Francis Ford Coppola
Francis
Ford Coppola
Actor,
director and producer
Born
Place:
His father:
Composer and Musician Carmine Coppola
His mother:
an actress
Francis
Ford Coppola graduated with a degree in drama from
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 (
1969 Francis
Ford Coppola and George Lucas found "American Zoetrope", a movies
production company, based in
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
2005 Francis Ford Coppola's San Francisco-based
American Zoetrope Productions closed in December 2004. The production center,
founded as an alternative to commercial