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- 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 sound-man, dialogue director, associate producer and, eventually, director of Dementia 13 (1963), Coppola's first feature film.
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In 1963, director Francis Ford Coppola was deep into his apprenticeship with schlock mogul Roger Corman. That year also found Coppola in Ireland, working as the sound man for Corman’s feature THE YOUNG RACERS . When filming was finished, Corman found that he had a substantial amount of money leftover in the budget.
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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 sound-man, dialogue director, associate producer and, eventually, director of Dementia 13 (1963), Coppola's
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Transcript. Coppola was 29 years old when he signed on to direct a film. "I was young and had no power," he said in 2016, "so [the studio] figured they could just boss me around." But Coppola...
Francis Ford Coppola. When he was a largely unproven 32-year-old directing his second big movie, Francis Ford Coppola feared the studio might replace him. As it turned out, he needn’t have worried. The Godfather (1972) would win three Oscars, claiming a revered place in motion picture history.
Mar 16, 1997 · In 1972, a thirty-two-year-old Italian-American director, Francis Ford Coppola, made his name with a gangster movie called “The Godfather.” It grossed more money more quickly than any previous...
The Godfather is a 1972 American epic gangster film [2] directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo, based on Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel of the same title.
Mar 2, 2022 · Coppola, now 82, said he never tired of scrutinizing of the film. But naturally any time he spends reflecting on The Godfather brings back a range of emotions and memories – the pain of its ...
