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Signature. Francis Ford Coppola ( / ˈkoʊpələ / KOH-pə-lə, [1] [2] [3] Italian: [ˈkɔppola]; born 7 April 1939) [4] is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is considered one of the leading figures of the New Hollywood film movement of the 1960s and 1970s and is widely considered one of the greatest directors of all time.
Francis Ford (born Francis Joseph Feeney; August 14, 1881 – September 5, 1953) was an American film actor, writer and director. He was the mentor and elder brother of film director John Ford . [1] As an actor, director and producer, he was one of the first filmmakers in Hollywood.
Francis Ford Coppola was born in 1939 in Detroit, Michigan, but grew up in a New York suburb in a creative, supportive Italian-American family. His father, Carmine Coppola, was a composer and musician. His mother, Italia Coppola (née Pennino), had been an actress. Francis Ford Coppola graduated with a degree in drama from Hofstra University ...
Francis Ford. Actor: The Purple Mask. Elder brother of the director John Ford and himself a screen director (and John's erstwhile mentor) until the advent of sound. He had also acted in his own films and those of other directors, but turned to acting exclusively circa 1929. As actor, he would provide convincing portrayals of men of authority ...
Jun 23, 2024 · Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.) is an American motion-picture director, writer, and producer whose films range from sweeping epics to small-scale character studies. As the director of films such as The Godfather (1972), The Conversation (1974), and Apocalypse Now (1979), he enjoyed his greatest success and ...
Mar 13, 2024 · Francis Ford Coppola on how The Godfather was a stark warning for the US. In these exclusive BBC Archive interviews, Francis Ford Coppola describes how with his masterpiece The Godfather he ...
Mar 25, 2021 · Francis Ford Coppola was born on April 7, 1939, in Detroit. Stricken with polio as a child, he was bedridden and found creative ways to entertain himself, including producing his own puppet shows.
