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Director Facts
Birth:
April 7, 1939
Biography:
He was born in 1939 in Detroit, USA, but he grew up in a New York suburb in a creative, supportive Italian-American family. His father was a composer and musician Carmine Coppola. His mother had been an actress. Francis Ford Coppola graduated with a degree in drama from Hofstra University, and did graduate work at UCLA in filmmaking. ...more about Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola
DIRECTOR RANKINGS:
CAREER SPAN
Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1960s
1.4961
2
1970s
3.4521
4
1980s
2.2611
4
1990s
2.0527
2
2000s
1.7955
2
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards for each movie.
Overall Director Score: 
3.2737
3.2737Francis Ford Coppola Movie Rankings
1
3.9812War veteran Michael Corlone returns home to find himself becoming increasingly involved with the family "business." His father, "Don" Vito Corleone, is the head of the mafia family and eventually expects Michael to take his place when he dies. ...more about Godfather
Director Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Director
- Directors Guild of America, USA - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Director - Motion Picture
- Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Director
- DVD Best Pricing:
Wal Mart
2
3.8894The second installment in the Godfather trilogy follows Michael and his position of "Don" in the Corleone family. The film also tells about Vito Corleone's beginnings and how he became one of the most powerful men in New York. ...more about Godfather: Part II
Director Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Director
- Directors Guild of America, USA - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Director - Motion Picture
- Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Director
- National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA - Best Director
- DVD Best Pricing:
Wal Mart
3
3.5006Surveillance expert Harry Caul is hired to tail a young couple. As he listens to their conversations, he becomes worried what will happen to the couple once the man who hired him hears the tapes. Soon someone begins surveillance on him, turning the tables. ...more about Conversation
Director Awards
- BAFTA Awards - Best Direction
- Directors Guild of America, USA - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Director - Motion Picture
- Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Director
- National Board of Review, USA - Best Director
- Writers Guild of America, USA - Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen
- DVD Best Pricing:
Herman Street
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4
3.4773During the height of the Vietnam War, Special Forces Captain Willard is given the assignment to hunt and kill one of the Military's own; an insane Col. reported to have killed hundreds of innocent people and has established a personal refuge in the jungle. ...more about Apocalypse Now
Director Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Director
- BAFTA Awards - Best Direction
- David di Donatello Awards - Best Director - Foreign Film (Migliore Regista Straniero)
- Directors Guild of America, USA - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Director - Motion Picture
- World Stunt Awards - Best Stunt Coordinator and/or 2nd Unit Director: Feature Film
- World Stunt Awards - Best Stunt Coordinator and/or 2nd Unit Director: Sequence
- Writers Guild of America, USA - Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen
- DVD Best Pricing:
Overstock.com
5
3.2597A new, expanded version of Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 Vietnam war epic. ...more about Apocalypse Now Redux
- Not Available on DVD
6
3.0446Rusty James is the leader of a small, dying gang in an industrial town. He lives in the shadow of the memory of his absent, older brother -- The Motorcycle Boy. ...more about Rumble Fish
- DVD Best Pricing:
Herman Street
7
2.9835In the final instalment of the Godfather Trilogy, an aging Don Michael Corleone seeks to legitimize his crime family's interests and remove himself from the violent underworld but is kept back by the ambitions of the young. ...more about Godfather: Part III
Director Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Director
- Directors Guild of America, USA - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Director - Motion Picture
- DVD Best Pricing:
Overstock.com
8
2.9333Hank and Frannie don't seem to be able to live together anymore. After a five-year relationship, lustful and dreamy Fanny leaves down-to-earth Hank on the anniversary of their relationship. ...more about One from the Heart
- DVD Best Pricing:
Overstock.com
9
2.8819Francis Ford Coppola directs and scripts this adaptation of John Grisham's novel about an idealistic young attorney who takes on the case of a lifetime. ...more about Rainmaker
- DVD Best Pricing:
Overstock.com
10
2.6861Natalie Ravenna decides one day that she needs a break from marriage. She meanders across the U.S. trying to deal with the notion of being responsible. ...more about Rain People
- Not Available on DVD
11
2.5153Based on a true story. Shortly after World War II, Preston Tucker is a grandiose schemer with a new dream, to produce the best cars ever made. ...more about Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Director Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
- DVD Best Pricing:
Herman Street
12
2.0912Legendary director Francis Ford Coppola returns to the screen with this drama that raises questions of life and love. ...more about Youth Without Youth
- Not Available on DVD
13
Captain Eo and his rugged crew set out on a mission to deliver a special gift to a wicked queen who lives on a dark, desolate world. Getting there is half the fun, especially when the good captain starts boogying and the special effects start flying. ...more about Captain EO
- Not Available on DVD
14
On the Las Vegas strip, two unlikely men rendezvous: Samuel Hill, an ill-kempt desert miner, and Benjamin Jabowski, a John Birch Society dandy from the city. ...more about Tonight for Sure
- Not Available on DVD
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