Francis Ford Coppola Short biography
Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939) 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. Coppola is the recipient of five Academy Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, two Palmes d'Or and a British Academy Film Award (BAFTA).
Coppola's notable films include The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974), The Conversation (1974), Apocalypse Now (1979), The Outsiders (1983), Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), and The Rainmaker (1997). Many of his relatives and children have become popular actors and filmmakers in their own right, including his sister Talia Shire, his daughter Sofia Coppola, and his nephews Jason Schwartzman and Nicolas Cage.
