Francis Ford Coppola filmography
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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-three 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]
Film
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |
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1963 | Dementia 13 | Yes | Yes | No | |
1966 | Is Paris Burning? | No | Yes | No | Co-writer with Gore Vidal, Jean Aurenche, Pierre Bost & Claude Brulé |
This Property Is Condemned | No | Yes | No | Co-writer with Fred Coe & Edith Sommer | |
You're a Big Boy Now | Yes | Yes | No | ||
1968 | Finian's Rainbow | Yes | No | No | |
1969 | The Rain People | Yes | Yes | No | |
1970 | Patton | No | Yes | No | Co-writer with Edmund H. North |
1972 | The Godfather | Yes | Yes | No | Co-writer with Mario Puzo |
1974 | The Great Gatsby | No | Yes | No | |
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 with Carmine Coppola; Cameo: TV News Director |
1982 | One from the Heart | Yes | Yes | No | Co-writer with Armyan Bernstein |
1983 | The Outsiders | Yes | No | No | |
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 | |
2024 | Megalopolis | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Producer
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1973 | American Graffiti | George Lucas | |
1994 | Don Juan DeMarco | Jeremy Leven | Co-produced with Fred Fuchs and Patrick Palmer |
The Junky's Christmas | Nick Donkin | Short film[2] | |
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein | Kenneth Branagh | Co-produced with James V. Hart and John Veitch | |
1999 | The Florentine | Nick Stagliano | Co-produced with Nick Stagliano and Steven Weisman |
The Virgin Suicides | Sofia Coppola | Co-produced with Julie Costanzo, Chris Hanley, and Dan Halsted |
Executive producer
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1971 | THX 1138 | George Lucas | |
1973 | Paper Moon | Peter Bogdanovich | Uncredited |
1979 | The Black Stallion | Carroll Ballard | |
1980 | Kagemusha | Akira Kurosawa | |
1982 | Koyaanisqatsi | Godfrey Reggio | |
The Escape Artist | Caleb Deschanel | ||
1982 | Hammett | Wim Wenders | |
1983 | The Black Stallion Returns | Robert Dalva | |
1985 | Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters | Paul Schrader | |
Return to Oz | Walter Murch | Uncredited | |
1987 | Tough Guys Don't Dance | Norman Mailer | |
Lionheart | Franklin J. Schaffner | ||
1988 | Powaqqatsi | Godfrey Reggio | |
1989 | Wait Until Spring, Bandini | Dominique Deruddere | Uncredited |
1992 | Wind | Carroll Ballard | |
1993 | The Secret Garden | Agnieszka Holland | |
1995 | Haunted | Lewis Gilbert | |
My Family | Gregory Nava | ||
The Fantasticks | Michael Ritchie | Uncredited | |
1997 | Buddy | Caroline Thompson | |
1998 | Lani-Loa | Sherwood Hu | |
1999 | The Third Miracle | Agnieszka Holland | |
Goosed [de; es] | Aleta Chappelle [d] | ||
Sleepy Hollow | Tim Burton | ||
2000 | Supernova | Walter Hill | Uncredited; also uncredited director of reshoots |
2001 | CQ | Roman Coppola | |
No Such Thing | Hal Hartley | ||
Jeepers Creepers | Victor Salva | ||
2002 | Pumpkin | Anthony Abrams [d] Adam Larson Broder | |
Assassination Tango | Robert Duvall | ||
2003 | Jeepers Creepers 2 | Victor Salva | |
Lost in Translation | Sofia Coppola | ||
2004 | Kinsey | Bill Condon | |
2006 | Marie Antoinette | Sofia Coppola | |
The Good Shepherd | Robert De Niro | ||
2010 | Somewhere | Sofia Coppola | |
2012 | On the Road | Walter Salles | |
2013 | The Bling Ring | Sofia Coppola |
Other roles
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 |
1962 | 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 |
Recurring collaborators
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.
Television
Year | Title | Director | Executive Producer | Notes |
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1980 | Jerry Brown: The Shape of Things to Come | Yes | Yes | Live broadcast |
1986 | Saturday Night Live | Yes | No | Episode: "George Wendt and Francis Ford Coppola/Philip Glass" |
1987 | Faerie Tale Theatre | Yes | Yes | Episode: "Rip Van Winkle" |
Producer only
Year | Title | Notes |
---|---|---|
1990 | The Outsiders | 13 episodes Adaptation of 1983 film |
1995 | Tecumseh: The Last Warrior | TV movie |
1996 | Dark Angel | |
1997 | Survival on the Mountain | |
The Odyssey | Miniseries | |
1998 | Outrage | TV movie |
Moby Dick | Miniseries | |
1998-2001 | First Wave | 65 episodes |
2000 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | TV movie |
2003 | Platinum | 6 episodes |
Year | Title | Notes |
---|---|---|
1993 | The Junky's Christmas | TV movie |
1995 | White Dwarf | |
Kidnapped |
See also
- List of awards and nominations received by Francis Ford Coppola
- Francis Ford Coppola's unrealized projects
- Distant Vision
References
- ^ "AFI's 100 Greatest American Films of All Time" - 2.The Godfather (1972) 30.Apocalypse Now (1979) 32.The Godfather II (1974)." American Film Institute. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
- ^ LoBrutto, Vincent; Morrison, Harriet R. (2012). The Coppolas: A Family Business. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9780313391613.
- ^ Goldman, C. (1971). "An interview with ROGER CORMAN". Film Comment.
External links
- Francis Ford Coppola filmography at IMDb
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- Bibliography
- Unrealized projects
directed
- Dementia 13 (1963)
- You're a Big Boy Now (1966)
- Finian's Rainbow (1968)
- The Rain People (1969)
- The Godfather (1972)
- The Conversation (1974)
- The Godfather Part II (1974)
- Apocalypse Now (1979; Redux, 2001)
- One from the Heart (1982)
- The Outsiders (1983)
- Rumble Fish (1983)
- The Cotton Club (1984)
- Captain EO (1986; short film)
- Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
- Gardens of Stone (1987)
- Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
- New York Stories (segment "Life Without Zoë", 1989)
- The Godfather Part III (1990)
- Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
- Jack (1996)
- The Rainmaker (1997)
- Youth Without Youth (2007)
- Tetro (2009)
- Twixt (2011)
- Megalopolis (2024)
- Is Paris Burning? (1966)
- This Property Is Condemned (1966)
- Patton (1970)
- The Great Gatsby (1974)
- American Graffiti (1973)
- Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
- Don Juan DeMarco (1994)
- The Florentine (1999)
- The Virgin Suicides (1999)
- American Zoetrope
- Zoetrope: All-Story
- Rubicon Estate Winery
- Distant Vision