Francis Ford Coppola filmography

Coppola in 1976

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]

## Film[edit]

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
1973  | American Graffiti | No  | No  | Yes  | Directed by George Lucas
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
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  |
1994  | Don Juan DeMarco | No  | No  | Yes  | Directed by Jeremy Leven; co-produced with Fred Fuchs and Patrick Palmer
The Junky's Christmas | No  | No  | Yes  | Directed by Nick Donkin; short film[2]
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein | No  | No  | Yes  | Directed by Kenneth Branagh; co-produced with James V. Hart and John Veitch
1996  | Jack | Yes  | No  | Yes  |
1997  | The Rainmaker | Yes  | Yes  | No  |
1999  | The Florentine | No  | No  | Yes  | Nick Stagliano; co-produced with Nick Stagliano and Steven Weisman
The Virgin Suicides | No  | No  | Yes  | Sofia Coppola; co-produced with Julie Costanzo, Chris Hanley, and Dan Halsted
2007  | Youth Without Youth | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  |
2009  | Tetro | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  |
2011  | Twixt | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  |
TBA  | Megalopolis | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Post-production

Executive producer

Year  | Title  | Director  | Notes

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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  | Lanai-Loa | Sherwood Hu |
1999  | The Third Miracle | Agnieszka Holland |
Goosed | Aleta Chappelle  |
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
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[edit]

Year  | Title  | Notes

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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

### Recurring collaborators[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Executive producer

| Year  | Title  | Notes

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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

Producer

| Year  | Title  | Notes

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1993  | The Junky's Christmas | TV movie
1995  | White Dwarf
Kidnapped

## See also[edit]

* List of awards and nominations received by Francis Ford Coppola
* Francis Ford Coppola's unrealized projects
* Distant Vision

## References[edit]

1. ^ "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.
2. ^ LoBrutto, Vincent; Morrison, Harriet R. (2012). The Coppolas: A Family Business. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9780313391613.
3. ^ Goldman, C. (1971). "An interview with ROGER CORMAN". Film Comment.

## External links[edit]

* Francis Ford Coppola filmography at IMDb

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* Awards and nominations
* Bibliography
* Unrealized projects

Films
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 (1981)
* The Outsiders (1983)
* Rumble Fish (1983)
* The Cotton Club (1984)
* Captain EO (1986)
* 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)
* Distant Vision (2015)
* Megalopolis (TBA)

Written only|

* Is Paris Burning? (1966)
* This Property Is Condemned (1966)
* Patton (1970)
* The Great Gatsby (1974)

Produced only|

* American Graffiti (1973)
* Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
* Don Juan DeMarco (1994)
* The Florentine (1999)
* The Virgin Suicides (1999)

Enterprises|

* American Zoetrope
* Zoetrope: All-Story
* Rubicon Estate Winery
* Francis Ford Coppola Presents

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