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Francis
Ford Coppola
Actor,
director and producer
Born April
7, 1939
Place: Detroit, USA
His father:
Composer and Musician Carmine Coppola
His mother:
an actress
Francis
Ford Coppola grew in a neighborhood of new York in the breast of an italian-american
family.
Francis
Ford Coppola graduated with a degree in drama from Hofstra University, and did graduate work at UCLA in
filmmaking
His
daughter Sofia Coppola is also an actress and director.
Francis
Ford Coppola is the uncle of Nicolas Cage, Christophe Coppola, Marc Coppola and
Jason Schwartzman.
Francis
suffered from poliomyelitis at the age of 10, losing thus the use of his left
arm..
Francis
Ford Coppola directed his first movies in 8 mm.
And later he entered the UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles)
1969 Francis
Ford Coppola and George Lucas found "American Zoetrope", a movies
production company, based in San Francisco.
1972
Coppola's film The Godfather became one of the most important movies in
history. He won an Oscar for writing the screenplay with Mario Puzo.
The film
was also a Best Picture Academy Award-winner, and also brought
Coppola a Best Director Oscar nomination
1979
Francis Ford Coppola won his second Palme d’Or in Cannes, as the director of Apocalypse
1986 His
son Giovanni died in a boating accident.
1996 Francis
Ford Coppola was the president of the jury at the 49 International Film Festival
of Cannes.
2005 Francis Ford Coppola's San Francisco-based
American Zoetrope Productions closed in December 2004. The production center,
founded as an alternative to commercial Hollywood, was co-created in 1969 by
Coppola, the "Godfather" director; George Lucas, the "Star
Wars" director; and Walter Murch, an award-winning sound designer. It is
expected to reopen under the name ZAP Productions, focusing on DVD production.
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