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Francis Ford Coppola

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 directorial fame escalated with the release of The Godfather in 1972. The film revolutionized movie-making in the gangster genre, garnering universal laurels from critics and public alike. It went on to win three Academy Awards, including his second, which he won for Best Adapted Screenplay, and it was instrumental in cementing his position as one of the prominent American film directors. Coppola followed it with an equally successful sequel The Godfather Part II, which became the first ever sequel to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. The film received yet higher praises than its predecessor, and gave him three Academy Awards—for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director and Best Picture. In the same year was released The Conversation, which he directed, produced and wrote. The film went on to win the Palme d'Or at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival. His next directorial venture was Apocalypse Now in 1979, and it was as notorious for its lengthy and troubled production as it was critically acclaimed for its vivid and stark depiction of the Vietnam War. It won his second Palme d'Or at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival.

Although some of Coppola's ventures in the 1980s and early 1990s were critically lauded, Coppola's later work has not met the same level of critical and commercial success as his '70s films.

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Vittorio De Sica - La vita in scena

Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean

Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean

Megadoc

Megadoc

Films to Die For

Films to Die For

Eleanor Coppola: Art is All Around Us

Eleanor Coppola: Art is All Around Us

The Making of Hearts of Darkness

The Making of Hearts of Darkness

Tiburón: la historia definitiva

Tiburón: la historia definitiva

Lumiere: La aventura continúa

Lumiere: La aventura continúa

Martin Scorsese: Hollywood a la italiana

Martin Scorsese: Hollywood a la italiana

La Saga Rassam-Berri, le cinéma dans les veines

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Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club

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Winona Ryder - Die Geister, die sie rief

Winona Ryder - Die Geister, die sie rief

Hannibal Hopkins et Sir Anthony

Hannibal Hopkins et Sir Anthony

Indiana Jones : à la recherche de l'âge d'or perdu

Indiana Jones : à la recherche de l'âge d'or perdu

Dare la vita - Conversazione con Francis Ford Coppola

Morceaux de Cannes

Morceaux de Cannes

Wim Wenders, Desperado

Wim Wenders, Desperado

La magia del sonido en el cine

La magia del sonido en el cine

What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back

Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back

American Dream: Detroit

American Dream: Detroit

Friedkin Uncut

Friedkin Uncut

Godfather I

Godfather I

Francis Ford Coppola's Live Cinema

Francis Ford Coppola's Live Cinema

Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story

Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story

Five Came Back

Five Came Back

Spielberg

Spielberg

Jaime Lerner - Uma História de Sonhos

Jaime Lerner - Uma História de Sonhos

The Family Whistle

The Family Whistle

Practical Magicians: A Collaboration Between Father and Son

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