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 di…
Known For
The Godfather
Director
The Godfather Part II
Director
Apocalypse Now
Director of TV Crew (uncredited)
Lost in Translation
Executive Producer
The Godfather Part III
Director
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Director
Sleepy Hollow
Executive Producer
In the Name of the Father
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Filmography
Acting (138)
Movies (110)
Films to Die For
2025as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Megadoc
2025as Self
Eleanor Coppola: Art is All Around Us
2025as Himself
The Making of Hearts of Darkness
2025as Himself
Lumière, Le Cinéma!
2024as Self
Martin Scorsese, the Italian-American Master
2024as Self
Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club
2023as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Family
2023as Self
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
2022as Self (archive footage)
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2021as Self (archive footage)
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
2021as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Dare la vita - Conversazione con Francis Ford Coppola
2021as Self
Wim Wenders, Desperado
2020as Self
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019as Self (archive footage)
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
2019as Self
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
2019as Self
American Dream: Detroit
2018as Self - Interviewee
Friedkin Uncut
2018as Self
Francis Ford Coppola's Live Cinema
2018as Self
Godfather I
2018as Self
Spielberg
2017as Self
Five Came Back
2017as Self
Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story
2017as Self
Jaime Lerner - Uma História de Sonhos
2016as Self
The Family Whistle
2016as Self
Listen to Me Marlon
2015as Self (archive footage)
Artistry/Technology
2015as Self
Practical Magicians: A Collaboration Between Father and Son
2015as Self
Reflections in Blood: Francis Ford Coppola and Bram Stoker’s Dracula
2015as Self
Palo Alto
2014as The Judge (voice) (uncredited)
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
2014as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Henri Langlois vu par...
2014as Self
Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto
2014as Self
Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance
2014as Self (archive footage)
Milius
2013as Self
Twixt: A Documentary
2013as Self
Trespassing Bergman
2013as Self
Seduced and Abandoned
2013as Self
The Godfather Legacy
2012as Self
The People vs. George Lucas
2010as Self (archive footage)
A Conversation with Martin Sheen
2010as Self
Sodankylä Forever
2010as Self
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009as Self
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
2008as Self
The Godfather: When the Shooting Stopped
2008as Self
Emulsional Rescue: Revealing 'The Godfather'
2008as Self
Cannoli
2008as Self
The Last Days of Marlon Brando
2008as Self (archive Footage)
In Camera: The Naïve Visual Effects of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
2007as Self
Method and Madness: Visualizing 'Dracula'
2007as Self
Fog City Mavericks
2007as Self
Lights, Action, Music
2007as Self
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
2007as Self (archive footage)
Coda: Thirty Years Later
2007as Self
Brando
2007as Self (archive footage)
The Costumes Are the Sets: The Design of Eiko Ishioka
2007as Self
The Making of Marie Antoinette
2007as Self
Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker'
2007as Self
The Godfather and the Mob
2006as Self (archive footage)
Lucas, Coppola & Kurosawa
2005as Self
Lucas, Coppola, and Kurosawa
2005as Self
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
2005as Self
Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders'
2005as Self
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
2005as Self
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
2005as Self (archive footage)
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
2004as Self
Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
2004as Self
The Dream Studio
2004as self
Tying the Knot
2004as Self
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003as Self
A Decade Under the Influence
2003as Self
Whether You Like It or Not: The Story of Hedwig
2003as Self
On the Set of CQ
2002as Self
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
2001as Self
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
2001as Self
The Making of The Virgin Suicides
2000as Self
Coppola, un hombre y sus sueños
1999as Self
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
1999as Self
The Making of 'American Graffiti'
1998as Self
A Conversation with Martin Scorsese & Francis Ford Coppola
1997as Self
Vem Var Dracula
1996as Self
The World of Jim Henson
1994as Self
Marlon Brando: The Wild One
1994as Self
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
1994as Self
Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man. The Myth. The Movies.
1992as Self
Writing with Light: Vittorio Storaro
1992as Self
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
1991as Self
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
1991as Self
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
1990as Self
Hollywood Mavericks
1990as Self
Martin Scorsese Directs
1990as Self
Central Park
1990as Self
Death Of A Porn Queen
1987as Self (archive footage)
The Making of Captain EO
1986as Self
Inside Mishima
1985as Self
Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982
1982as Self
The Making of 'One from the Heart'
1982as Self
Rendez-Vous Video Magazine
1981as Self (segment "Coppola")
Inside the Coppola Personality
1981as Self
Apocalypse Now
1979as Director of TV Crew (uncredited)
The Godfather Comes to Sixth St.
1976as Self
The Lion Roars Again
1975as Self
Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138'
1971as Self
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes
1971as Self
The New Cinema
1968as Self
Filmmaker
1968as Self
The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow'
1968as Self
The Young Racers
1963as (uncredited)
War Hunt
1962as Army Truck Driver (uncredited)
Art Never Sleeps
as Self
Television (28)
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
2023as Self - Guest
Beau geste
2023as Self
LIGHT & MAGIC
2022as Self (archive footage)
Directors on Directors
2021as Self
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
2020as Self
Marcians
2017as Self
Five Came Back
2017as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015as Self
Jay Leno's Garage
2015as Self
The Director's Chair
2014as Self
Sodankylä Forever
2010as Self
C à vous
2009as Self - Guest
Leçon de Cinéma
2004as Self
The Daily Show
1996as Self
Inside the Actors Studio
1994as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993as Self - Guest
Sacrée Soirée
1987as Self
Late Night with David Letterman
1982as Self - Guest
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978as Self - Honoree
Please Turn the Page
1977as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975as Self - Director
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975as Self
Dinah!
1974as Self
Spécial cinéma
1974as Self
Great Performances
1971as Self
Film '72
1971as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961as Self
The Oscars
1953as Self
Crew (201)
Movies (190)
Pinocchio: Unstrung
2026 UpcomingThanks
May 7
Brother Verses Brother
2025Executive Producer
Megalopolis
2024Director
Megalopolis
2024Producer
Megalopolis
2024Writer
The Last Showgirl
2024Thanks
Shadow Brother Sunday
2024Executive Producer
The Preakness
2024Thanks
Freda
2021Executive Producer
The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
2020Director
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
2016Producer
Paris Can Wait
2016Thanks
Practical Magicians: A Collaboration Between Father and Son
2015Thanks
Reflections in Blood: Francis Ford Coppola and Bram Stoker’s Dracula
2015Thanks
Henri Langlois vu par...
2014Director
Oldboy
2013Thanks
The Bling Ring
2013Executive Producer
Locations: Looking for Rusty James
2013Technical Advisor
On the Road
2012Executive Producer
Twixt
2011Director
Twixt
2011Producer
Twixt
2011Songs
Twixt
2011Writer
Somewhere
2010Executive Producer
Tetro
2009Director
Tetro
2009Producer
Tetro
2009Writer
Youth Without Youth
2007Director
Youth Without Youth
2007Producer
Youth Without Youth
2007Writer
Coda: Thirty Years Later
2007Executive Producer
Marie Antoinette
2006Executive Producer
The Good Shepherd
2006Executive Producer
Kinsey
2004Executive Producer
She Hate Me
2004Thanks
Forever Is a Long, Long Time
2004Executive Producer
Lost in Translation
2003Executive Producer
Lost in Translation
2003Thanks
Jeepers Creepers 2
2003Executive Producer
Assassination Tango
2003Executive Producer
The Educational Archives: Sex & Drugs
2003Executive Producer
Pumpkin
2002Executive Producer
No Such Thing
2002Executive Producer
Jeepers Creepers
2001Executive Producer
CQ
2001Executive Producer
The Legend of Suriyothai
2001Executive Producer
Another Day
2001Executive Producer
One Morning All Over the World
2000Director
The Virgin Suicides
2000Producer
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
2000Executive Producer
Sleepy Hollow
1999Executive Producer
The Florentine
1999Producer
Goosed
1999Executive Producer
The Third Miracle
1999Executive Producer
Outrage
1998Executive Producer
Lani Loa: The Passage
1998Executive Producer
The Rainmaker
1997Director
The Rainmaker
1997Producer
The Rainmaker
1997Screenplay
Survival on the Mountain
1997Executive Producer
Buddy
1997Executive Producer
Jack
1996Director
Jack
1996Producer
Dark Angel
1996Executive Producer
My Family
1995Executive Producer
Haunted
1995Executive Producer
White Dwarf
1995Executive Producer
Kidnapped
1995Executive Producer
Tecumseh: The Last Warrior
1995Executive Producer
The Conversation
1995Producer
Don Juan DeMarco
1994Producer
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994Producer
Traveling Light
1994Producer
Ironbound
1994Producer
In the Name of the Father
1993Thanks
The Secret Garden
1993Executive Producer
The Junky's Christmas
1993Producer
Bram Stoker's Dracula
1992Director
Bram Stoker's Dracula
1992Producer
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
1992Director
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
1992Scenario Writer
Wind
1992Executive Producer
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
1991Executive Producer
The Godfather Part III
1990Director
The Godfather Part III
1990Producer
The Godfather Part III
1990Screenplay
The Godfather Part III
1990Songs
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
1990Executive Producer
New York Stories
1989Director
New York Stories
1989Writer
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
1988Director
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
1988Producer
Powaqqatsi
1988Executive Producer
Powaqqatsi
1988Presenter
Barfly
1987Executive Producer
Barfly
1987Presenter
Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle
1987Director
Lionheart
1987Executive Producer
Tough Guys Don't Dance
1987Executive Producer
Gardens of Stone
1987Director
Gardens of Stone
1987Producer
Peggy Sue Got Married
1986Director
Peggy Sue Got Married
1986Producer
Captain EO
1986Director
Captain EO
1986Producer
Captain EO
1986Writer
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985Executive Producer
The Cotton Club
1984Director
The Cotton Club
1984Producer
The Cotton Club
1984Screenplay
The Cotton Club
1984Story
The Outsiders
1983Director
The Outsiders
1983Producer
Koyaanisqatsi
1983Executive Producer
Rumble Fish
1983Director
Rumble Fish
1983Executive Producer
Rumble Fish
1983Screenplay
The Black Stallion Returns
1983Executive Producer
One from the Heart
1982Director
One from the Heart
1982Presenter
One from the Heart
1982Screenplay
The Escape Artist
1982Executive Producer
Hammett
1982Executive Producer
Hammett
1982Second Unit Director
Parsifal
1982Executive Producer
The Making of 'One from the Heart'
1982Executive Producer
An All Round Maid
1981Producer
Kagemusha
1980Executive Producer
Jerry Brown: The Shape of Things to Come
1980Director
Jerry Brown: The Shape of Things to Come
1980Executive Producer
Apocalypse Now
1979Director
Apocalypse Now
1979Original Music Composer
Apocalypse Now
1979Producer
Apocalypse Now
1979Writer
The Black Stallion
1979Executive Producer
Perfumed Nightmare
1979Executive Producer
The Godfather Part II
1974Director
The Godfather Part II
1974Producer
The Godfather Part II
1974Screenplay
The Conversation
1974Director
The Conversation
1974Producer
The Conversation
1974Writer
The Great Gatsby
1974Screenplay
American Graffiti
1973Producer
The Way We Were
1973Additional Writing
Paper Moon
1973Executive Producer
The Godfather
1972Director
The Godfather
1972Producer
The Godfather
1972Screenplay
The People
1972Executive Producer
THX 1138
1971Executive Producer
Patton
1970Screenplay
Patton
1970Screenstory
The Rain People
1969Director
The Rain People
1969Producer
The Rain People
1969Writer
The Wild Racers
1968Second Unit Director
Finian's Rainbow
1968Director
Filmmaker
1968Producer
This Property Is Condemned
1966Screenplay
Is Paris Burning?
1966Screenplay
You're a Big Boy Now
1966Director
You're a Big Boy Now
1966Writer
The Haunted Palace
1963Additional Dialogue
The Haunted Palace
1963Writer
The Terror
1963Assistant Director
The Terror
1963Associate Producer
The Terror
1963Second Unit Director
Dementia 13
1963Director
Dementia 13
1963Stunts
Dementia 13
1963Writer
The Young Racers
1963Second Unit Director
The Young Racers
1963Sound
The Premature Burial
1962Assistant Director
The Bellboy and the Playgirls
1962Director
The Bellboy and the Playgirls
1962Writer
Tonight for Sure
1962Director
Tonight for Sure
1962Producer
Tonight for Sure
1962Writer
The Peeper
1962Cinematography
The Peeper
1962Director
The Peeper
1962Writer
Battle Beyond the Sun
1959Associate Producer
Battle Beyond the Sun
1959Co-Director
Battle Beyond the Sun
1959Director
No Cigar
1956Director
Glimpses of the Moon
Director
Glimpses of the Moon
Producer
Glimpses of the Moon
Screenplay
Apocalypse Retold!
Original Concept
Television (11)
The 4400
2004Executive Producer
Platinum
2003Executive Producer
First Wave
1998Producer
Moby Dick
1998Executive Producer
The Odyssey
1997Executive Producer
The Outsiders
1990Producer
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982Director
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
1977Director
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
1977Producer
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
1977Screenplay
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
1977Writer
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