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Francis Ford Coppola

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7 de abril de 1939 · Detroit, Michigan, USA

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Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is an American filmmaker. He is widely acclaimed as one of Hollywood's most celebrated and influential film directors. He epitomized the group of filmmakers known as the New Hollywood, which included George Lucas, Martin Scorsese, Robert Altman, Woody Allen and William Friedkin, who emerged in the early 1970s with unconventional ideas that challenged contemporary filmmaking. He co-authored the script for Patton, winning the Academy Award in 1970. His directorial fame escalated with the release of The Godfather in 1972. The film revolutionized movie-making in the gangster genre, garnering universal laurels from critics and public alike. It went on to win three Academy Awards, including his second, which he won for Best Adapted Screenplay, and it was instrumental in cementing his position as one of the prominent American film directors. Coppola followed it with an equally successful sequel The Godfather Part II, which became the first ever sequel to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. The film received yet higher praises than its predecessor, and gave him three Academy Awards—for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director and Best Picture. In the same year was released The Conversation, which he directed, produced and wrote. The film went on to win the Palme d'Or at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival. His next directorial venture was Apocalypse Now in 1979, and it was as notorious for its lengthy and troubled production as it was critically acclaimed for its vivid and stark depiction of the Vietnam War. It won his second Palme d'Or at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival. Although some of Coppola's ventures in the 1980s and early 1990s were critically lauded, Coppola's later work has not met the same level of critical and commercial success as his '70s films.

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Póster de El padrino
El padrino
Película · 1972 · ★ 8,7
Póster de El padrino II
El padrino II
Película · 1974 · ★ 8,6
Póster de Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now
Película · 1979 · ★ 8,3
Póster de Lost in Translation
Lost in Translation
Película · 2003 · ★ 7,4
Póster de Sleepy Hollow (El Jinete sin Cabeza)
Sleepy Hollow (El Jinete sin Cabeza)
Película · 1999 · ★ 7,2
Póster de El padrino III
El padrino III
Película · 1990 · ★ 7,4
Póster de Drácula de Bram Stoker
Drácula de Bram Stoker
Película · 1992 · ★ 7,4
Póster de Las vírgenes suicidas
Las vírgenes suicidas
Película · 2000 · ★ 7,1
Póster de Jeepers Creepers
Jeepers Creepers
Película · 2001 · ★ 6,5
Póster de The Bling Ring
The Bling Ring
Película · 2013 · ★ 5,5
Póster de María Antonieta
María Antonieta
Película · 2006 · ★ 6,7
Póster de Oldboy
Oldboy
Película · 2013 · ★ 5,9

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