Francis Ford Coppola

Born:1939年4月7日

Place of Birth:Detroit, Michigan, USA

Known For:Directing

Biography

Francis Ford Coppola, born on April 7, 1939, is a visionary American filmmaker whose impact on the industry is immeasurable. Renowned for his directorial prowess, Coppola is a key figure in the New Hollywood movement of the 1970s, alongside luminaries such as George Lucas and Martin Scorsese. His innovative approach to storytelling challenged traditional filmmaking conventions and ushered in a new era of cinema.

Coppola's career soared to new heights with the release of "The Godfather" in 1972, a groundbreaking film that redefined the gangster genre. This cinematic masterpiece not only captivated audiences worldwide but also earned Coppola critical acclaim and multiple Academy Awards, including Best Adapted Screenplay. The success of "The Godfather" was further solidified by its sequel, "The Godfather Part II," which made history as the first sequel to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.

In addition to his iconic work on "The Godfather" series, Coppola demonstrated his versatility as a filmmaker with projects like "The Conversation" and "Apocalypse Now." These films showcased his ability to tackle diverse themes and genres with equal finesse, earning him accolades such as the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

While Coppola's later career saw a shift in critical and commercial reception, his early contributions to cinema remain timeless and influential. His legacy as a trailblazing director continues to inspire generations of filmmakers and cinephiles alike. With a career spanning decades, Coppola's impact on the art of filmmaking is truly unparalleled, solidifying his status as a legend in the industry.

Drawing from his own experiences and creative vision, Coppola has left an indelible mark on the world of cinema, shaping the landscape of storytelling on the silver screen. His dedication to pushing boundaries and exploring new artistic frontiers has cemented his reputation as a maverick in the realm of filmmaking. As a storyteller, innovator, and cultural icon, Francis Ford Coppola's contributions to cinema will forever be celebrated and remembered as a testament to the power of imagination and creativity in the world of entertainment.

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Apocalypse Now

Director of TV Crew (uncredited)

1979

At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.

Palo Alto

The Judge (voice) (uncredited)

2013

A lack of parental guidance encourages teens in an affluent California town to rebel with substance abuse and casual sex.

Spielberg

Self

2017

A documentary on the life and career of one of the most influential film directors of all time, Steven Spielberg.

制作

The Godfather

Director

1972

Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.

The Godfather Part II

Director

1974

In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.

The Godfather Part III

Songs

1990

In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.

Apocalypse Now

Writer

1979

Megalopolis

Producer

2024

Genius artist Cesar Catilina seeks to leap the City of New Rome into a utopian, idealistic future, while his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero, remains committed to a regressive status quo, perpetuating greed, special interests, and partisan warfare. Torn between them is socialite Julia Cicero, the mayor’s daughter, whose love for Cesar has divided her loyalties, forcing her to discover what she truly believes humanity deserves.

Jeepers Creepers

Executive Producer

2001

On a desolate country highway, two homeward-bound teens are nearly run off the road by a maniac in a beat-up truck, and later spot him shoving what appears to be a body down a sewer pipe.

Jeepers Creepers 2

Executive Producer

2003

When their bus is crippled on the side of a deserted road, a team of high school athletes discover an opponent they cannot defeat – and may not survive.

Bram Stoker's Dracula

Producer

1992

In 19th century England, Count Dracula travels to London and meets Mina Harker, a young woman who appears as the reincarnation of his lost love.

The Outsiders

Producer

1983

When two poor Greasers, Johnny and Ponyboy, are assaulted by a vicious gang, the Socs, and Johnny kills one of the attackers, tension begins to mount between the two rival gangs, setting off a turbulent chain of events.

Lost in Translation

Executive Producer

2003

Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.

The Last Showgirl

Thanks

2024

When the glittering Las Vegas revue she has headlined for decades announces it will soon close, a glamorous showgirl must reconcile with the decisions she’s made and the community she has built as she plans her next act.

Sleepy Hollow

Executive Producer

1999

Skeptical young detective Ichabod Crane gets transferred to the hamlet of Sleepy Hollow, New York, where he is tasked with investigating the decapitations of three people – murders the townsfolk attribute to a legendary specter, The Headless Horseman.

The Haunted Palace

Writer

1963

A warlock burned at the stake comes back and takes over the body of his great grandson to take his revenge on the descendents of the villages that burned him.

The Virgin Suicides

Producer

2000

A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents.

In the Name of the Father

Thanks

1993

A small-time Belfast thief, Gerry Conlon, is wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing in London, along with his father and friends, and spends 15 years in prison fighting to prove his innocence.

Jack

Director

1996

Jack Powell suffers from an affliction that makes him grow four times faster than normal, so the 10 year old boy looks like a 40 year old man. After years of being tutored at home, Jack convinces his overprotective parents to send him to public school. The children don't know what to make of Jack, but with the help of his fifth-grade teacher, he makes an effort to win them over.

The Bling Ring

Executive Producer

2013

Inspired by actual events, a group of fame-obsessed teenagers use the Internet to track celebrities' whereabouts in order to rob their homes.

On the Rocks

Executive Producer

2020

Faced with sudden doubts about her marriage, a young New York mother teams up with her larger-than-life playboy father to tail her husband.

The Conversation

Writer

1974

A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Producer

1994

Victor Frankenstein is a promising young doctor who, devastated by the death of his mother during childbirth, becomes obsessed with bringing the dead back to life. His experiments lead to the creation of a monster, which Frankenstein has put together with the remains of corpses. It's not long before Frankenstein regrets his actions.

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

Executive Producer

1985

A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima, combining dramatizations of three of his novels and a depiction of the events of November 25th, 1970.

American Graffiti

Producer

1973

A couple of high school graduates spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college.

Marie Antoinette

Executive Producer

2006

The retelling of France’s iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 15 to her reign as queen at 19 and ultimately the fall of Versailles.

The Good Shepherd

Executive Producer

2006

Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion, qualities that help him to be recruited for a career in the newly founded OSS. His dedication to his work does not come without a price though, leading him to sacrifice his ideals and eventually his family.

Somewhere

Executive Producer

2010

After withdrawing to the Chateau Marmont, a passionless Hollywood actor reexamines his life when his eleven-year-old daughter surprises him with a visit.

The Rainmaker

Producer

1997

When Rudy Baylor, a young attorney with no clients, goes to work for a seedy ambulance chaser, he wants to help the parents of a terminally ill boy in their suit against an insurance company. But to take on corporate America, Rudy and a scrappy paralegal must open their own law firm.

The Cotton Club

Story

1984

Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.

Rumble Fish

Executive Producer

1983

Rusty James, an absent-minded street thug, struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation and longs for the days when gang warfare was going on.

On the Road

Executive Producer

2012

Dean and Sal are the portrait of the Beat Generation. Their search for "It" results in a fast paced, energetic roller coaster ride with highs and lows throughout the U.S.

New York Stories

Writer

1989

Get ready for a wildly diverse, star-studded trilogy about life in the big city. One of the most-talked about films in years, New York Stories features the creative collaboration of three of America's most popular directors, Martin Scorsese, Francis Coppola, and Woody Allen.

Tucker: The Man and His Dream

Producer

1988

Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1945. Engineer Preston Tucker dreams of designing the car of future, but his innovative envision will be repeatedly sabotaged by his own unrealistic expectations and the Detroit automobile industry tycoons.

The Black Stallion

Executive Producer

1979

While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion that is brought on board and stabled in the ship he is sailing on. When it tragically sinks both he and the horse survive only to be stranded on a deserted island. He befriends it, so when finally rescued both return to his home where they soon meet Henry Dailey, a once successful trainer. Together they begin training the horse to race against the fastest ones in the world.

The Secret Garden

Executive Producer

1993

A young British girl born and reared in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She is returned to England to live at her uncle's castle. Her uncle is very distant due to the loss of his wife ten years before. Neglected once again, she begins exploring the estate and discovers a garden that has been locked and forgotten. Aided by one of the servants' boys, she begins restoring the garden, and eventually discovers some other secrets of the manor.

Paris Can Wait

Executive Producer

2016

Anne is at a crossroads in her life. Long married to a successful, driven but inattentive movie producer, she unexpectedly finds herself taking a car trip from Cannes to Paris with Jacques, a business associate of her husband. What should be a seven-hour drive turns into a carefree two-day adventure replete with diversions involving picturesque sights, fine food and wine, humor, wisdom and romance - reawakening Anne's senses and giving her a new lust for life.

Kagemusha

Executive Producer

1980

Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. When Shingen dies, his generals reluctantly agree to have the impostor take over as the powerful ruler. He soon begins to appreciate life as Shingen, but his commitment to the role is tested when he must lead his troops into battle against the forces of a rival warlord.

Don Juan DeMarco

Producer

1994

John Arnold DeMarco is a man who believes he is Don Juan, the greatest lover in the world. Clad in a cape and mask, DeMarco undergoes psychiatric treatment with Dr. Jack Mickler to cure him of his apparent delusion. But the psychiatric sessions have an unexpected effect on the psychiatric staff and, most profoundly, Dr Mickler, who rekindles the romance in his complacent marriage.

The Great Gatsby

Screenplay

1974

Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby's circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy.

Palo Alto

Executive Producer

2013

A lack of parental guidance encourages teens in an affluent California town to rebel with substance abuse and casual sex.

THX 1138

Executive Producer

1971

People in the future live in a totalitarian society. A technician named THX 1138 lives a mundane life between work and taking a controlled consumption of drugs that the government uses to make puppets out of people. As THX is without drugs for the first time he has feelings for a woman and they start a secret relationship.

Mainstream

Executive Producer

2021

A young woman thinks she’s found a path to internet stardom when she starts making YouTube videos with a charismatic stranger – until the dark side of viral celebrity threatens to ruin them both.

Clownhouse

Executive Producer

1990

Three teenage brothers are terrorized by a trio of escaped mental patients disguised as clowns.

Twixt

Producer

2011

A struggling horror writer visiting a small town on a book tour gets caught up in a murder mystery involving a young girl. That night in a dream, he is approached by a mysterious young ghost named V.

Paper Moon

Executive Producer

1973

A bible salesman finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership as a money-making con team in Depression-era Kansas.

The Way We Were

Writer

1973

Opposites attract when, during their college days, Katie Morosky, a politically active Jew, meets Hubbell Gardiner, a feckless WASP. Years later, in the wake of World War II, they meet once again and, despite their obvious differences, attempt to make their love for each other work.

One from the Heart

Presenter

1981

The five-year romance of a window dresser and her boyfriend breaks up, as each of them finds a more interesting partner.

Peggy Sue Got Married

Producer

1986

Peggy Sue faints at a high school reunion. When she wakes up she finds herself in her own past, just before she finished school.

Kinsey

Executive Producer

2004

Kinsey is a portrait of researcher Alfred Kinsey, driven to uncover the most private secrets of a nation. What begins for Kinsey as a scientific endeavor soon takes on an intensely personal relevance, ultimately becoming an unexpected journey into the mystery of human behavior.

Barfly

Executive Producer

1987

Downtrodden writer Henry and distressed goddess Wanda aren't exactly husband and wife: they're wedded to their bar stools. But, they like each other's company—and Barfly captures their giddy, gin-soaked attempts to make a go of life on the skids.

Haunted

Executive Producer

1995

Professor David Ash exposes false spiritulists and mediums. He is invited to Edbrook to resolve the fears and torments within its secretive family. Soon after arriving Ash begins to doubt his own senses, and watching the strange behaviour of its residents does not make his task any easier. In time, he finds there's more to Edbrook than even he can debunk.

Life After Beth

Executive Producer

2014

Zach is devastated by the unexpected death of his girlfriend, Beth. When she mysteriously returns, he gets a second chance at love. Soon his whole world turns upside down...