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Francis Ford Coppola

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7 aprile 1939 · Detroit, Michigan, USA

Biografia

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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Locandina di Il padrino
Il padrino
Film · 1972 · ★ 8,7
Locandina di Il padrino - Parte II
Il padrino - Parte II
Film · 1974 · ★ 8,6
Locandina di Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now
Film · 1979 · ★ 8,3
Locandina di Lost in Translation - L'amore tradotto
Lost in Translation - L'amore tradotto
Film · 2003 · ★ 7,4
Locandina di Il mistero di Sleepy Hollow
Il mistero di Sleepy Hollow
Film · 1999 · ★ 7,2
Locandina di Il padrino - Parte III
Il padrino - Parte III
Film · 1990 · ★ 7,4
Locandina di Dracula di Bram Stoker
Dracula di Bram Stoker
Film · 1992 · ★ 7,4
Locandina di Il giardino delle vergini suicide
Il giardino delle vergini suicide
Film · 2000 · ★ 7,1
Locandina di Jeepers Creepers - Il canto del diavolo
Jeepers Creepers - Il canto del diavolo
Film · 2001 · ★ 6,5
Locandina di Bling Ring
Bling Ring
Film · 2013 · ★ 5,5
Locandina di Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette
Film · 2006 · ★ 6,7
Locandina di Oldboy
Oldboy
Film · 2013 · ★ 5,9

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