Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and film composer whose career spans more than fifty years. Coppola has directed twenty-three feature films to date.
His films The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, and Apocalypse Now are often cited among the greatest films ever made.[1]
Producer
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | American Graffiti | George Lucas | |
| 1994 | Don Juan DeMarco | Jeremy Leven | Co-produced with Fred Fuchs and Patrick Palmer |
| The Junky's Christmas | Nick Donkin | Short film[2] | |
| Mary Shelley's Frankenstein | Kenneth Branagh | Co-produced with James V. Hart and John Veitch | |
| 1999 | The Florentine | Nick Stagliano | Co-produced with Nick Stagliano and Steven Weisman |
| The Virgin Suicides | Sofia Coppola | Co-produced with Julie Costanzo, Chris Hanley, and Dan Halsted | |
Executive producer
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1952 | The Magic Voyage of Sinbad | Screen adaptation and English-language re-editing of Sadko |
| 1959 | Battle Beyond the Sun | Shot new footage and re-edited for American release 1962 of Mikhail Karyukov & Aleksandr Kozyr Nebo Zovyot, credited as Thomas Colchart, associate producer |
| 1962 | The Bellboy and the Playgirls | Shot and wrote new footage for American release of Fritz Umgelter's film |
| The Premature Burial | 2nd unit director | |
| Tonight for Sure | Re-edit with new footage of Wide Open Spaces | |
| Tower of London | Assistant director | |
| 1963 | The Haunted Palace | |
| The Young Racers | 2nd unit director | |
| The Terror | Associate producer, replaced Roger Corman as director for 11 days[3] | |
| 1968 | The Wild Racers | 2nd unit director |
| 1982 | Hammett |
Throughout his career, Coppola has repeatedly cast certain actors for his film projects. Singer-songwriter Tom Waits has appeared in six of his films, Robert Duvall has appeared in five, and Laurence Fishburne, James Caan, Diane Lane, Frederic Forrest and Glenn Withrow have all appeared in four.
| Year | Title | Director | Executive Producer | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Jerry Brown The Shape of Things to Come | Live broadcast | |||
| 1986 | Saturday Night Live | Episode: "George Wendt and Francis Ford Coppola/Philip Glass" | |||
| 1987 | Faerie Tale Theatre | Episode: "Rip Van Winkle" |
| Year | Title | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | The Outsiders | 13 episodes Adaptation of 1983 film | |
| 1995 | TV movie | ||
| 1996 | Dark Angel | ||
| 1997 | Survival on the Mountain | ||
| The Odyssey | Miniseries | ||
| 1998 | Outrage | TV movie | |
| Moby Dick | Miniseries | ||
| 1998-2001 | First Wave | 65 episodes | |
| 2000 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | TV movie | |
| 2003 | Platinum | 6 episodes |
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | The Junky's Christmas | TV movie |
| 1995 | White Dwarf | |
| Kidnapped |