Francis Ford Coppola Biography (1939-)

Born April 7, 1939, in Detroit, MI; son of Carmine (a musician and composer)and Italia (an actress; maiden name, Pennino) Coppola; brother of Talia Shire(an actress); married Eleanor Neil (an artist), February 1963; children: Sophia (an actress and filmmaker), Gian-Carlo (died, 1987), Roman (an actor). Addresses: Agent: International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211.; Contact: c/o Zoetrope Studios, 916 Kearny St., San Francisco, CA 94133-5107.

Nationality
American
Gender
Male
Occupation
Director, producer, editor, screenwriter, composer
Birth Details
April 7, 1939
Detroit, Michigan, United States

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Film Work
  • Script adapter (1962 U.S. version), Sadko (also know as The Magic Voyage of Sinbad), 1953
  • Producer/scenarist (U.S. version) and (as Thomas Colchart) director (re-edited version with new footage), Nebo zovyot (also known as Battlebeyond the Sun, The Heavens Call, The Sky Calls, and TheSky Is Calling), 1960
  • (With Fritz Umgelter) Director, The Playgirls and the Bellboy (also known as The Bellboy and the Playgirls and Mit Eva fing die Suende an), United Producers, 1962
  • Director and producer, Tonight for Sure (also known as Tonite for Sure and Wide Open Spaces), Premier, 1962
  • Assistant director, The Premature Burial, American International Pictures, 1962
  • Dialogue coach, The Tower of London, United Artists, 1962
  • Picture vehicle driver, War Hunt, 1962
  • Sound recorder and second unit director, The Young Racers, American International Pictures, 1963
  • Associate producer, and (uncredited) director and second unit director, The Terror (also known as Lady of the Shadows, The Castle ofTerror, and The Haunting), American International Pictures, 1963
  • (As Francis Coppola) Director, Dementia 13 (also known as The Haunted and the Hunted), American International Pictures, 1963
  • Dialogue director, The Haunted Palace (also known as Edgar Allan Poe's The Haunted Palace and The Haunted Village), 1963
  • Producer, I Am Cuba, 1964
  • Director, You're a Big Boy Now, Seven Arts, 1966
  • Director, Finian's Rainbow, Warner Bros./Seven Arts, 1968
  • Director, The Rain People, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1969
  • Producer, The Making of "The Rain People," 1969
  • Executive producer, THX-1138, Warner Bros., 1971
  • Director, The Godfather (also known as Mario Puzo's The Godfather), Paramount, 1972
  • (With Gary Kurtz) Producer, American Graffiti, Universal, 1973
  • Director and (with Gray Frederickson and Fred Roos) producer, The Godfather, Part II (also known as Mario Puzo's The Godfather: Part II), Paramount, 1974
  • Director and producer, The Conversation, Paramount, 1974
  • (As Francis Coppola) Director and producer, Apocalypse Now (also known as Apocalypse Now Redux), United Artists, 1979
  • Executive producer, The Black Stallion, United Artists, 1979
  • (With George Lucas) Executive producer: international version, Kagemusha (also known as The Double, Kagemusha (The Shadow Warrior), Kagemusha the Shadow Warrior, and Shadow Warrior), 1980
  • Executive producer, Hammett, Warner Bros., 1982
  • Executive producer, The Escape Artist, Warner Bros., 1982
  • Director, One from the Heart, Columbia, 1982
  • Director and executive producer, Rumble Fish, Universal, 1983
  • (As Francis Coppola) Director and producer, The Outsiders, WarnerBros., 1983
  • Executive producer, The Black Stallion Returns, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1983
  • Executive producer, Koyaanisqatsi (also known as Koyaanisqatsi:Life Out of Balance), 1983
  • (As Francis Coppola) Director, The Cotton Club, Orion, 1984
  • (With Lucas) Executive producer, Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters(also known as Mishima), Warner Bros., 1985
  • (Uncredited) Assistant to director, Return to Oz, 1985
  • Director, Peggy Sue Got Married, TriStar, 1986
  • Director, Captain Eo, 1986
  • (As Francis Coppola) Director and (with Michael I. Levy) producer, Gardens of Stone, TriStar, 1987
  • Executive producer, Tough Guys Don't Dance, Cannon, 1987
  • Executive producer, Lionheart (also known as Lionheart: The Children's Crusade), Orion, 1987
  • Executive producer, Barfly, Cannon, 1987
  • Director, Tucker: The Man and His Dream, Paramount, 1988
  • Executive producer, Powaqqatsi (also known as Powaqqatsi: Lifein Transformation), 1988
  • (As Francis Coppola) Director, "Life without Zoe," New York Stories, Buena Vista, 1989
  • (Uncredited) Executive producer, Wait Until Spring, Bandini (alsoknown as Aspetta primavera Bandini, Bandini, John Fante's Wait Until Spring, Bandini, and Le ragioni del cuore), 1989
  • Director and producer, The Godfather, Part III (also known as Mario Puzo's The Godfather: Part III), Paramount, 1990
  • Director and producer, Bram Stoker's Dracula (also known as Dracula), Columbia, 1992
  • Executive producer, Wind, TriStar, 1992
  • Executive producer, The Secret Garden, Warner Bros., 1993
  • Producer, The Junky's Christmas, 1993
  • Producer, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (also known as Frankenstein), TriStar, 1994
  • Producer, Don Juan DeMarco, New Line Cinema, 1995
  • Executive producer, Haunted, October Films, 1995
  • Executive producer, My Family, Mi Familia (also known as Cafe con leche and East L.A.), New Line Cinema, 1995
  • Director and producer, Jack, Buena Vista, 1996
  • Director and executive producer, John Grisham's The Rainmaker (also known as The Rainmaker), Paramount, 1997
  • Executive producer, Buddy, Columbia, 1997
  • Producer, Lanai-Loa (also known as Lani Loa: The Passage),1998
  • Producer, The Florentine, Bcb Productions, Inc., 1999
  • Producer, The Virgin Suicides (also known as Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicide), 1999
  • Executive producer, The Third Miracle, Sony Pictures Classics, 1999
  • Executive producer, Goosed, 1999
  • Executive producer, Sleepy Hollow, 1999
  • (Uncredited) Editor and (uncredited) director, Supernova, 2000
  • (Uncredited) Editor, The Fantasticks, 2000
  • Executive producer and editor, Suriyothai, New Line Cinema, 2001
  • Executive producer, CQ, United Artists, 2001
  • Executive producer, No Such Thing, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 2001
  • Executive producer, Jeepers Creepers (also known as JEEpERs CrEEpers), United Artists, 2001
  • Executive producer, Pumpkin, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 2002
  • Executive producer, Assassination Tango, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2002
  • Executive producer, The Legend of Suryiothai, Sony Pictures Classics, 2003
  • Executive producer, Jeepers Creepers II, United Artists, 2003
  • Producer, On the Road, United Artists, 2003
  • Director, Megalopolis, DreamWorks, 2003
  • Film Appearances
  • (Uncredited) Army truck driver, War Hunt, 1962
  • (Uncredited) The Young Racers, 1963
  • Filmmaker (also known as Filmmaker: A Diary by George Lucas), 1968
  • (Uncredited) Himself, The Lion Roars Again, 1975
  • The Godfather Comes to Sixth St., 1975
  • Himself, Cultural Celebrities, 1979
  • (Uncredited) Member of television camera crew, Apocalypse Now (also known as Apocalypse Now Redux), United Artists, 1979
  • American Mythologies, 1981
  • Hollywood Mavericks, 1990
  • Himself, The Unauthorized Star Wars Story, Visual Entertainment, 1999
  • (Uncredited) Himself, R2-D2: Beneath the Dome, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2001
  • Himself, Whether You Like It or Not: The Story of Hedwig, New LineHome Video, 2001
  • (Uncredited; in archive footage) Himself, The Kid Stays in the Picture, USA Films, 2002
  • Himself, A Decade under the Influence, IFC Films, 2003
  • Television Work
  • Series
  • Executive producer and consultant, The Outsiders, Fox, 1989-1990
  • Executive producer, First Wave, Sci-Fi Channel, 1998
  • Executive producer, Platinum, UPN, 2003
  • Television Executive Producer
  • Movies
  • The People, ABC, 1972
  • White Dwarf, Fox, 1995
  • Tecumseh: The Last Warrior, 1995
  • Dark Angel, 1996
  • Survival on the Mountain, NBC, 1997
  • Outrage, ABC, 1998
  • Dr. Jeykll & Mr. Hyde, syndicated, 1999
  • Another Day, USA Network, 2001
  • Miniseries
  • Kidnapped, 1995
  • The Odyssey (also known as Homer's "The Odyssey," Odissea, and Die Abenteuer des Odysseus), NBC, 1997
  • Moby Dick, USA Network, 1998
  • Television Director
  • Specials
  • Making Bram Stoker's Dracula, 1992
  • Television Work
  • Pilots
  • Executive producer, The Conversation, NBC, 1995
  • Television Director
  • Episodic
  • "Rip Van Winkle," Faerie Tale Theatre (also known as Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre), Showtime, 1987
  • Television Appearances
  • Specials
  • Himself, Reverse Angle, 1982
  • Himself, The Making of "Captain Eo," 1986
  • The Godfather Family: A Look Inside, HBO, 1990
  • Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse, Showtime, 1991
  • Himself, The Godfather Family: A Look Inside, 1991
  • Memory and Imagination: New Pathways to the Library of Congress, PBS, 1992
  • The World of Jim Henson, PBS, 1994
  • Marlon Brando, Wild One, Channel 4 [U.K.], 1994
  • Himself, It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein, 1994
  • Himself, A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies, 1995
  • Anatomy of Horror, UPN, 1995
  • Mickey Rourke: The E! True Hollywood Story, E! Entertainment Television, 1999
  • Heart of Darkness, The Learning Channel, 1999
  • Kurosawa: The Last Emperor, Independent Film Channel, 2000
  • Martha Stewart's Home for the Holidays, CBS, 2001
  • Hollywood Salutes Nicolas Cage: An American Cinematheque Tribute,TNT, 2002
  • George Lucas: Creating an Empire, Arts and Entertainment, 2002
  • Episodic
  • Late Night with David Letterman, 1982
  • Himself, Saturday Night Live, NBC, 1986
  • "George Lucas: Heroes, Myths, and Magic," American Masters, PBS, 1993
  • "John Barry's Moviola," Great Performances, PBS, 1993
  • Stage Director
  • Enrico IV, American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco, CA, 1971
  • Private Lives, American Conservatory Theatre, 1972
  • The Visit of the Old Lady (opera), San Francisco Opera Company, San Francisco, 1972
  • Stage Work
  • Creative advisor, Dreams & Nightmares, Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, 1996
  • WRITINGS
  • Screenplays
  • Tonight for Sure (also known as Tonite for Sure and WideOpen Spaces), 1961
  • (With Dieter Hildebrandt and Margh Malina; extra scenes) The Playgirlsand the Bellboy (also known as The Bellboy and the Playgirls andMit Eva fing die Suende an), United Producers, 1962
  • The Magic Voyage of Sinbad (adaptation), Filmgroup, 1962
  • Pilma, Pilma, 1962
  • (Uncredited) Additional dialogue, The Haunted Palace (also known as Edgar Allan Poe's The Haunted Palace and The Haunted Village), 1963
  • Battle beyond the Sun (adaptation), American International Pictures, 1963
  • (As Francis Coppola) Dementia 13 (also known as The Haunted andthe Hunted), American International Pictures, 1963
  • (With Gore Vidal, Jean Aurenche, Pierre Bost, and Claude Brule) Is Paris Burning? (also known as Paris brule-t-il?), Paramount, 1966
  • (With Fred Coe and Edith Sommer) This Property Is Condemned, Paramount, 1966
  • You're a Big Boy Now, Seven Arts, 1966
  • Reflections in a Golden Eye (adaptation), 1967
  • The Rain People, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1969
  • (With Edmund H. North) Patton (also known as Blood and Guts, Patton: A Salute to a Rebel, and Patton: Lust for Glory), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1970
  • (With Mario Puzo) The Godfather (also known as Mario Puzo's TheGodfather), Paramount, 1972
  • The Conversation, Paramount, 1974
  • (With Puzo) The Godfather, Part II (also known as Mario Puzo'sThe Godfather: Part II), Paramount, 1974
  • The Great Gatsby, Paramount, 1974
  • (With John Milius) Apocalypse Now (also known as Apocalypse NowRedux), United Artists, 1979
  • (With Armyan Bernstein) One from the Heart, Columbia, 1982
  • (With S. E. Hinton) Rumble Fish (based on the book by Hinton), Universal, 1983
  • (With William Kennedy; as Francis Coppola) The Cotton Club, Orion,1984
  • Captain Eo, 1986
  • "Life without Zoe," New York Stories, Touchstone, 1989
  • The Godfather, Part III (also known as Mario Puzo's The Godfather: Part III), Paramount, 1990
  • John Grisham's The Rainmaker (also known as The Rainmaker;based on the novel by Grisham), Paramount, 1997
  • Megalopolis, DreamWorks, 2003
  • Film Scores
  • (With father, Carmine Coppola) Apocalypse Now (also known as Apocalypse Now Redux), United Artists, 1979
  • Other Writings
  • (With James V. Hart) Bram Stoker's Dracula: The Film and the Legend, Newmarket Press, 1992
  • (With Eiko Ishioka) Coppola and Eiko on "Bram Stoker's Dracula," Collins, 1992
  • (Author of introduction) Brodeur, Adrienne, and Samantha Schnee, eds., Francis Ford Coppola's Zoetrope All Story, Harcourt, 2000
  • (Author of essay) Ishioka, Eiko, Eiko on Stage, Callaway, 2000

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

    Books
    • Authors and Artists for Young Adults, Volume 39, Gale Group, 2001
    • Browne, Nick, ed., Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather," Cambridge University Press, 2000
    • Cowie, Peter, Coppola, Andre Deutsch, 1989, Scribner, 1990
    • Goodwin, Michael, and Naomi Wise, On the Edge: The Life and Times of Francis Coppola, Morrow, 1989
    • Johnson, Robert K., Francis Ford Coppola, Twayne, 1977
    • Lewis, Jon, Whom God Wishes to Destroy ... Francis Coppola and the NewHollywood, University Press, 1995
    • Schumacher, Michael, Francis Ford Coppola: A Filmmaker's Life, 1999
    • Zucker, Joel S., Francis Ford Coppola: A Guide to References and Resources, G. K. Hall, 1984
    Periodicals
    • American Film, June, 1988, pp. 21-27
    • Entertainment Weekly, November 21, 1997, p. 56; July 24, 1998, p.10; November 1, 1999, p. 107
    • Film Comment, January/February, 1993
    • Gentlemen's Quarterly, December, 1992
    • Interview, November, 1992
    • New York Times Magazine, July 24, 1988
    • People, April 4, 1994
    • Rolling Stone, February 7, 1991
    • Variety, January 12, 1998, p. 152; July 20, 1998, p. 7
    Electronic
    • Zoetrope Studios, http://www.zoetrope.com, May 5, 2003

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