Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and film composer whose career spans more than fifty years. Coppola has directed twenty-two feature films to date.
His films The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, and Apocalypse Now are often cited among the greatest films ever made.[1]
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |
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| 1963 | Dementia 13 | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 1966 | You're a Big Boy Now | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 1968 | Finian's Rainbow | Yes | No | No | |
| 1969 | The Rain People | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 1972 | The Godfather | Yes | Yes | No | Co-writer with Mario Puzo |
| 1974 | The Conversation | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| The Godfather Part II | Yes | Yes | Yes | Co-writer with Mario Puzo | |
| 1979 | Apocalypse Now | Yes | Yes | Yes | Co-writer with John Milius and Michael Herr; also composer |
| 1982 | One from the Heart | Yes | Yes | No | Co-writer with Armyan Bernstein |
| 1983 | The Outsiders | Yes | Yes | No | Co-writer with S. E. Hinton |
| Rumble Fish | Yes | Yes | Executive | Co-writer with S. E. Hinton | |
| 1984 | The Cotton Club | Yes | Yes | No | Co-writer with William Kennedy |
| 1986 | Captain EO | Yes | Yes | No | Short film; co-written with George Lucas and Rusty Lemorande |
| Peggy Sue Got Married | Yes | No | No | ||
| 1987 | Gardens of Stone | Yes | No | Yes | |
| 1988 | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | Yes | No | No | |
| 1989 | New York Stories | Yes | Yes | No | Segment: "Life Without Zoë"; co-writer with Sofia Coppola |
| 1990 | The Godfather Part III | Yes | Yes | Yes | Co-writer with Mario Puzo |
| 1992 | Bram Stoker's Dracula | Yes | No | Yes | |
| 1996 | Jack | Yes | No | Yes | |
| 1997 | The Rainmaker | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2007 | Youth Without Youth | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2009 | Tetro | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2011 | Twixt | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| TBA | Megalopolis | Yes | Yes | Yes | Post-production |
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Is Paris Burning? | Co-writer with Gore Vidal, Jean Aurenche, Pierre Bost & Claude Brulé |
| This Property Is Condemned | Co-writer with Fred Coe & Edith Sommer | |
| 1970 | Patton | Co-writer with Edmund H. North |
| 1974 | The Great Gatsby |
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1952 | The Magic Voyage of Sinbad | Screen adaptation and English-language re-editing of Sadko |
| 1959 | Battle Beyond the Sun | Shot new footage and re-edited for American release 1962 of Mikhail Karyukov & Aleksandr Kozyr Nebo Zovyot, credited as Thomas Colchart, associate producer |
| The Bellboy and the Playgirls | Shot and wrote new footage for American release of Fritz Umgelter's film | |
| The Premature Burial | 2nd unit director | |
| Tonight for Sure | Re-edit with new footage of Wide Open Spaces | |
| Tower of London | Assistant director | |
| 1963 | The Haunted Palace | |
| The Young Racers | 2nd unit director | |
| The Terror | Associate producer, replaced Roger Corman as director for 11 days[3] | |
| 1968 | The Wild Racers | 2nd unit director |
| 1982 | Hammett |
Throughout his career, Coppola has repeatedly cast certain actors for his film projects. Singer-songwriter Tom Waits has appeared in six of his films, Robert Duvall has appeared in five, and Laurence Fishburne, James Caan, Diane Lane, Frederic Forrest and Glenn Withrow have all appeared in four.
| Year | Title | Director | Executive Producer |
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| 1987 | Faerie Tale Theatre | Yes | Yes | "Rip Van Winkle" |
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