Francis Ford Coppola's biography

Francis Ford Coppola is 83 years old screenwriter born at Detroit, Michigan. Francis was born on Friday 7th of April 1939. According to year of birth 1939 Francis belongs to Silent Generation. Birthday on 7th of April means he is Aries. Aries is the most active sign of Zodiac, one born with this sign is a very quick learner, aggressive and passionate.

He is native english speaker. He is white american. He is citizen of United States of America. He is roman catholic. His primary profession is to be screenwriter. You can know him also as film producer, film director, writer, film editor, executive producer, composer, winegrower. He is recently known as actor. Francis received Writers Guild of America Award Patton in 1971

Francis Ford Coppola's dad

Francis Ford Coppola's father's name is Carmine Coppola. He is known as composer. His father was born on Saturday 11th of June 1910 in Manhattan. Francis´s father died on Friday 26th of April 1991 in Northridge. Carmine Coppola was 52 years old, when this happened.

Francis Ford Coppola's mom

Francis Ford Coppola's mother's name is Italia Coppola. She is known as actor. Francis´s mother was born on Thursday 12th of December 1912 in Brooklyn. Francis Ford Coppola was born when she was 27 years old. His mother died on Wednesday 21st of January 2004 in Los Angeles. Italia Coppola was 65 years old, when this happened.

Francis Ford Coppola's family

Francis Ford Coppola's wife

She is known as film director. His wife was born on Monday 4th of May 1936 in Los Angeles.

Francis Ford Coppola's ex wife

Francis has 2 sons and 1 daughter

Francis Ford Coppola's son: Gian-Carlo Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola's son's name is Gian-Carlo Coppola. He is known as film producer. His son was born on Tuesday 17th of September 1963 in Los Angeles. His son died on Monday 26th of May 1986 in Annapolis. Gian-Carlo Coppola was 47 years old, when this happened.

Francis Ford Coppola's son: Roman Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola's son's name is Roman Coppola. Roman is known as actor. Francis´s son was born on Thursday 22nd of April 1965 in Neuilly-sur-Seine.

Francis Ford Coppola's daughter: Sofia Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola's daughter's name is Sofia Coppola. She is known as actor. Francis´s daughter was born on Friday 14th of May 1971.

Francis Ford Coppola's schools

We found 6 schools Francis attended. Complete list of schools: Hofstra University, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, University of California, Los Angeles, John L. Miller Great Neck North High School, Jamaica High School, New York Military Academy.

Detailed informations about his schools

Briefly attended the New York Military Academy where Troy Donahue was his classmate...until Coppola decided to drop out early on, so he called a taxi and left school. He and Donahue later worked together on The Godfather: Part II (1974).
Was plagued with demeaning nicknames in his childhood, such as "Ichabod" in military school, which was also one of 24 schools he attended before he entered college.

Francis Ford Coppola's career

His main focus is to be screenwriter and viticulture. He is famous thanks to The Godfather, Bram Stoker's Dracula, The Cotton Club. Francis is also a member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Is Francis Ford Coppola gay ?

Francis is known to be straight.

Awards and competitions

Francis Ford Coppola's Awards

He received award for Writers Guild of America Award for work Patton in 1971
Francis received award for Academy Award for Best Director for work The Godfather Part II in 1974
He received award for Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay for work Patton in 1970
He received award for Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay for work The Godfather in 1972
Francis received award for Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay for work The Godfather Part II in 1974
Francis received award for Academy Award for Best Picture for work The Godfather Part II in 1974
He received award for Writers Guild of America Award for work The Godfather in 1973
He received award for Writers Guild of America Award for work The Godfather Part II in 1975

Francis Ford Coppola's Nominations

He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Director
Francis was nominated for Academy Award for Best Director
Francis was nominated for Academy Award for Best Director
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Director
Francis was nominated for Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
Francis was nominated for Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
Francis was nominated for Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
Francis was nominated for Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
Francis was nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture

What else you don't know about Francis Ford Coppola ?

Francis´s middle name is Ford.

What Francis Ford Coppola has done for a first time

Out of all his peers who rose to fame and power in the 1970s "Golden Age" era, he is perhaps the only filmmaker still married to his first wife.
He, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg presented Martin Scorsese with his first ever Oscar for Best Director for The Departed (2006). All four directors were part of the "New Hollywood" movement in the 1960s and 1970s.
Coppola is the first major American film director to earn a master's degree in filmmaking from a major university (UCLA in 1968).
His first cut of The Rainmaker ran 5 & 1/2 hours.

Francis Ford Coppola's quotes

[on Apocalypse Now (1979)] My movie is not about Vietnam... my movie is Vietnam. [Cannes 1979]
What the studios want now is "risk-free" films but with any sort of art you have to take risks. Not taking risks in art is like not having sex and then expecting there to be children.
I just feel that at a certain point you have to go back to the beginning again. The best thing for me at this point in my life is to become a student again and make movies with the eyes I had when I was enthusiastic about it in the first place.
In a sense, I think a movie is really a little like a question and when you make it, that's when you get the answer.
All of a sudden, there are great Japanese films, or great Italian films, or great Australian films. It's usually because there are a number of people that cross- pollinated each other.
Anything you build on a large scale or with intense passion invites chaos.
I bring to my life a certain amount of mess.
I probably have genius. But no talent.
Lots of people have criticized my movies, but nobody has ever identified the real problem: I'm a sloppy filmmaker.
Wall Street got interested in film and communications, and these are the people who brought you the Big Mac. In the past twelve years, I can't think of one classic they've made. [1996]
Basically, both the Mafia and America feel they are benevolent organizations. And both the Mafia and America have their hands stained with blood from what it is necessary to do to protect their power and interests.
If the movie works, nobody notices the mistakes... If the movie doesn't work, the only thing people notice are mistakes.
If you don't bet, you don't have a chance to win.
[on Akira Kurosawa] Most directors have one masterpiece by which they are known, or possibly two. Kurosawa has at least eight or nine.
When you lose your kid, it's the first thing you think of when you wake up in the morning for about seven or eight years. Then there's the first morning when that's not the first thing you think of. You get brave.
The Godfather (1972) changed my life, for better or worse. It definitely made me have an older man's film career when I was 29. So now I say, 'If I had my older career when I was young, as an older man, maybe I can have a young film-maker's career.'
[on Ingmar Bergman] My all-time favorite because he embodies passion, emotion and has warmth.
[on Marlon Brando] Brando wants to do what you want, but he wants people to be honest and not try to manipulate him.
They say that A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) really is Tennessee Williams' expression of himself as Blanche, as someone talented and fragile, fragile in a world of harsh reality.
I'm in a unique situation. I'm like now an elderly retired guy who made a lot of money, and now I can just, instead of playing golf, I can make art films.
[on Marlon Brando] Marlon was never hard to work with. His behaviour was a little eccentric on the set. He was like a bad boy and did what he wanted. But as an actor he was never hard to work with.
I think Tetro (2009) is the most beautiful film I've ever done in terms of how it was made. I don't know what people will make of the picture, but just the filmmaking part of it, I've learnt to put it together beautifully.
[on Robert De Niro] I like Bob, I just don't know if he likes himself.
In the 60s they were four filmmakers who represented cinema and influenced everyone who came after: Fellini, Kurosawa, Bergman and Kubrick.
Akira Kurosawa is one of the greatest directors ever to work in the cinema. His films meant an enormous amount to me when I was starting my own career.
I think cinema, movies and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made films were magicians.
Here's a tip to young directors. They never fire you midweek.
The only TV I would be interested in exploring would be live television. There's no substitute for a team of artists performing at their peak live when failure is possible. It's a high-wire act. That excites me.
I don't think there's any artist of any value who doesn't doubt what they're doing.
I think a sequel is a waste of money and time. I think movies should illuminate new stories.
I try always to do something that's a little beyond my reach, so that I'll try my best. Sometimes I fail. Sometimes I almost succeed, but I think this is what life's all about.
The trouble with American filmmaking is that producers don't allow the risk of failure. If a good film can't risk being a failure, it won't be really good.
I am fascinated by the whole idea of family.
[on the vanishing distinction between TV and cinema] It has all become one. (...) There is no more film, there is no more television - there is cinema. And it can be everywhere and anywhere and it can do anything. [Screendaily 2015]
I think it's better to be overly ambitious and fail than to be underambitious and succeed in a mundane way. I have been very fortunate. I failed upward in my life! [2007]
You can't have great art without risk. It's simply impossible. If you want to eliminate risk, then you'll end up making the same movie over and over again, which is what they're doing now. [2008]
I think the language of cinema and the reason that in just 100 years we've become so comfortable with making cinema is from thousands of years of man dreaming. I think it is based on the dream, and the whole language of cinema comes from dreams. [2008]
You can neither make beautiful, great movies without risk as you can make babies without sex. Risk is part of the artistic process. [2016]
[on the cinematography of Finian's Rainbow (1968)] It was a source of great embarrassment to me that in a number of scenes when Fred [Fred Astaire] danced his feet were cut off. [2017]
[on The Dark Knight (2008)] I did see it, and Christopher Nolan's certainly a fabulous filmmaker, such a talented person. But you know, it's still a guy dressed up in a silly costume.
[observation, 2018] If America is great, it's because it was a country of immigrants. Even the Native American is an immigrant. So to turn our backs to immigrants today is more than absurd.

Francis Ford Coppola's height, body shape, eye color

Lets describe how Francis Ford Coppola looks. We will focus on his height, body shape, eye color and hair color. He is tall as 5' 10½" (179 cm). Body build is large. Francis´s eyes are tinted brown - dark. Francis´s hair is shade of black.

Francis Ford Coppola