon Brando: The Wild One1994 · as Self
• Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man, The Myth, The Movies1992 · as Self
• Writing with Light: Vittorio Storaro1992 · as Self
• Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse1991 · as Self
• Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper1991 · as Self
• Hollywood Mavericks1990 · as Self
• The Godfather Family: A Look Inside1990 · as Self
• Martin Scorsese Directs1990 · as Self
• Central Park1990 · as Self
• Death of a Porn Queen1987 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Making of Captain EO1986 · as Self
• Inside Mishima1985 · as Self
• Reverse Angle: New York, March 19821982 · as Self
• The Making of 'One from the Heart'1982 · as Self
• Inside the Coppola Personality1981 · as Self
• Rendez-Vous Video Magazine1981 · as Self (segment "Coppola")
• Apocalypse Now1979 · as Director of TV Crew (uncredited)
• The Godfather Comes to Sixth St.1976 · as Self
• The Lion Roars Again1975 · as Self
• Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138'1971 · as Self
• The Godfather: Behind the Scenes1971 · as Self
• Filmmaker1968 · as Self
• The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow'1968 · as Self
• The New Cinema1968 · as Self
• The Young Racers1963 · as (uncredited)
• War Hunt1962 · as Army Truck Driver (uncredited)
• Art Never Sleeps— · as Self

All TV Shows (29)

• Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma2023 · as Self - Guest
• Beau geste2023 · as Self
• LIGHT & MAGIC2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• Dans les secrets des films Star Wars2022 · as Self ( Archives)
• Directors on Directors2021 · as Self
• Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen2020 · as Self
• Marcians2017 · as Self
• Five Came Back2017 · as Self
• Jay Leno's Garage2015 · as Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self
• The Director's Chair2014 · as Self
• Sodankylä Forever2010 · as Self
• C à vous2009 · as Self - Guest
• Leçon de Cinéma2004 · as Self
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• Inside the Actors Studio1994 · as Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• Sacrée soirée1987 · as Self
• Late Night with David Letterman1982 · as Self - Guest
• The Kennedy Center Honors1978 · as Self - Honoree
• Please Turn the Page1977 · as Self
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Director
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche1975 · as Self
• Dinah!1974 · as Self
• Spécial cinéma1974 · as Self
• Film '721971 · as Self
• Great Performances1971 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• The Oscars1953 · as Self