Biography
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. Coppola was also honored with the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 2010, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2024, and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2025. Four of his films have been inducted into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.
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Awards & recognition
- AFI Life Achievement Award · 2025
- Lumière Award, Lyon Festival of cinema · 2019
- Princess of Asturias Award — the Arts · 2015
- California Hall of Fame · 2014
- Praemium Imperiale · 2013
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- Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award · 2011
- Officer of the Legion of Honour · 2007
- Golden Eagle Awards · 2005
- Donostia Award · 2002
- Golden Lion — Lifetime Achievement · 1992
- Inkpot Award · 1992
- BAFTA Award — Best Direction · 1980
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1975
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 1975
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1975
- Writers Guild of America Award · 1975
- Palme d'Or · 1974
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1973
- Golden Globe Awards · 1973
- Writers Guild of America Award · 1973
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1971
- Writers Guild of America Award · 1971
- Golden Shell · 1969
- Directors Guild of America Award
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Kennedy Center Honors
- Mary Pickford Award
- National Board of Review Award — Best Film
- Order of Merit of the Principality of Liechtenstein
- Order of the Star of Italy
- Princess of Asturias Awards
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 1991 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1991 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1980 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1980 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 1980 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 1975 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1975 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1975 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1975 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 1974 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1973 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1973 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1971 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
Apocalypse Now
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
Five Came Back
In the Name of the Father
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Koyaanisqatsi
Paper Moon
Light & Magic
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior
Spielberg
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
Listen to Me Marlon
The Conversation
Patton
Lost in Translation
My Family
The Secret Garden
Dracula
The Godfather Part III
Powaqqatsi
Perfumed Nightmare
Sleepy Hollow
The Odyssey
The Outsiders
Is Paris Burning?
Friedkin Uncut
Milius
The Virgin Suicides
Lumière, Le Cinéma!
The Director's Chair
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
The Rainmaker
Rumble Fish
The Black Stallion
American Graffiti
The Way We Were
Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story
Barfly
Saturday Night Live
Don Juan DeMarco
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Tetro
Marie Antoinette
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
The Haunted Palace