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