Who is Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola (; Italian: [ˈkɔppola]; born April 7, 1939) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is considered one of the major figures of the New Hollywood filmmaking movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Coppola is the recipient of five Academy Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, two Palmes d'Or, and a British Academy Film Award (BAFTA).After directing The Rain People in 1969, Coppola co-wrote Patton (1970), earning the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay along with Edmund H. North. Coppola's reputation as a filmmaker was cemented with the release of The Godfather (1972), which revolutionized the gangster genre of filmmaking, receiving strong commercial and critical reception. The Godfather won three Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Actor, and Be...
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- It's ironic that at age 32, at probably the greatest moment of my career, with The Godfather having such an enormous success, I wasn't even aware of it, because I was somewhere else under the deadline again.
- I don't think there's any artist of any value who doesn't doubt what they're doing.
- Listen, if there's one sure-fire rule that I have learned in this business, it's that I don't know anything about human nature.
- I'm no longer dependent on the movie business to make a living. So if I want to make movies as other old guys would play golf, I can.
- I had a heartbreaking experience when I was 9. I always wanted to be a guard. The most wonderful girl in the world was a guard. When I got polio and then went back to school, they made me a guard. A teacher took away my guard button.
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Joe_a_blevins: o'sullivan was mainly a stage actor. his only other screen role was in francis ford coppola's you're a big boy now.Thecinesthetic: one from the heart (1982) dir. francis ford coppola
Thecinesthetic: the godfather (1972) dir. francis ford coppola
Ebruyldrm_88: rumble fish (1983 dir. francis ford coppola) (cinematography by stephen h. burum)
Batknight66: - the godfather part ii (1974) dir. francis ford coppola
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