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Francis Ford Coppola

1939 - Today

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Francis Ford Coppola ( KOH-pə-lə; born April 7, 1939) is an American filmmaker. Considered one of the leading figures of the New Hollywood era as well as one of the pioneers of the gangster film genre, Coppola is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. Coppola is the recipient of five Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and two Palmes d'Or, in addition to nominations for two Emmy Awards and a Grammy Award. Coppola was honored with the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 2010, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2024, and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2025. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francis Ford Coppola is the 23rd most popular film director, the 206th most popular biography from United States (down from 154th in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Film Director.

Francis Ford Coppola is most famous for directing the Godfather trilogy, which includes The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, and The Godfather Part III.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Francis Ford Coppola ranks 23 out of 2,041. Before him are Ridley Scott, Bernardo Bertolucci, Luchino Visconti, Luis Buñuel, Andrei Tarkovsky, and Sergio Leone. After him are François Truffaut, Cecil B. DeMille, Miloš Forman, George Lucas, Jean-Luc Godard, and Konstantin Stanislavski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Francis Ford Coppola ranks 5. Before him are Ali Khamenei, Marvin Gaye, Terence Hill, and Tina Turner. After him are Ian McKellen, Lee Harvey Oswald, Stanislav Petrov, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Peter Grünberg, Giovanni Trapattoni, and Amos Oz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Francis Ford Coppola ranks 206 out of 20,380. Before him are Douglas MacArthur (1880), Ed Asner (1929), Herbert Hoover (1874), Henry Fonda (1905), Noah Webster (1758), and Denzel Washington (1954). After him are James Monroe (1758), Robert Redford (1936), Pearl S. Buck (1892), Norman Foster Ramsey Jr. (1915), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (1954), and Mariah Carey (1969).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Francis Ford Coppola ranks 7. Before him are Steven Spielberg (1946), Martin Scorsese (1942), David Lynch (1946), Stanley Kubrick (1928), D. W. Griffith (1875), and Woody Allen (1935). After him are Cecil B. DeMille (1881), George Lucas (1944), Michael Mann (1943), Quentin Tarantino (1963), John Ford (1894), and Tim Burton (1958).

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