Overview
Mini Biography:
He was born in 1939 in Detroit, USA, but he grew up in a New York suburb...
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Trivia:
Uncle of Matthew Shire.
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Awards:
Won 5 Oscars.
Another
36 wins
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36 nominations
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Alternate Names:
Thomas Colchart | Francis Coppola | Dad | Francis
Filmography
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Archive Footage - On the Road (2009) (in production) (executive producer) (producer)
- Tetro (2009) (filming) (producer)
- Youth Without Youth (2007) (producer)
... aka Altra giovinezza, Un' (Italy)
... aka Homme sans âge, L' (France)
... aka Jugend ohne Jugend (Germany) - "The 4400" (executive producer) (4 episodes, 2007)
- Daddy's Little Girl (2007) TV episode (executive producer) (uncredited)
- Till We Have Built Jerusalem (2007) TV episode (executive producer) (uncredited)
- The Marked (2007) TV episode (executive producer) (uncredited)
- Try the Pie (2007) TV episode (executive producer) (uncredited) - The Good Shepherd (2006) (executive producer)
- Marie Antoinette (2006) (executive producer)
... aka Marie Antoinette (France) - Kinsey (2004) (executive producer)
- Lost in Translation (2003) (executive producer)
- Jeepers Creepers II (2003) (executive producer)
- "Platinum" (2003) TV series (executive producer) (unknown episodes)
- Assassination Tango (2002) (executive producer)
... aka Assassination Tango (Argentina) - Pumpkin (2002) (executive producer)
- In My Life (2002) (TV) (executive producer)
- Suriyothai (2001) (executive producer)
... aka Francis Ford Coppola Presents: The Legend of Suriyothai (USA)
... aka The Legend of Suriyothai (USA) - Jeepers Creepers (2001) (executive producer)
... aka JEEpERs CrEEpers (USA: video box title)
... aka Jeepers Creepers - Es ist angerichtet (Germany) - No Such Thing (2001) (executive producer)
... aka Skrímsli (Iceland) - CQ (2001) (executive producer)
... aka CQ (France)
- Sleepy Hollow (1999) (executive producer)
... aka Sleepy Hollow (Germany)
... aka Sleepy Hollow - Köpfe werden rollen (Germany: TV title) - Goosed (1999) (executive producer)
- The Third Miracle (1999) (executive producer)
- The Virgin Suicides (1999) (producer)
... aka Sofia Coppola's the Virgin Suicides (USA: complete title) - The Florentine (1999) (producer)
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1999) (TV) (executive producer)
... aka The Prophecy of the Tiger (UK: video title) - "First Wave" (executive producer) (1 episode, 1998)
- Book of Shadows (1998) TV episode (executive producer) - Lanai-Loa (1998) (producer)
... aka Lani Loa: The Passage (USA) - Moby Dick (1998) (TV) (executive producer)
- Outrage (1998) (TV) (executive producer)
- Buddy (1997) (executive producer)
- The Odyssey (1997) (TV) (executive producer)
... aka Abenteuer des Odysseus, Die (Germany)
... aka Homer's Odyssey
... aka Odysseia (Greece) - Survival on the Mountain (1997) (TV) (executive producer)
- Dark Angel (1996) (TV) (executive producer)
- Jack (1996) (producer)
- Kidnapped (1995) (TV) (executive producer)
- Haunted (1995) (executive producer)
- Tecumseh: The Last Warrior (1995) (TV) (executive producer)
- White Dwarf (1995) (TV) (executive producer)
- My Family (1995) (executive producer)
... aka Cafe con leche
... aka East L.A. (UK: video title)
... aka My Family, Mi Familia - Don Juan DeMarco (1995) (producer)
- Frankenstein (1994) (producer)
... aka Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (USA: complete title) - The Secret Garden (1993) (executive producer)
- The Junky's Christmas (1993) (producer)
- Dracula (1992) (producer)
... aka Bram Stoker's Dracula (USA: complete title) - Wind (1992) (executive producer)
- The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992) (V) (producer)
- The Godfather: Part III (1990) (producer)
... aka Mario Puzo's The Godfather: Part III (USA: complete title) - "The Outsiders" (executive producer) (1 episode, 1990)
- Maybe Baby (1990) TV episode (executive producer)
- Wait Until Spring, Bandini (1989) (executive producer) (uncredited)
... aka Aspetta primavera Bandini (Italy)
... aka Bandini
... aka John Fante's Wait Until Spring, Bandini
... aka Ragioni del cuore, Le (Italy) - Powaqqatsi (1988) (executive producer)
... aka Powwaqatsi: Life in Transformation (USA: poster title) - Lionheart (1987) (executive producer)
... aka Lionheart: The Children's Crusade (USA) - Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987) (executive producer) (as Francis Coppola)
- Gardens of Stone (1987) (producer) (as Francis Coppola)
- Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985) (executive producer)
... aka Mishima (USA: short title) - Rumble Fish (1983) (executive producer)
- The Black Stallion Returns (1983) (executive producer)
- Koyaanisqatsi (1982) (executive producer)
... aka Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance (USA: poster title) - Hammett (1982) (executive producer)
- The Escape Artist (1982) (executive producer) (as Francis Coppola)
- Kagemusha (1980) (executive producer: international version)
... aka Kagemusha (The Shadow Warrior)
... aka Kagemusha the Shadow Warrior
... aka Shadow Warrior
... aka The Double
- The Black Stallion (1979) (executive producer)
- Apocalypse Now (1979) (producer) (as Francis Coppola)
... aka Apocalypse Now Redux (International: English title: longer version) - "The Godfather: A Novel for Television" (1977) (mini) TV mini-series (producer: The Godfather)
... aka Mario Puzo's The Godfather: A Novel for Television (USA: complete title)
... aka The Godfather 1902-1959: The Complete Epic (USA: video title)
... aka The Godfather Novella (USA: alternative title)
... aka The Godfather Saga (USA)
... aka The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television (USA: alternative title) - The Godfather: Part II (1974) (producer)
... aka Mario Puzo's The Godfather: Part II (USA: complete title) - The Conversation (1974) (producer)
- American Graffiti (1973) (producer)
- The People (1972) (TV) (executive producer)
- THX 1138 (1971) (executive producer)
- The Making of 'The Rain People' (1969) (producer)
- The Terror (1963) (associate producer) (as Francis Coppola)
... aka Lady of the Shadows
... aka Roger Corman's The Terror (USA: uncensored intended title)
... aka Roger Corman's The Terror: Original Uncut Version (USA)
... aka The Castle of Terror
... aka The Haunting (USA: TV title) - Tonight for Sure (1962) (producer)
... aka Meet Me Tonight for Sure (USA: bowdlerized title)
... aka Tonite for Sure
... aka Wide Open Spaces
- Tetro (2009) (filming) (written by)
- Youth Without Youth (2007) (screenplay)
... aka Altra giovinezza, Un' (Italy)
... aka Homme sans âge, L' (France)
... aka Jugend ohne Jugend (Germany)
- The Rainmaker (1997) (screenplay)
... aka John Grisham's The Rainmaker (USA: complete title) - The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992) (V) (writer)
- The Godfather: Part III (1990) (written by)
... aka Mario Puzo's The Godfather: Part III (USA: complete title)
- New York Stories (1989) (written by) (segment "Life without Zoe") (as Francis Coppola)
- Captain EO (1986) (screenplay)
- The Cotton Club (1984) (story) (as Francis Coppola) (writer)
- Rumble Fish (1983) (screenplay)
- One from the Heart (1982) (screenplay) (as Francis Coppola)
- Apocalypse Now (1979) (screenplay)
... aka Apocalypse Now Redux (International: English title: longer version) - "The Godfather: A Novel for Television" (1977) (mini) TV mini-series (screenplay)
... aka Mario Puzo's The Godfather: A Novel for Television (USA: complete title)
... aka The Godfather 1902-1959: The Complete Epic (USA: video title)
... aka The Godfather Novella (USA: alternative title)
... aka The Godfather Saga (USA)
... aka The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television (USA: alternative title) - The Godfather: Part II (1974) (screenplay)
... aka Mario Puzo's The Godfather: Part II (USA: complete title) - The Conversation (1974) (written by)
- The Great Gatsby (1974) (screenplay)
- The Godfather (1972) (screenplay)
... aka Mario Puzo's The Godfather (USA: complete title) - Patton (1970) (screen story) (screenplay)
... aka Blood and Guts (UK)
... aka Patton: A Salute to a Rebel
... aka Patton: Lust for Glory (UK)
- The Rain People (1969) (writer)
- You're a Big Boy Now (1966) (writer)
- Paris brûle-t-il? (1966) (writer)
... aka Is Paris Burning? (USA) - This Property Is Condemned (1966) (writer) (as Francis Coppola)
- Dementia 13 (1963) (writer) (as Francis Coppola)
... aka The Haunted and the Hunted (UK) - The Haunted Palace (1963) (additional dialogue) (uncredited)
... aka Edgar Allan Poe's The Haunted Palace (USA: promotional title)
... aka The Haunted Village - Tonight for Sure (1962) (writer) (as Francis Coppola)
... aka Meet Me Tonight for Sure (USA: bowdlerized title)
... aka Tonite for Sure
... aka Wide Open Spaces - The Bellboy and the Playgirls (1962) (extra scenes)
... aka Mit Eva fing die Sünde an (West Germany)
... aka The Playgirls and the Bellboy
- Suriyothai (2001) (presenter)
... aka Francis Ford Coppola Presents: The Legend of Suriyothai (USA)
... aka The Legend of Suriyothai (USA)
- Gunfighter (1998) (presenter)
... aka Ballad of a Gunfighter (USA: TV title) - My Family (1995) (presenter)
... aka Cafe con leche
... aka East L.A. (UK: video title)
... aka My Family, Mi Familia
- Barfly (1987) (presenter)
- Return to Oz (1985) (assistant to director) (uncredited)
- The Outsiders (1983) (presenter)
... aka The Outsiders - The Complete Novel (USA: director's cut) - Hammett (1982) (presenter)
- Napoléon (1927) (presenter) (1981 re-release)
... aka Abel Gance's Napoleon (USA)
... aka Napoléon Bonaparte (France)
... aka Napoléon vu par Abel Gance (France)
... aka Napoleon (USA) - Kagemusha (1980) (presenter)
... aka Kagemusha (The Shadow Warrior)
... aka Kagemusha the Shadow Warrior
... aka Shadow Warrior
... aka The Double
- Apocalypse Now (1979) (presenter)
... aka Apocalypse Now Redux (International: English title: longer version)
- The Haunted Palace (1963) (dialogue director)
... aka Edgar Allan Poe's The Haunted Palace (USA: promotional title)
... aka The Haunted Village - Sadko (1953) (script adaptor) (1962 version)
... aka Садко (Soviet Union: Russian title)
... aka The Magic Voyage of Sinbad (USA: dubbed version) - Tower of London (1962) (dialogue director)
- Nebo zovyot (1960) (producer/scenarist) (US version)
... aka Battle Beyond the Sun (USA)
... aka The Heavens Call
... aka The Sky Calls
... aka The Sky Is Calling
- "Saturday Night Live" .... Co-Host (1 episode, 1986)
... aka NBC's Saturday Night (USA: first season title)
... aka SNL (USA: informal title)
... aka SNL 25 (USA: alternative title)
... aka Saturday Night (USA: second season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live '80 (USA: sixth season title)
- George Wendt and Francis Ford Coppola/Philip Glass (1986) TV episode .... Co-Host
- The Wild Racers (1968) (second unit director) (as Francis Coppola)
- The Terror (1963) (second unit director) (uncredited)
... aka Lady of the Shadows
... aka Roger Corman's The Terror (USA: uncensored intended title)
... aka Roger Corman's The Terror: Original Uncut Version (USA)
... aka The Castle of Terror
... aka The Haunting (USA: TV title) - The Young Racers (1963) (second unit director)
- Premature Burial (1962) (assistant director)
- The Godfather: Part III (1990) ("CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA")
... aka Mario Puzo's The Godfather: Part III (USA: complete title)
- Apocalypse Now (1979) (as Francis Coppola)
... aka Apocalypse Now Redux (International: English title: longer version)
- Coda: Thirty Years After (2007) (TV) .... Himself
- Lights! Action! Music! (2007) (TV) .... Himself
- The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007) (TV) .... Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Picture
- "Sunday Morning Shootout" .... Himself (4 episodes, 2005-2006)
- Best of 'D' (2006) TV episode (as Francis Coppola) .... Himself
- Episode dated 21 August 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #2.26 (2005) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #2.24 (2005) TV episode .... Himself - "Corazón de..." .... Himself (1 episode, 2006)
- Episode dated 25 May 2006 (2006) TV episode (as Francis Coppola) .... Himself - AFI Tribute to George Lucas (2005) (TV) .... Himself
- "Imagine" .... Himself (1 episode, 2004)
- Brando (2004) TV episode .... Himself - "Dateline NBC" .... Himself (1 episode, 2004)
... aka Dateline (USA: short title)
- Episode dated 2 July 2004 (2004) TV episode .... Himself - The 76th Annual Academy Awards (2004) (TV) .... Himself - Co-presenter: Best Adapted Screenplay
- The 2004 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (2004) (TV) .... Himself
- "Tinseltown TV" .... Himself (1 episode, 2003)
- Episode dated 13 December 2003 (2003) TV episode .... Himself - R2-D2: Beneath the Dome (2001) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself
- "Inside the Actors Studio" .... Himself (1 episode, 2001)
- Episode #7.13 (2001) TV episode .... Himself
- Kurosawa: The Last Emperor (1999) (TV) .... Himself
- The Making of 'American Graffiti' (1998) (TV) .... Himself
- "Howard Stern" .... Himself (1 episode, 1998)
- Episode dated 2 March 1998 (1998) TV episode .... Himself - "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" .... Himself (1 episode, 1997)
... aka Late Night with Conan O'Brien (Australia)
- Episode dated 12 November 1997 (1997) TV episode .... Himself - In Search of Dracula with Jonathan Ross (1996) (TV) .... Himself
- Marlon Brando: The Wild One (1996) (TV) .... Himself
- A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995) (TV) .... Himself
- The World of Jim Henson (1994) (TV) .... Himself
- It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein (1994) (TV) .... Himself
- George Lucas: Heroes, Myths and Magic (1993) (TV) .... Himself
- Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man. The Myth. The Movies. (1992) (TV) .... Himself
- The 63rd Annual Academy Awards (1991) (TV) .... Himself - Nominee: Best Picture & Best Director
- Memory & Imagination: New Pathways to the Library of Congress (1990) (TV) .... Himself
- The Godfather Family: A Look Inside (1990) (TV) .... Himself
- The Making of 'Captain Eo' (1986) (TV) .... Himself
- Reverse Angle (1985) (TV) .... Himself
- "The South Bank Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1979)
- Francis Ford Coppola (1979) TV episode .... Himself - The 51st Annual Academy Awards (1979) (TV) .... Himself - Co-presenter: Best Director
- "Revista de cine" .... Himself (1 episode, 1977)
- Episode dated 20 June 1977 (1977) TV episode .... Himself - The 47th Annual Academy Awards (1975) (TV) .... Himself - Winner: Best Picture, Best Director & Best Adapted Screenplay and accepting Best Actor in a Supporting Role Award for Robert De Niro
- The 45th Annual Academy Awards (1973) (TV) .... Himself - Winner: Best Adapted Screenplay & Nominee: Best Director
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