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Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola is an American filmmaker. One of the leading figures of the New Hollywood, Coppola is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. He has received various accolades including five Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and two Palmes d'Or, as well as nominations for two Emmy Awards and a Grammy Award. Coppo…
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2026· 4 entries
“Marlon Brando will never appear in this motion picture.”
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“s Psycho, and the result impressed Corman enough to give the go-ahead. On a budget of $40,000 ($20,000 from Corman and $20,000 from another producer who wanted to buy the movie”
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Snopes.com rated the claim “A new “The Godfather” film, based on the trilogy directed by Francis Ford Coppola, is in development 54 years after the original’s release.” False.
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2025· 11 entries
The Guardian: Megalopolis: the $120m Coppola flop that just won’t go away
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The Guardian: The Outsiders: why Francis Ford Coppola’s coming-of-age drama is secretly gay
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The Guardian: Strapped for cash: why Francis Ford Coppola is flogging his watches
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The Guardian: Megadoc review – absorbing account of an impressive and indomitable Francis Ford Coppola at work
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The Guardian: ‘He’s a jump-off-the-cliff kind of guy’: inside Francis Ford Coppola’s chaotic Megalopolis shoot
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The Guardian: Francis Ford Coppola in hospital in Rome for ‘scheduled’ procedure
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The Guardian: Hearts of Darkness: A Film-Maker’s Apocalypse review – Francis Ford Coppola and the mother of all meltdowns
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Awarded AFI Life Achievement Award (2025).
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The Guardian: Francis Ford Coppola unveils Megalopolis graphic novel
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Published video “Conducting the Hungarian National Anthem”.
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The Guardian: ‘I chose to NOT follow the gutless rules’: Francis Ford Coppola says he’s ‘thrilled’ by Golden Raspberry votes
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2024· 14 entries
The Guardian: The Godfather Part II at 50: Francis Ford Coppola’s sprawling masterpiece
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The Guardian: Bram Stoker’s Dracula: Francis Ford Coppola’s very horny vampire epic
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After having received the statue of the Capitoline Wolf, Rome's highest honor, a street in the same Italian capital city was named after him as a further sign of the connection between the filmmaker and the city
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Published video “Megalopolis - Official Trailer”.
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Published video ““Good Sound Affects The Heart””.
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Published video “Francis Ford Coppola's ALL-MOVIE-HOTEL”.
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Published video “Robert De Niro Auditioning for Sonny Corleone in The Godfather”.
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Published video “The Importance of “The Shot” in Cinema”.
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Published video “The Outsiders - Auditions”.
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Published video “Al Pacino’s Audition Tape for The Godfather”.
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Published video “Megalopolis - Teaser Trailer”.
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Published video “Megalopolis | First Look Clip”.
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It was revealed that Megalopolis would be premiering in competition at the 77th Cannes Film Festival
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Deadline reported that Megalopolis will be released in IMAX in Fall 2024
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2022· 1 entry
Coppola received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
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2019· 3 entries
Awarded Lumière Award, Lyon Festival of cinema (2019).
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Renamed it to Domaine de Broglie, which is now Domaine Lumineux after relocating to Newberg, Oregon in 2024
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Followed it up with another director's cut of Apocalypse Now, this time called "The Final Cut"
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2018· 1 entry
Coppola launched Sana Company LLC and released a cannabis brand known as The Grower's Series
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2017· 1 entry
And premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in 2019 as The Cotton Club Encore
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2015· 3 entries
Awarded Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts (2015).
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Coppola statedThat's why I ended my career: I decided I didn't want to make what you could call 'factory movies' anymore
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Coppola found an old Betamax tape with his original cut of The Cotton Club and decided to restore it
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2014· 1 entry
Awarded California Hall of Fame (2014).
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2013· 1 entry
Awarded Praemium Imperiale (2013).
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2012· 2 entries
Coppola participated in the Sight and Sound directors' poll
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“s why I ended my career: I decided I didn”
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2011· 2 entries
Awarded Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (2011).
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Coppola acquired the Inglenook trademark paying more, he said, for the trademark than he did for the entire estate and announced that the estate would once again be known by its historic original name, Inglenook
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2010· 1 entry
The Kennedy Center Honors in 2024, and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2025
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2007· 3 entries
Awarded Officer of the Legion of Honour (2007).
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Based on the novella of the same name by Romanian author Mircea Eliade
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It had moved to second place, ahead of Casablanca and behind Kane
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2006· 3 entries
It was collected with the theatrical cut on a deluxe DVD; subsequent home video releases have included both versions
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Coppola said, "You have to remember, while this was a tragedy, that the difference in age between Victor and the boy was very small -- Victor was practically a child himself
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“You have to remember, while this was a tragedy, that the difference in age between Victor and the boy was very small -- Victor was practically a child himself.”
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2005· 2 entries
Won Golden Eagle Awards (2005).
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Coppola created a new cut of The Outsiders for home video
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2003· 1 entry
That he had partnered with several people, including Coppola, in a project to restore the Uptown Theater in downtown Napa, California, in order to create a live entertainment venue
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2002· 1 entry
Awarded Donostia Award (2002).
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2001· 1 entry
Released album “Apocalypse Now: Redux”.
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1998· 1 entry
When the jurors in the resultant court case awarded Coppola $20 million as compensation for losing the Pinocchio film project
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1997· 1 entry
Coppola co-founded with Adrienne Brodeur, the literary magazine Zoetrope: All-Story which was devoted to short stories and design
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1996· 1 entry
Coppola filed a lawsuit against Carl Sagan and Warner Bros
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1995· 1 entry
And renamed it to Rubicon Estate Winery in 2006
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1994· 1 entry
Coppola later approached another studio, Columbia Pictures, to produce the film
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1993· 2 entries
And produced by American Zoetrope, but directed by Agnieszka Holland) and Hoover, which never came to fruition
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As a 20-room luxury resort and The Turtle Inn, in Placencia, Belize, (both of which have won several prestigious awards including "Travel + Leisure's World's Best: Best Resort in Central & South America"); La Lancha in L
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1992· 3 entries
Won Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement (1992).
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Awarded Inkpot Award (1992).
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Coppola directed and produced Bram Stoker's Dracula
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1990· 2 entries
After which its name was changed to American Zoetrope
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Released the third and final chapter of The Godfather series: The Godfather Part III
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1989· 1 entry
Coppola teamed up with fellow Oscar-winners Martin Scorsese and Woody Allen for the anthology film New York Stories
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1986· 3 entries
At the age of 22 in a speedboating accident
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Coppola directed Captain EO, a 17-minute space fantasy for Disney theme parks, executive produced by George Lucas and starring Michael Jackson
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Coppola released the comedy Peggy Sue Got Married starring Kathleen Turner, Jim Carrey and Coppola's nephew Nicolas Cage
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1985· 1 entry
Simon & Schuster published Sagan's Contact and Warner Bros
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1984· 1 entry
Coppola directed the Robert Evans-produced The Cotton Club, based on the novel by James Haskins and centered on the eponymous Harlem jazz club
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1983· 1 entry
Directed The Outsiders, an adaptation of the novel of the same name by S
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1980· 2 entries
Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Direction for Apocalypse Now (1980).
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Alongside Akira Kurosawa; the commercial was filmed while Kurosawa was making Kagemusha, which Coppola produced with George Lucas
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1979· 1 entry
“We were in the jungle, there were too many of us, we had access to too much money, too much equipment and little by little, we went insane.”
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1977· 2 entries
With the help of his father, wife, and children stomping the grapes barefoot
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And Steven Soderbergh with Erin Brockovich and Traffic in 2000
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1975· 5 entries
Awarded Writers Guild of America Award for The Godfather Part II (1975).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Director for The Godfather Part II (1975).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay for The Godfather Part II (1975).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Picture for The Godfather Part II (1975).
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Purchased the former home and adjoining vineyard of Gustave Niebaum in Rutherford, California using proceeds from The Godfather
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1974· 1 entry
Awarded Palme d'Or for The Conversation (1974).
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1973· 4 entries
Won Golden Globe Awards (1973).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay for The Godfather (1973).
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Awarded Writers Guild of America Award for The Godfather (1973).
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With the intent of publishing a "service magazine" that informed readers about sights and activities in selected cities
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1971· 3 entries
Awarded Writers Guild of America Award for Patton (1971).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay for Patton (1971).
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Coppola produced George Lucas' first feature film, THX 1138
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1969· 2 entries
Won Golden Shell (1969).
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With equipment flowing in and no mansion found yet, the first home for Zoetrope Studio was a warehouse in San Francisco on Folsom Street
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1965· 1 entry
Coppola won the annual Samuel Goldwyn Award for best screenplay written by a UCLA student for Pilma, Pilma
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1963· 1 entry
Coppola married writer and documentary filmmaker Eleanor Jessie Neil
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1960· 1 entry
Coppola enrolled in UCLA Film School attending with Bart Patton and Pete (John) Broadrick
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1939· 2 entries
To father Carmine Coppola (1910–1991), a flautist with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and mother Italia Coppola (née Pennino; 1912–2004), a family of second-generation Italian immigrants
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Born 1939-04-07.
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