Francis Ford Coppola
Known for: Directing
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.
Filmography
Series
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Director
1975
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
Great Performances
Self
1971
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Film '72
Self
1971
Series
Arena
Self
1975
Series
Late Night with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1982
Series
Spécial cinéma
Self
1974
Series
Sacrée soirée
Self
1987
Film
Apocalypse Now
Director of TV Crew (uncredited)
1979
Series
C à vous
Self - Guest
2009
Series
Beau geste
Self
2023
Series
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
Self - Guest
2023
Series
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975
Series
Dinah!
Self
1974
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The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
Jay Leno's Garage
Self
2015
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Marcians
Self
2017
Series
Konbini Vidéo Club
2018
Series
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self - Honoree
1978
Series
Leçon de Cinéma
Self
2004
Series
LIGHT & MAGIC
Self (archive footage)
2022
Series
Directors on Directors
Self
2021
Please Turn the Page
Self
1977
Film
Palo Alto
The Judge (voice) (uncredited)
2014
Film
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2025
Series
Sodankylä Forever
Self
2010
Series
Five Came Back
Self
2017
Film
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Self
1991
Film
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Self (archive footage)
2019
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The Director's Chair
Self
2014
Film
Seduced and Abandoned
Self
2013
Film
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
Film
Spielberg
Self
2017
Film
Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
Self
2020
Film
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2021
Film
Megadoc
Self
2025
Film
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Self
2009
Film
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Self
2003
Film
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2014
Series
Dans les secrets des films Star Wars
Self ( Archives)
2022
Film
Friedkin Uncut
Self
2018
Film
Godfather I
Self
2018
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A Decade Under the Influence
Self
2003
Film
Martin Scorsese, the Italian-American Master
Self (archive) - director
2024
Film
Listen to Me Marlon
Self (archive footage)
2015
Film
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
Self
2001
Film
Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean
Self
2026
Film
Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders'
Self
2005
Film
The World of Jim Henson
Self
1994
Film
War Hunt
Army Truck Driver (uncredited)
1962
Film
Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker'
Self
2007
Film
Milius
Self
2013
Film
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
Self
2001
Film
Lumière, Le Cinéma!
Self
2024
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Fog City Mavericks
Self
2007
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Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
Self
2005
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The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
Self
1990
Film
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Self
2019
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Martin Scorsese Directs
Self
1990
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George Lucas: Creating an Empire
Self
2005
Film
Five Came Back
Self
2017
Film
Trespassing Bergman
Self
2013
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Central Park
Self
1990
Film
Brando
Self (archive footage)
2007
Film
Vittorio De Sica: Staging Life
Self
2026
Film
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
Self
2008
Film
Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story
Self
2017
Film
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
Self (archive footage)
2007
Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
Self
2004
Series
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
Film
Emulsional Rescue: Revealing 'The Godfather'
Self
2008
Film
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
Self (archive footage)
2005
Film
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
Self
1994
Film
The Godfather Legacy
Self
2012
Film
Marlon Brando: The Wild One
Self
1994
Film
The Making of Marie Antoinette
Self
2007
Film
Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man, The Myth, The Movies
Self
1992
Film
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
Self
1999
Film
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
Self
2004
Film
Hollywood Mavericks
Self
1990
Film
The Making of The Virgin Suicides
Self
2000
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
Self
1991
Film
Whether You Like It or Not: The Story of Hedwig
Self
2003
Film
Wim Wenders, Desperado
Self
2020
Film
The People vs. George Lucas
Self (archive footage)
2010
Film
Twixt: A Documentary
Self
2013
Film
The Godfather: When the Shooting Stopped
Self
2008
Film
Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto
Self
2014
Film
The Young Racers
(uncredited)
1963
Film
The Making of Captain EO
Self
1986
Film
The New Cinema
Self
1968
Coda: Thirty Years Later
Self
2007
Film
Henri Langlois vu par...
Self
2014
Film
Death of a Porn Queen
Self (archive footage)
1987
Film
The Making of 'American Graffiti'
Self
1998
Film
Films to Die For
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025
Film
The Family
Self
2023
Film
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes
Self
1971
Film
The Costumes Are the Sets: The Design of Eiko Ishioka
Self
2007
The Lion Roars Again
Self
1975
Film
Francis Ford Coppola's Live Cinema
Self
2018
Film
The Making of Hearts of Darkness
Himself
2025
Film
Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138'
Self
1971
On the Set of CQ
Self
2002
Film
Method and Madness: Visualizing 'Dracula'
Self
2007
Film
Artistry/Technology
Self
2015
Dare la vita - Conversazione con Francis Ford Coppola
Self
2021
Art Never Sleeps
Self
Film
Filmmaker
Self
1968
Film
The Family Whistle
Self
2016
Film
Lights, Action, Music
Self
2007
Film
The Godfather and the Mob
Self (archive footage)
2006
Film
The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow'
Self
1968
Film
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
Self
2019
Film
The Making of 'One from the Heart'
Self
1982
Lucas, Coppola, and Kurosawa
Self
2005
Film
The Last Days of Marlon Brando
Self (archive Footage)
2008
Film
A Conversation with Martin Scorsese & Francis Ford Coppola
Self
1997
Film
In Camera: The Naïve Visual Effects of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
Self
2007
Film
Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance
Self (archive footage)
2014
Film
Inside the Coppola Personality
Self
1981
Writing with Light: Vittorio Storaro
Self
1992
Film
Eleanor Coppola: Art is All Around Us
Himself
2025
Film
The Dream Studio
self
2004
Film
Lucas, Coppola & Kurosawa
Self
2005
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A Conversation with Martin Sheen
Self
2010
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Tying the Knot
Self
2004
Film
Rendez-Vous Video Magazine
Self (segment "Coppola")
1981
Film
Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982
Self
1982
Coppola, un hombre y sus sueños
Self
1999
Film
Inside Mishima
Self
1985
The Godfather Comes to Sixth St.
Self
1976
Film
American Dream: Detroit
Self - Interviewee
2018
Film
Jaime Lerner - Uma História de Sonhos
Self
2016
Cannoli
Self
2008
Film
Tribeca 25
Self
2026
Film
Close-Up on The Conversation