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  1. Signature. Francis Ford Coppola ( / ˈkoʊpələ / KOH-pə-lə, [1] [2] [3] Italian: [ˈkɔppola]; born 7 April 1939) [4] is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is considered one of the leading figures of the New Hollywood film movement of the 1960s and 1970s and is widely considered one of the greatest directors of all time.

  2. IMDb provides an extensive overview of the life and career of Francis Ford Coppola, one of the most influential and acclaimed filmmakers in Hollywood. Learn about his early work, his Oscar-winning achievements, his family background, his personal tragedies and his latest projects.

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  3. Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and film composer whose career spans more than fifty years. Coppola has directed twenty-three feature films to date. His films The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, and Apocalypse Now are often cited among the greatest films ever made.

  4. Jun 23, 2024 · Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.) is an American motion-picture director, writer, and producer whose films range from sweeping epics to small-scale character studies. As the director of films such as The Godfather (1972), The Conversation (1974), and Apocalypse Now (1979), he enjoyed his greatest success and ...

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  5. Francis Ford Coppola. Producer: Apocalypse Now. Francis Ford Coppola was born in 1939 in Detroit, Michigan, but grew up in a New York suburb in a creative, supportive Italian-American family. His father, Carmine Coppola, was a composer and musician. His mother, Italia Coppola (née Pennino), had been an actress. Francis Ford Coppola graduated with a degree in drama from Hofstra University, and ...

    • April 7, 1939
  6. Mar 25, 2021 · Francis Ford Coppola was born on April 7, 1939, in Detroit. Stricken with polio as a child, he was bedridden and found creative ways to entertain himself, including producing his own puppet shows.

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  8. Sep 26, 2023 · Francis Ford Coppola's fourth feature film was The Rain People, and it's arguably the first great movie he directed, too. There were flashes of greatness in his earlier movies, to some extent, but ...

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