Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola at Cannes 2001
Born	April 7, 1939 (1939-04-07) (age 69) Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Occupation	film director, producer and screenwriter
Spouse(s)	Eleanor Jessie Neil (1963-present)

Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is a five-time Academy Award-winning American film director, producer, and screenwriter. The Cannes Film Festival (le Festival de Cannes founded in 1946 is one of the world's oldest most influential and prestigious Film festivals alongside Venice, The year 2001 in film involved some significant events (For more about non-English films check sources in those languages Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Michigan ( is a Midwestern state of the United States of America. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. A film producer is a person who creates the conditions for making movies. Screenwriters or scenarists are Scriptwriters who write the Screenplays from which Films and Television programs are made Eleanor Coppola (born May 4 1936) is the wife of the famed Francis Ford Coppola. Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. A film producer is a person who creates the conditions for making movies. Screenwriters or scenarists are Scriptwriters who write the Screenplays from which Films and Television programs are made Coppola is also a vintner, magazine publisher, and hotelier. Winemaking, or vinification, is the production of Wine, starting with selection of the Grapes and ending with bottling the finished wine Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of Literature or Information &ndash the activity of making information available for public view He is a graduate of Hofstra University where he studied theatre. Hofstra University is a private Nonsectarian, Coeducational institution of higher learning located in the Village of Hempstead and the hamlet of Uniondale He earned an M.F.A. in film directing from the UCLA Film School. In the United States, a Master of Fine Arts ( MFA) is a Graduate degree typically requiring two to three years of study beyond the Bachelor's degree He is most renowned for directing the highly regarded Godfather trilogy, The Conversation, and the Vietnam War epic Apocalypse Now. The Godfather is a 1972 Crime drama film based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Mario Puzo and directed The Conversation is an Academy Award nominated mystery thriller about audio surveillance written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia The Epic is a genre of film which places emphasis on human drama on a grand scale

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Childhood 1.2 Family 2 1960s 3 1970s 3.1 Early 1970s 3.2 The Godfather and The Godfather Part II 3.3 THX 1138 and American Graffiti 3.4 The Conversation 3.5 Apocalypse Now 4 1980s 4.1 Napoléon restoration and One from the Heart 4.2 Hammett 4.3 The Outsiders 4.4 Captain Eo & Rip Van Winkle 5 1990s 5.1 The Godfather Part III 5.2 Dracula and Frankenstein 5.3 Zoetrope All Story 6 Recent activities 7 Filmography 8 See also 9 References 10 External links

Biography

Childhood

Coppola was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Italia (née Pennino) and arranger/composer Carmine Coppola, who, at the time, was the first flautist for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Michigan ( is a Midwestern state of the United States of America. Italia Pennino Coppola ( December 12, 1912 - January 20, 2004) is most famous as the matriarch of the Coppola family. Carmine Coppola ( June 11, 1910 - April 26, 1991) was an Academy Award - and Golden Globe -winning as well as BAFTA A flautist, flutist, or flute player is a Musician who plays the Flute. The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO was founded in 1914 It performed the world's first radio broadcast of a symphonic concert on February 10, 1922 with pianist He was the second of three children (his sister is actress Talia Shire). Talia Shire (born April 25, 1946) is a two-time Academy Award ®-nominated American Actress. Two years later, Carmine became the first flautist for the NBC Symphony Orchestra and the family moved to New York City, finding a home in Woodside, Queens, where Francis spent the remainder of his childhood. The NBC Symphony Orchestra was a Radio orchestra established by David Sarnoff of the National Broadcasting Company especially for conductor Arturo The City of New York

Coppola had poliomyelitis, or polio, as a boy, leaving him bedridden for large periods of his childhood, and allowing him to indulge his imagination with homemade puppet theater productions. Poliomyelitis, often called polio or infantile paralysis, is an acute viral Infectious disease spread from person to person primarily via Using his father's 8mm movie camera, he began making movies when he was 10. He studied theatre at Hofstra University and graduated from the University in 1960, prior to earning a Master of Fine Arts degree in film direction from UCLA Film School. Hofstra University is a private Nonsectarian, Coeducational institution of higher learning located in the Village of Hempstead and the hamlet of Uniondale There, he made numerous short films. While in UCLA's Film Department, Francis met Jim Morrison, whose music was used later in Apocalypse Now. James Douglas Morrison (December 8 1943—July 3 1971 was an American Poet, Singer, Songwriter, Writer, and Film director

Family

Coppola often worked with family members on his films. He cast his two sons in The Godfather as extras during the street fight scene and Don Corleone's funeral; his daughter, Sofia Coppola, appeared in all installments of the series(the first two movies with uncredited roles). Sofia Carmina Coppola (born May 14, 1971) is an American Film director, actress, producer and Academy Award His sister, Talia Shire, played Connie Corleone in all three Godfather films. Talia Shire (born April 25, 1946) is a two-time Academy Award ®-nominated American Actress. His father Carmine, a composer and professional musician, co-wrote much of the music in The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, and Apocalypse Now. The Godfather is a 1972 Crime drama film based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Mario Puzo and directed The Godfather Part II is a 1974 Crime drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a script co-written with Mario Puzo. His nephew, Nicolas Cage, starred in Coppola's film Peggy Sue Got Married and was featured in Rumble Fish and The Cotton Club. Nicolas Cage (born Nicholas Kim Coppola; January 7, 1964) is an Academy Award -winning American actor Peggy Sue Got Married is a 1986 Comedy drama Film which tells the story of a woman on the verge of a Divorce, who finds herself Rumble Fish is a 1983 film directed produced and co-written by Francis Ford Coppola. The Cotton Club is a 1984 crime - drama, centered on a popular real-life Harlem Jazz club in the 1930s the Cotton

His eldest son, Gian-Carlo Coppola, was in the early stages of a film production career when he was killed on May 26, 1986 in a speedboat accident. Gian-Carlo Coppola (September 17 1963 – May 26 1986 was an American film producer Events 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Coppola's surviving son, Roman Coppola, is a filmmaker and music video director whose filmography includes the feature film CQ and music videos for The Strokes, as well as co-writing the Wes Anderson film The Darjeeling Limited. Roman Coppola (born 22 April 1965) is an American Film director and Music video director. CQ is a 2001 Film written and directed by Roman Coppola. It is an homage to 1960s Italian spy/sci-fi spoofs like Barbarella Wesley Wales Anderson (born May 1, 1969) is an American director, writer, Actor, and producer of features The Darjeeling Limited is a 2007 Drama-comedy film directed by Wes Anderson, and starring Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody

Coppola's daughter, Sofia Coppola, is an Academy Award-winning writer and -nominated director. Sofia Carmina Coppola (born May 14, 1971) is an American Film director, actress, producer and Academy Award "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Her films include the critically-acclaimed films The Virgin Suicides and Lost in Translation. The Virgin Suicides is a 1999 American Film written and directed by Sofia Coppola, starring James Woods, Kathleen Lost in Translation is a 2003 comedy-drama film starring Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson. In 2004, she became the first American woman to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director, for Lost in Translation.

Other famous members of Coppola's family include his nephews, Jason Schwartzman and Robert Schwartzman. Jason Francesco Schwartzman (born June 26, 1980) is an American Actor and Musician. Jason Schwartzman has starred in several films, such as Rushmore and Slackers. Rushmore is a 1998 Comedy-drama film directed by Wes Anderson about an eccentric teenager named Max Fischer ( Jason Schwartzman) and Slackers is a 2002 comedy movie directed by Dewey Nicks and stars Devon Sawa, Jason Schwartzman, Jaime King and He also co-wrote (along with director Wes Anderson and cousin Roman Coppola) and starred in the 2007 film The Darjeeling Limited. His brother, Robert Schwartzman, is the lead singer in the band Rooney and has made small appearances in several films, including his cousin's The Virgin Suicides. Rooney is a five-piece rock band from Los Angeles signed to Geffen Records.

In recent years, Coppola, with his family, has expanded his business ventures to include winemaking in California's Napa Valley at the Rubicon Estate Winery in Rutherford, California. Winemaking, or vinification, is the production of Wine, starting with selection of the Grapes and ending with bottling the finished wine California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Napa Valley AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in Napa County, California, USA. The Rubicon Estate Winery (formerly Niebaum-Coppola Winery and Inglenook Winery) is located in Rutherford, California, USA. Rutherford is an Unincorporated community in Napa County, California, United States. His company, Francis Ford Coppola Presents, owns a winery in Geyserville, Sonoma County, California. Francis Ford Coppola Presents is a Lifestyle brand created by Francis Ford Coppola, under which he markets goods from companies he owns or controls Geyserville is an unincorporated community in Sonoma County California, USA Sonoma County, located on the northern coast of California, is one of the northernmost counties of the nine county Greater San Francisco Bay Area, U The company also produces a line of pastas and pasta sauces, and it owns several cafes and resorts.

1960s

In the early 1960s, Coppola started his professional career making low-budget films with Roger Corman and writing screenplays. Roger William Corman (born April 5 1926) sometimes nicknamed "King of the Bs" for his output of B-movies (though he himself rejects this as inaccurate His first notable motion picture was made for Corman, the low-budget Dementia 13. Dementia 13 is a 1963 horror thriller released by American International Pictures, starring William Campbell, After graduating to mainstream motion pictures with You're a Big Boy Now, Coppola was offered the reins of the movie version of the Broadway musical Finian's Rainbow, starring Petula Clark, in her first American film, and veteran Fred Astaire. You're a Big Boy Now is a 1966 film with Peter Kastner, Geraldine Page, Julie Harris and Karen Black, written and directed by Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Finian's Rainbow is a 1968 American movie musical directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Petula Clark, CBE (born 15 November 1932 is an English singer actress and Composer best known for her upbeat popular international hits Fred Astaire (born Frederick Austerlitz; May 10, 1899 &ndash June 22, 1987) was an American Academy Award Producer Jack Warner was nonplussed by Coppola's shaggy-haired, bearded, "hippie" appearance and generally left him to his own devices. This article is about Jack Warner the head of Warner Brothers He took his cast to the Napa Valley for much of the outdoor shooting, but these scenes were in sharp contrast to those obviously filmed on a Hollywood soundstage, resulting in a disjointed look to the film. Napa County is a County located north of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U Dealing with outdated material at a time when the popularity of film musicals was already on the downslide, Coppola's end result was only semi-successful, but his work with Clark no doubt contributed to her Golden Globe Best Actress nomination. The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner During this period, Coppola lived for a time with his wife and growing family in Mandeville Canyon in Brentwood, California, according to author Peter Biskind in Easy Riders, Raging Bulls (Touchstone Books, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1998). Brentwood is an affluent district in western Los Angeles, California, United States; it is not to be confused with Brentwood California, in

1970s

Early 1970s

In 1971, Coppola won an Academy Award for his screenplay for Patton. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Patton (UK Patton Lust for Glory) is a 1970 biography drama War film, which tells the story of General George S However, his name as a filmmaker was made as the co-writer and director of The Godfather (1972), The Conversation (1974), and The Godfather Part II (1974). The Godfather is a 1972 Crime drama film based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Mario Puzo and directed The Conversation is an Academy Award nominated mystery thriller about audio surveillance written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola The Godfather Part II is a 1974 Crime drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a script co-written with Mario Puzo. In between directing the Godfather films, Coppola wrote the screenplay for the critically and commercially unsuccessful 1974 adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby, which was directed by Jack Clayton and starred Robert Redford and Mia Farrow. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Film adaptation is the transfer of a written work to a Feature film. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24 1896 – December 21 1940 was an American writer of Novels and Short stories, whose works are evocative of the The Great Gatsby is a Novel by the American author F Scott Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby is a 1974 film made by Newdon Productions and Paramount Pictures. Jack Clayton ( 1 March, 1921 &ndash 26 February, 1995) was a British Film director who specialised in bringing literary Charles Robert Redford Jr (born August 18 1936) is an Academy Award -winning American Film director, Actor, Maria de Lourdes Villiers-Farrow, known as Mia Farrow (born February 9, 1945) is an American Actress. While at Warner Brothers Coppola hired George Lucas as his assistant and eventually produced Lucas' breakthrough film, American Graffiti, which was released in 1973. George Walton Lucas Jr (born May 14, 1944) is an Academy Award -winning American Film director, producer, Screenwriter American Graffiti is a period Coming of age film directed by George Lucas, and written by Lucas Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck Also during this period, Coppola invested in San Francisco's City Magazine, hired an all-new staff, including mob daughter and writer Susan Berman, and named himself publisher. Author Susan Berman (1945-2000 was murdered execution style with a 9-millimeter hand gun on Christmas Eve 2000 in Benedict Canyon, California Although critically acclaimed, the magazine was short lived. The magazine floundered until 1976 when Coppola published its last issue. ^[1]

The Godfather and The Godfather Part II

Main article: The Godfather

In 1972, The Godfather was released to critical acclaim and huge commercial success. The Godfather is a 1972 Crime drama film based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Mario Puzo and directed Directed by Coppola and adapted by Coppola and Mario Puzo from Puzo's bestselling novel, The Godfather follows the story of the Corleone crime family during the 1940s and 50s. Mario Gianluigi Puzo ( October 15, 1920 &ndash July 2, 1999) was a two time Academy Award -winning Italian American The film won three Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Actor for Marlon Brando. The Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent Film awards in the United States Best Actor is the name of an award It is presented by various film organizations Film festivals and people's awards Coppola himself was awarded Best Adapted Screenplay, along with Mario Puzo, and was nominated for Best Director.

In 1974 the highly anticipated sequel The Godfather Part II was released. Again directed and co-written by Coppola, the second film follows the story of the Corleone family under Michael Corleone throughout the 1950s and 60s, intercut with sequences depicting Vito Corleone as young man and his subsequent rise to power. Michael Anthony Corleone is a Fictional character in Mario Puzo 's novels The Godfather and The Sicilian. Vito Andolini "The Godfather" Corleone (December 7 1891 - August 14 1955 is a Fictional character in Mario Puzo 's novel The Godfather The sequel was equally as successful commercially as the first film and received much critical praise. It became the first sequel to win the Academy Award for Best Picture; it also earned Coppola Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay while winning three other awards and earning five other nominations.

THX 1138 and American Graffiti

In the early 1970's Coppola also helped launch the career of George Lucas by producing his first two films, THX 1138 and American Graffiti. George Walton Lucas Jr (born May 14, 1944) is an Academy Award -winning American Film director, producer, Screenwriter THX 1138 is a 1971 Science fiction film directed by George Lucas, from a screenplay by Lucas and Walter Murch. American Graffiti is a period Coming of age film directed by George Lucas, and written by Lucas Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck The latter film became a huge success at the box office and met to strong reviews, even earning Coppola a Best Picture nomination. The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to artists working Lucas would later go off to create the extremely successful Star Wars and Indiana Jones series. Star Wars is an epic Space opera franchise initially conceived by George Lucas during the 1970s and significantly expanded Dr (also Col Henry Walton Jones Jr, better known as Indiana Jones or Indy after his pet dog is a fictional Adventurer, Soldier

The Conversation

Main article: The Conversation

In between The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, Coppola directed The Conversation, the story of a paranoid wiretapping and surveillance expert (played by Gene Hackman) who finds himself caught up in a possible murder plot. The Conversation is an Academy Award nominated mystery thriller about audio surveillance written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola Eugene Allen "Gene" Hackman (born January 30, 1930) is a two-time Academy Award -winning American actor and author The Conversation was released to theaters in 1974 and was also nominated for Best Picture, competing against The Godfather Part II; Coppola became one of the few directors to have two films competing for the Best Picture Oscar since the annual number of nominees was reduced to five in 1945. ^[2] While The Godfather Part II won the Oscar, The Conversation won the 1974 Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. The Palme d'Or ( English: Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded to competing films at the Cannes Film Festival. The Cannes Film Festival (le Festival de Cannes founded in 1946 is one of the world's oldest most influential and prestigious Film festivals alongside Venice,

Apocalypse Now

Main article: Apocalypse Now

Following the success of The Godfather, The Conversation and The Godfather Part II, Coppola began filming Apocalypse Now, an adaptation of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness set in Cambodia during the Vietnam War (Coppola himself appears in a bit part as a man barking out orders). Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, 3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924 was a Polish-born English novelist Heart of Darkness is a Novella written by Polish-born writer Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski) The Kingdom of Cambodia ( formerly known as Kampuchea (, transliterated: Preăh Réachéanachâkr Kâmpŭchea) is a country in South East The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia Before production of the film began, Coppola went to his mentor Roger Corman for advice about shooting in the Philippines, since Corman had filmed several pictures there. It was said that all the advice Corman offered Coppola was "Don't go". The production of the film was plagued by numerous problems, including typhoons, nervous breakdowns, the firing of Harvey Keitel, Martin Sheen's heart attack, extras from the Philippine military leaving in the middle of scenes to go fight rebels, and an unprepared Marlon Brando with a bloated appearance (which Coppola attempted to hide by shooting him in the shadows). Mental breakdown (also known as nervous breakdown or snapping) is a non-medical term used to describe a sudden acute attack of Mental illness such as Harvey Keitel (born 13 May 1939 is an Academy Award -nominated American actor Martin Sheen (born Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez on August 3, 1940) is a Golden Globe and Emmy Award winning American Actor who earned Marlon Brando Jr (April 3 1924 – July 1 2004 was an Academy Award -winning American Actor, whose body of work spanned over half a century It was delayed so often it was nicknamed Apocalypse Whenever. The film was equally lauded and hated by critics when it finally appeared in 1979, and the cost of production nearly bankrupted Coppola's nascent studio American Zoetrope. American Zoetrope is the name of the studio founded by Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas, named after a Zoetrope Coppola was given in the late The film was selected at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival and won the Palme d'Or, along with The Tin Drum, directed by Volker Schlöndorff. The Cannes Film Festival (le Festival de Cannes founded in 1946 is one of the world's oldest most influential and prestigious Film festivals alongside Venice, The Palme d'Or ( English: Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded to competing films at the Cannes Film Festival. The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel is a 1979 film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Günter Grass. Volker Schlöndorff (born in Wiesbaden, Germany on March 31, 1939) is a Berlin -based German filmmaker

Like Citizen Kane, its reputation has grown in time and Apocalypse Now is regarded by many as a masterpiece of the New Hollywood era. Citizen Kane ( 1941) is an American Dramatic film, and the first Feature film directed by Orson Welles, who also co-authored New Hollywood or post- classical Hollywood, sometimes referred to as the "American New Wave" refers to the brief time between roughly the mid- 1960s ( Roger Ebert considers it to be the finest film on the Vietnam war and included it on his list for the 2002 Sight and Sound poll for the greatest movie of all time. Roger Joseph Ebert (iːbɝt born June 18, 1942) is an American film critic and Screenwriter. Sight & Sound ( is a British monthly Film Magazine published by the British Film Institute (BFI

The 1991 documentary film Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse, directed by Eleanor Coppola (Francis's wife), Fax Bahr, and George Hickenlooper, chronicles the difficulties the crew went through making Apocalypse Now, and features behind the scenes footage filmed by Eleanor. Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt in one fashion or another to " Document " reality Hearts of Darkness A Filmmaker's Apocalypse ( 1991) is an award-winning documentary about the making of the film Apocalypse Now. Eleanor Coppola (born May 4 1936) is the wife of the famed Francis Ford Coppola. George Hickenlooper (born May 25, 1965 in St Louis Missouri) is an American Documentary film -maker

After filming Apocalypse Now, Coppola famously stated:

"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. "

In 2001, Coppola re-released Apocalypse Now as Apocalypse Now Redux, restoring several sequences lost from the original 1979 cut of the film thereby expanding its length to 200 minutes.

1980s

Napoléon restoration and One from the Heart

Main article: Napoléon restorations

Despite the setbacks during the making of Apocalypse Now, Coppola kept up with film projects, presenting in 1981 a restoration by Kevin Brownlow of the celebrated 1927 Abel Gance film Napoléon that was released in the United States by American Zoetrope. Napoléon ( 1927) is an epic silent French Film directed by Abel Gance that tells the story of the rise of Napoleon Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Abel Gance (25 October 1889 - 10 November 1981 was a French Film director, producer, Writer, Actor and editor best Napoléon ( 1927) is an epic silent French Film directed by Abel Gance that tells the story of the rise of Napoleon Coppola's father scored a soundtrack for this cut of the film. However, more of the film has since been found and incorporated by Brownlow, and Carmine Coppola's soundtrack is written to match the film at a different frame speed from that at which Gance shot it. Coppola's insistence on his father's score (others do exist), and his claim to have worldwide rights on showings of the film (he purchased some rights from Claude LeLouche who in turn had purchased them from a penniless Gance), mean that this film is not presently screened, and its fullest form is unavailable on DVD.

Coppola returned to directing with the experimental musical One from the Heart (1982). For the soundtrack recorded by Tom Waits and Crystal Gayle see One from the Heart (album One from the Heart is Unfortunately, that film was a financial failure.

Hammett

Main article: Hammett (film)

Hammett is a 1982 homage to noir films and pulp fiction directed by Wim Wenders and completed by Francis Ford Coppola. Hammett is a 1982 homage to noir films and pulp fiction directed by Wim Wenders. Hammett is a 1982 homage to noir films and pulp fiction directed by Wim Wenders. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Ernst Wilhelm ("Wim" Wenders (born August 14, 1945) is a German Film director, Playwright, Author, The film is a fictionalized story about writer Dashiell Hammett, based on the novel of the same name by Joe Gores. Samuel Dashiell Hammett ( May 27, 1894 — January 10, 1961) was an American Author of Hardboiled detective German director Wenders was hired by Coppola to direct this film, which was to be his American debut feature. But by the time the final version was released in 1982, only 30 percent of Wenders' footage remained, and the rest had been completely reshot by Coppola. ^[3] Wenders made a short film called Reverse Angle documenting his disputes with Coppola surrounding the making of Hammett.

The Outsiders

Main article: The Outsiders

In 1982, he directed The Outsiders, a film adaptation of the novel of the same name by S. E. Hinton. The Outsiders is a Film adaptation of the novel of the same name by S The Outsiders is a Film adaptation of the novel of the same name by S The Outsiders is a novel by SE Hinton, first published in 1967 by Viking Press. Susan Eloise Hinton (born July 22, 1948) is an American Author of Novels for young adults and is most famous for her Coppola credited his inspiration for making the film to a suggestion from middle school students who had read the novel. The Outsiders is notable for being the breakout film for a number of young actors who would go on to become major stars. These included major roles for Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio, and C. Thomas Howell. Matthew Raymond "Matt" Dillon (born February 18, 1964) is an Academy Award - Golden Globe Award - and BAFTA Award -nominated Ralph George Macchio (born November 4, 1961) is an American [[actor]] of Italian ancestry Others rising stars in the cast include Patrick Swayze, Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, and Tom Cruise. Patrick Wayne Swayze (born August 18, 1952) is a three- time Golden Globe nominated American Dancer, Actor, and Robert Hepler Lowe (born March 17, 1964) is an American Actor. Emilio Estévez (born May 12, 1962) is a Golden Globe - and Screen Actors Guild (SAG Award -nominated American Actor Thomas Cruise Mapother IV ( born July 3 1962 better known by his screen name Tom Cruise, is an American Actor and Film producer Matt Dillon and several others also starred in Coppola's related film, Rumble Fish, which was also based on a S. Rumble Fish is a 1983 film directed produced and co-written by Francis Ford Coppola. E. Hinton novel and filmed at the same time as The Outsiders on-location in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Carmine Coppola wrote and edited the musical score, including the title song "Stay Gold", which was based upon a famous Robert Frost poem and performed for the movie by Stevie Wonder. Robert Lee Frost (March 26 1874 &ndash January 29 1963 was an American Poet. Stevie Wonder (born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on May 13 1950 name later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris) is an

Captain Eo & Rip Van Winkle

In 1986 Coppola, with George Lucas, directed the Michael Jackson film for Disney theme parks, Captain Eo, which at the time was the most expensive film per minute ever made. George Walton Lucas Jr (born May 14, 1944) is an Academy Award -winning American Film director, producer, Screenwriter Michael Joseph Jackson (born August 29 1958 is an American musician entertainer and businessman Captain EO (alternately Captain Eo) is a 3-D film formerly shown at Disney Theme parks The film stars Michael In 1987 he directed in the "Faerie Tale Theatre" Rip Van Winkle the Rip Van Winkle episode. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) " Rip Van Winkle " is a short story by the American author Washington Irving published in 1819, as well as the name of the story's fictional protagonist

1990s

The Godfather Part III

In 1990 he released the 3rd and final chapter of The Godfather series with The Godfather Part III. The Godfather Part III is a Crime drama film written by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola, and directed by Coppola Coppola successfully managed to get Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, and Talia Shire to return to the franchise, but Robert Duvall refused to reprise his role as Tom Hagen. Alfredo James “Al” Pacino (born April 25 1940 is an Academy - BAFTA - Golden Globe - Emmy - & Screen Actors Guild Award-Winning Diane Keaton (born Diane Hall on January 5 1946 is an Oscar -winning American film Actress, director and producer Talia Shire (born April 25, 1946) is a two-time Academy Award ®-nominated American Actress. Robert Selden Duvall (born January 5, 1931) is an American Film Actor and director who has won an Academy Award While not as critically acclaimed as the first two movies, was still a box office success. Some reviewers criticized the casting of Coppola's daughter Sofia, who stepped into a role abandoned by Winona Ryder just as filming began. Sofia Carmina Coppola (born May 14, 1971) is an American Film director, actress, producer and Academy Award Winona Laura Horowitz (born October 29 1971 better known under her professional name Winona Ryder, is an American actress Despite this, The Godfather Part III went off to gather 7 Academy Award nominations, including Best Director and Best Picture for Coppola himself. The Godfather Part III is a Crime drama film written by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola, and directed by Coppola "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The Academy Award for Achievement in Directing (Best Director is one of the Awards of Merit presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to artists working The film failed to win any of these awards, the only film in the trilogy to do so.

Dracula and Frankenstein

In 1992, Coppola released Bram Stoker's Dracula, an adaptation of Stoker's novel staying more faithful to the book than previous film adaptations. Bram Stoker's Dracula (aka Dracula) is a 1992 horror - Romance film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola Coppola casted Gary Oldman in the films title role, along with Winona Ryder and Anthony Hopkins. Gary Leonard Oldman (born 21 March 1958 is an English actor writer director, producer, Voice-over artist and occasional Musician who Winona Laura Horowitz (born October 29 1971 better known under her professional name Winona Ryder, is an American actress Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins, CBE (born 31 December 1937 is a Welsh Film, stage and Television Actor. The movie's box office success enabled Coppola to keep his vineyard. The film won Academy Awards for Costume Design, Makeup, and Sound Editing. This Academy Award was first given for movies made in 1948 when separate awards were given for black-and-white and color movies The Academy Award of Merit for Best Sound Editing is an Academy Award granted yearly to a film exhibiting the finest or most aesthetic Two years later Coppola produced but did not direct an adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, which featured The Godfather Part II actor Robert De Niro in the film's title role. Frankenstein (also known by its promotional title Mary Shelley's Frankenstein) is a 1994 Film directed by Kenneth Branagh The Godfather Part II is a 1974 Crime drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a script co-written with Mario Puzo. Robert Mario De Niro Jr (born August 17 1943 is a two-time Academy Award -winning American Film Actor, director and producer

Zoetrope All Story

In 1997, Coppola founded Zoetrope All-Story, a flashy literary magazine that publishes short stories. Zoetrope All-Story ( is an American Literary magazine that was launched in 1997 by Francis Ford Coppola. A literary magazine is a Periodical devoted to Literature in a broad sense The short story is a literary genre of Fictional Prose Narrative that tends to be more concise and to the point than longer works of fiction such The magazine has published fiction by T.C. Boyle and Amy Bloom and essays by David Mamet, Steven Spielberg, and Salman Rushdie. T Coraghessan Boyle (also known as TC Boyle, born Thomas John Boyle on December 2, 1948) is a U Amy Bloom (born 1953 is an American writer She has been nominated for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. David Alan Mamet (born November 30, 1947) is an American Author, Essayist, Playwright, Screenwriter and Steven Allan Spielberg, KBE (Hon (born December 18 1946 is an American Film director, Screenwriter and producer. Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie Kt (born 19 June 1947 is an Indian - British novelist and essayist Since its founding, the magazine has grown in reputation to become one of the premier American journals of literary fiction. Literary fiction is a term that has come into common usage since around 1970 principally to distinguish serious fiction (that is work with claims to Literary merit Coppola serves as founding editor and publisher of All-Story.

Recent activities

He owns the Turtle Bay hotel in Placencia, Belize.

He co-owns the Rubicon restaurant along with Robin Williams and Robert De Niro. Robin McLaurim Williams (born July 21 1951 or 1952 is an American television stage and film actor and Comedian who has won an Academy Award for his performance Robert Mario De Niro Jr (born August 17 1943 is a two-time Academy Award -winning American Film Actor, director and producer

Coppola serves as "Honorary Consul H. E. Ambassador Francis Ford Coppola. " for the Central American nation of Belize in San Francisco, California. Belize (bəˈliːz formerly British Honduras, is a country in Central America. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city

In November 2005, Coppola took part as a special guest at the 46th International Thessaloniki Film Festival in Greece. The International Thessaloniki Film Festival has become the Balkans ' primary showcase for the work of new and emerging filmmakers as well as the leading film festival in Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία

The director is currently living in the San Francisco Bay Area. The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, or the Bay, is a geographically and ethnically diverse metropolitan region that surrounds the He also spends considerable time in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he is establishing a subsidiary of his production company, in support of the film he is planning to start shooting there in 2008. Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is geographically located on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics.

Coppola plans to produce his own films in order to avoid the marketing input that goes into most films (making them appeal to too-wide an audience). His newest film Youth Without Youth was released on December 14, 2007. Youth Without Youth is a 2007 film by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the novella of the same name by Romanian author Mircea Eliade. Events 1287 - St Lucia's flood: The Zuider Zee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses killing over 50000 people Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. It was made for only around 19 million dollars, and was given a limited release.

For years he has tried to make a movie called Megalopolis, a film about an architect in a futuristic New York who tries to create utopia through architecture.

He is currently directing Tetro in Buenos Aires. Tetro is an upcoming film written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Vincent Gallo, Maribel Verdú and Carmen Maura Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is geographically located on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern

Filmography

Director Year Film 1963 Dementia 13 1966 You're a Big Boy Now 1968 Finian's Rainbow 1969 The Rain People 1972 The Godfather 1974 The Conversation The Godfather Part II 1979 Apocalypse Now 1982 One from the Heart 1982 Hammett (film) (uncredited) 1983 The Outsiders Rumble Fish 1984 The Cotton Club 1986 Captain EO Peggy Sue Got Married 1987 Gardens of Stone 1987 Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle 1988 Tucker: The Man and His Dream 1989 New York Stories 1990 The Godfather Part III 1992 Bram Stoker's Dracula 1996 Jack 1997 The Rainmaker 2007 Youth Without Youth 2009 Tetro TBA Mirror TBA Megalopolis

Writer Year Film 1963 Dementia 13 1966 This Property Is Condemned Is Paris Burning? You're a Big Boy Now 1969 The Rain People 1970 Patton 1972 The Godfather 1974 The Great Gatsby The Conversation The Godfather Part II 1979 Apocalypse Now 1982 One from the Heart 1983 Rumble Fish 1984 The Cotton Club 1986 Captain EO 1989 New York Stories 1990 The Godfather Part III 1997 The Rainmaker 2007 Youth Without Youth 2009 Tetro TBA Mirror TBA Megalopolis

See also

• List of wine personalities
• Coppola family tree
• American Zoetrope

References

Further reading

• Jeffrey Chown. Hollywood Auteur: Francis Coppola. New York: Praeger Publishers, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1988. Greenwood Publishing Group (GPG located in Westport Connecticut is a leading educational publisher ( Middle school through University level and is part ISBN 0-27592-910-8.

External links

• Francis Ford Coppola at the Internet Movie Database
• Francis Ford Coppola at SensesOfCinema.com
• Bibliography at the University of California Berkeley Library
• Rubicon Estate Winery (formerly Niebaum-Coppola), Napa Valley
• Francis Ford Coppola Presents
• Altman and Coppola in the Seventies: Power and the People Essay (24 Lies A Second)
• Coppola Speaks: A Conversation about Youth Without Youth at Propeller.com
• Film Comment interview
• Scholars of religion discuss Coppola's Youth Without Youth

Awards
Preceded by William Friedkin for The French Connection	Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture 1973 for The Godfather	Succeeded by William Friedkin for The Exorcist
Preceded by Jerry Schatzberg for Scarecrow and Alan Bridges for The Hireling	Palme d'Or - Cannes Film Festival 1974 for The Conversation	Succeeded by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina for Chronicle of the Years of Fire
Preceded by George Roy Hill for The Sting	Academy Award for Best Director 1974 for The Godfather Part II	Succeeded by Miloš Forman for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Preceded by Ermanno Olmi for The Tree of Wooden Clogs	Palme d'Or - Cannes Film Festival 1979 for Apocalypse Now (tied with Volker Schlöndorff for The Tin Drum)	Succeeded by Akira Kurosawa for Kagemusha and Bob Fosse for All That Jazz
Preceded by Alan Parker for Midnight Express	BAFTA Award for Best Direction 1979 for Apocalypse Now	Succeeded by Akira Kurosawa for Kagemusha
Preceded by Michael Cimino for The Deer Hunter	Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture 1980 for Apocalypse Now	Succeeded by Robert Redford for Ordinary People

Persondata
NAME	Coppola, Francis Ford
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Director, producer, screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH	April 7, 1939 (1939-04-07) (age 69)
PLACE OF BIRTH	Detroit, Michigan, United States
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

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