Biography
Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. 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 th...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Pinocchio: Unstrung
2025
Thanks
We follow James as his grandfather, Geppetto, introduces him to a seemingly magical doll to become best friends. However, unaware of Pinocchio's naïve...

Brother Verses Brother
2025
Executive Producer
Inspired by Francis Coppola's concept of Live Cinema, “Brother Verses Brother” is a radically personal musical odyssey. Combative twin musicians hunt ...

The Last Showgirl
2024
Thanks
When the glittering Las Vegas revue she has headlined for decades announces it will soon close, a glamorous showgirl must reconcile with the decisions...

Lumière! The Adventure Continues
2024
as Self
The sequel to Lumière! L'aventure commence (Lumière! The Adventure Begins) reveals another hundred Lumière films, all immaculately restored, and aims ...

Megalopolis
2024
Writer, Director, Producer
Genius artist Cesar Catilina seeks to leap the City of New Rome into a utopian, idealistic future, while his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero, remain...

Shadow Brother Sunday
2024
Executive Producer
An unlucky musician returns back home on the day of his younger brother's movie premiere to steal and sell his computer to the paparazzi.

Martin Scorsese, l'Italo-Américain
2023
as Self

The Family
2023
as Self
Two intertwined families who have made half a century of cinema. La Grande Bouffe, We won’t grow old together, Tchao Pantin, Apocalypse Now, Bienvenue...
Fairyland
2023
Executive Producer
A young girl recounts growing up in San Francisco in the '70s and '80s with her gay dad, activist and author Steve Abbott.

Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
2022
as Self (archive footage)
A portrait of the actress Winona Ryder, the great muse of nineties cinema, who, although she has had an atypical and somewhat erratic career, has alwa...

Becoming Al Pacino
2022
as Self (archive footage)
A journey through the meteoric rise and tempestuous story of the legendary American actor Al Pacino, from the Bronx of New York to worldwide stardom.

Freda
2021
Executive Producer
Freda lives with her mother, sister and little brother in a popular neighbourhood of Haiti. They survive with their little street food shop. The preca...

Love is Love is Love
2021
Executive Producer
Three stories that explore love, commitment, and loyalty between couples and friends. "Two for Dinner" where a married couple temporarily ...
Dare la vita - Conversazione con Francis Ford Coppola
2021
as Self

Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
2021
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Hawaii, May 1977. After the success of Star Wars, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg meet to find a new project to work on together, the former as prod...

Mainstream
2021
Executive Producer
A young woman thinks she’s found a path to internet stardom when she starts making YouTube videos with a charismatic stranger – until the dark side o...

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Hopkins’ career has spanned several decades, which is why we will also use many interviews that he gave throughout his life, allowing us to put him ba...

On the Rocks
2020
Executive Producer
Faced with sudden doubts about her marriage, a young New York mother teams up with her larger-than-life playboy father to tail her husband.

Wim Wenders, Desperado
2020
as Self
"Wings Of Desire" and "Buena Vista Social Club", "Paris, Texas" and "The State Of Things": Wim Wenders is considered one of the pioneers of New German...

Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
2019
as Self
Maurice Hines, a charming, gay African-American entertainer navigates the complications of show business while grieving the loss of his more famous, o...

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019
as Self (archive footage)
The history of cinematic sound, told by legendary sound designers and visionary filmmakers.

What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
2019
as Self
Pauline Kael (1919–2001) was undoubtedly one of the greatest names in film criticism. A Californian native, she wrote her first review in 1953 and joi...

Friedkin Uncut
2018
as Self
An introspective insight into the life and artistic journey of William Friedkin, an extraordinary and offbeat director of cult films such as The Frenc...

American Dream: Detroit
2018
as Self - Interviewee
The comeback of Detroit is poised to be the greatest turnaround story of American history.

Godfather I
2018
as Self
A short film by Maria Lassnig, shot in 1974.

Francis Ford Coppola's Live Cinema
2018
as Self
An insider's look into Francis Ford Coppola's latest Live Cinema project, Distant Vision.

Spielberg
2017
as Self
A documentary on the life and career of one of the most influential film directors of all time, Steven Spielberg.

The Beguiled
2017
Executive Producer
During the Civil War, at a Southern girls’ boarding school, young women take in an injured enemy soldier. As they provide refuge and tend to his wound...

Five Came Back
2017
as Self
The extraordinary story of how Hollywood changed World War II – and how World War II changed Hollywood, through the interwoven experiences of five leg...

Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story
2017
as Self
Working largely uncredited in the Hollywood system, storyboard artist Harold and film researcher Lillian left an indelible mark on classics by Alfred ...

Paris Can Wait
2016
Thanks, Executive Producer
Anne is at a crossroads in her life. Long married to a successful, driven but inattentive movie producer, she unexpectedly finds herself taking a car ...

Jaime Lerner - Uma História de Sonhos
2016
as Self

Joshy
2016
Executive Producer
After his engagement ends badly, Josh decides to take advantage of his bachelor-party plans in Ojai, California, with the few friends still willing to...

The Family Whistle
2016
as Self
The famed Coppola family of filmmakers and musicians descends from Agostino Coppola, a poor immigrant from an impoverished village in Southern Italy. ...

The Family Whistle
2016
Executive Producer
The famed Coppola family of filmmakers and musicians descends from Agostino Coppola, a poor immigrant from an impoverished village in Southern Italy. ...

Last Days in the Desert
2016
Executive Producer
On his way out of the wilderness, Jesus struggles with the Devil over the fate of a family in crisis, setting himself up for a dramatic test.

A Very Murray Christmas
2015
Executive Producer
Bill Murray worries no one will show up to his TV show due to a massive snowstorm in New York City. Through luck and perseverance, guests arrive at Go...

Practical Magicians: A Collaboration Between Father and Son
2015
as Self
Journalist and critic F. X. Feeney talks with the Coppolas about the production with specific details and interpretations of the original story.

Reflections in Blood: Francis Ford Coppola and Bram Stoker’s Dracula
2015
as Self
Francis Ford Coppola expanding his love of the film.

Reflections in Blood: Francis Ford Coppola and Bram Stoker’s Dracula
2015
Thanks
Francis Ford Coppola expanding his love of the film.

Practical Magicians: A Collaboration Between Father and Son
2015
Thanks
Journalist and critic F. X. Feeney talks with the Coppolas about the production with specific details and interpretations of the original story.

Artistry/Technology
2015
as Self
The film gives an insight into the minds of leading creative figures of our time and their thoughts on the relationship between technology and creativ...

Listen to Me Marlon
2015
as Self (archive footage)
With exclusive access to his extraordinary unseen and unheard personal archive including hundreds of hours of audio recorded over the course of his li...

Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
2014
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
In his early days as an actor, Marlon Brando (1924-2004) was a shy young man with theatrical ambitions, like many others; but his charisma and superb ...

Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance
2014
as Self (archive footage)
After the war, almost by chance, Alfonso Sansone starts to produce documentary films and moves from Palermo to Rome, the city of film.

Life After Beth
2014
Executive Producer
Zach is devastated by the unexpected death of his girlfriend, Beth. When she mysteriously returns, he gets a second chance at love. Soon his whole wor...

Henri Langlois vu par...
2014
as Self
Thirteen filmmakers talk about Henri Langlois and their relationship with him.

Henri Langlois vu par...
2014
Director
Thirteen filmmakers talk about Henri Langlois and their relationship with him.

Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto
2014
as Self
Jacqui Getty's behind-the-scenes look at Gia Coppola's directorial debut Palo Alto, starring Emma Roberts, James Franco, Jack Kilmer, Nat Wolff, and V...

And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
as Self (archive footage)
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy ...

Palo Alto
2013
as The Judge (voice) (uncredited)
A lack of parental guidance encourages teens in an affluent California town to rebel with substance abuse and casual sex.

Palo Alto
2013
Executive Producer
A lack of parental guidance encourages teens in an affluent California town to rebel with substance abuse and casual sex.

Oldboy
2013
Thanks
A man has only three and a half days and limited resources to discover why he was imprisoned in a nondescript room for 20 years without any explanatio...

Locations: Looking for Rusty James
2013
Technical Advisor
A personal meditation on Rumble Fish, the legendary film directed by Francis Ford Coppola in 1983; the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, where it was shot...

Trespassing Bergman
2013
as Self
In the sixties, Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) built a house on the remote island of Fårö, located in the Baltic Sea, and left Stockholm...

Twixt: A Documentary
2013
as Self
The making of Francis Ford Coppola's "Twixt," directed by his granddaughter Gia.

The Bling Ring
2013
Executive Producer
Inspired by actual events, a group of fame-obsessed teenagers use the Internet to track celebrities' whereabouts in order to rob their homes.

Seduced and Abandoned
2013
as Self
SEDUCED AND ABANDONED combines acting legend Alec Baldwin with director James Toback as they lead us on a troublesome and often hilarious journey of r...

Milius
2013
as Self
The life story of ‘Zen Anarchist’ filmmaker John Milius, one of the most influential storytellers of his generation.

A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III
2013
Executive Producer
Charles Swan III, a successful graphic designer, has it all: fame, money and devilish charm that have provided him with a seemingly perfect life. But ...

The Godfather Legacy
2012
as Self
THE GODFATHER LEGACY goes deep inside Francis Ford Coppola's epic saga about the Corleone crime family and reveals how the Academy Award-winning film ...

On the Road
2012
Executive Producer
Dean and Sal are the portrait of the Beat Generation. Their search for "It" results in a fast paced, energetic roller coaster ride with highs and lows...

Twixt
2011
Director, Producer, Screenplay
A struggling horror writer visiting a small town on a book tour gets caught up in a murder mystery involving a young girl. That night in a dream, he i...

Somewhere
2010
Executive Producer
After withdrawing to the Chateau Marmont, a passionless Hollywood actor reexamines his life when his eleven-year-old daughter surprises him with a vis...

Sodankylä Forever
2010
as Self
The Midnight Sun Film Festival is held every June in the Finnish village of Sodankylä beyond the arctic circle — where the sun never sets. Founded by ...

A Conversation with Martin Sheen
2010
as Self
Conversation between Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Sheen about their experiences making Apocalypse Now.

The People vs. George Lucas
2010
as Self (archive footage)
The passion the original Star Wars trilogy inspires in its fans is unparalleled; but when it comes to George Lucas himself, many have found their ardo...

Tetro
2009
Director, Producer, Writer
Bennie travels to Buenos Aires to find his long-missing older brother, a once-promising writer who is now a remnant of his former self. Bennie's disco...

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009
as Self
John Cazale was in only five films – The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather: Part II, Dog Day Afternoon and The Deer Hunter – each was nominat...
Cannoli
2008
as Self
Francis Ford Coppola discusses childhood memories of this scrumptious and genuinely Italian desert.
Clemenza
2008
as Self
A reading from the book How to Really Watch the Godfather: Capos, Cannolis, Consiglieres, and the Truth About the Corleones.

Emulsional Rescue: Revealing 'The Godfather'
2008
as Self
We hear from Coppola, Spielberg, director of photography Gordon Willis, consulting restoration cinematographer Allen Daviau, film archivist Robert A. ...

The Godfather: When the Shooting Stopped
2008
as Self
Members of the crew recall the post-production process on the three 'Godfather' movies.

The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
2008
as Self
On the 35th anniversary of the release of the landmark film "The Godfather," (March 15, 1972) we look back at the time and place of the film's concept...

The Last Days of Marlon Brando
2008
as Self (archive Footage)
July 1, 2004, Hollywood lost one of its biggest stars - Marlon Brando. He succumbs to pulmonary fibrosis at the age of 80. Even during his lifetime, t...
Coda: Thirty Years Later
2007
as Self
A behind-the-scenes look at the trials and tribulations of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola directing his first film in ten years, Youth Without Youth (...
Coda: Thirty Years Later
2007
Executive Producer
A behind-the-scenes look at the trials and tribulations of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola directing his first film in ten years, Youth Without Youth (...

Youth Without Youth
2007
Director, Producer, Writer
Professor of language and philosophy Dominic Matei is struck by lightning and ages backwards from 70 to 40 in a week, attracting the world and the Na...

Fog City Mavericks
2007
as Self
Fog City Mavericks: The Filmmakers of San Francisco is a compelling exploration of the legendary filmmakers who call the San Francisco Bay Area home i...

The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Director Francis Ford Coppola, cast and production crew explore the making of the 1992 masterpiece.

The Costumes Are the Sets: The Design of Eiko Ishioka
2007
as Self
Documentary from the making of Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Bram Stoker’s Dracula’ – about the costume designs of the film. Featured on the 2-Disc Collect...

In Camera: The Naïve Visual Effects of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
2007
as Self
Director Francis Ford Coppola and production staff reveal the secrets behind the 1992 masterpiece.

Method and Madness: Visualizing 'Dracula'
2007
as Self
Behind the scenes of the 1992 masterpiece with director Francis Ford Coppola.

Lights, Action, Music
2007
as Self
A wonderful journey through the meaning and relevance of film music composition. Featuring great, albeit brief, insights from some of the modern grea...

The Making of Marie Antoinette
2007
as Self
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette (2006).

Brando
2007
as Self (archive footage)
The life and legacy of Marlon Brando and how he changed acting.

The Good Shepherd
2006
Executive Producer
Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young ...

Marie Antoinette
2006
Executive Producer
The retelling of France’s iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 15 to her reign as queen at 19...

The Godfather and the Mob
2006
as Self (archive footage)
The Godfather And The Mob reveals the true life story of murder, mafia and mayhem that occurred behind the scenes of the most iconic gangster film eve...

Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders'
2005
as Self
Join director Francis Coppola and his remarkable cast as they reminisce about their experiences shooting "The Outsiders" in 1982 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Lucas, Coppola & Kurosawa
2005
as Self
Directors George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola discuss [Akira] Kurosawa and their roles as executive producers of Kagemusha.

George Lucas: Creating an Empire
2005
as Self
A Biography of George Lucas.
Lucas, Coppola, and Kurosawa
2005
as Self
Directors George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola discuss [Akira] Kurosawa and their roles as executive producers of Kagemusha.

Tying the Knot
2004
as Self
A look at the debate over same sex marriage in the USA. The reasons behind it are illustrated with real life couples that have run afoul of current la...

A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
2004
as Self
A fascinating chronicle of the birth and rise of the radically different independent studio founded by director Francis Ford Coppola.

Kinsey
2004
Executive Producer
Kinsey is a portrait of researcher Alfred Kinsey, driven to uncover the most private secrets of a nation. What begins for Kinsey as a scientific endea...
Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
2004
as Self
The Making of feature for the George Lucas movie 'THX 1138'.

The Dream Studio
2004
as self
A documentary about the making of Francis Ford Coppola's 'One From the Heart'.
Forever Is a Long, Long Time
2004
Executive Producer

Lost in Translation
2003
Thanks, Executive Producer
Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace...

Whether You Like It or Not: The Story of Hedwig
2003
as Self
Documentary about the creation of the stage musical "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" and its subsequent film adaptation.

Jeepers Creepers 2
2003
Executive Producer
When their bus is crippled on the side of a deserted road, a team of high school athletes discover an opponent they cannot defeat – and may not surviv...

A Decade Under the Influence
2003
as Self
A documentary examining the decade of the 1970s as a turning point in American cinema. Some of today's best filmmakers interview the influential direc...

Assassination Tango
2003
Executive Producer
John J. is a seasoned hit man sent on a job to Argentina. When the General he's sent to kill delays his return to the country, John passes the time wi...
The Educational Archives: Sex & Drugs
2003
Executive Producer
Generations of American children sat in dark classrooms and absorbed wisdom in the form of 16mm educational and social guidance films. Through the fli...

The Kid Stays in the Picture
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Documentary about legendary Paramount producer Robert Evans, based on his famous 1994 autobiography.

Pumpkin
2002
Executive Producer
Carolyn's sorority sisters set their sights on the Sorority of the Year award and coaching challenged athletes is their ticket to the trophy. But when...

No Such Thing
2002
Executive Producer
A young journalist journeys to Iceland to find her missing fiancé only to encounter a mythical creature who longs to die.
In My Life
2002
Executive Producer

Another Day
2001
Executive Producer
Kate's boyfriend dies in a fire after a fight over the couple's unborn child. After Kate is involved in a near-drowning accident a few years later, sh...

R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
2001
as Self
Mockumentary telling the never before told life story of the fictional robot R2-D2 from the Star Wars film series. The movie was made as a fun project...

Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
2001
as Self
Several aspects of Ridley Scott's masterpiece Hannibal (2001) are examined through interviews with the cast and crew, and behind the scenes footage. W...

Jeepers Creepers
2001
Executive Producer
On a desolate country highway, two homeward-bound teens are nearly run off the road by a maniac in a beat-up truck, and later spot him shoving what ap...

CQ
2001
Executive Producer
A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationshi...

The Making of The Virgin Suicides
2000
as Self
While Sofia Coppola directed her first feature, her mother, the artist and filmmaker Eleanor Coppola, was there to document the experience.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
2000
Executive Producer
The Hong Kong martial arts version of Jekyll and Hyde, with Hyde as the mythical fighting champion known as the White Tiger battling the Triads, drug ...

The Virgin Suicides
2000
Producer
A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents.

One Morning All Over the World
2000
Director
An ad for an advertising company, consisting of 7-second sequence shots by 13 directors.

Sleepy Hollow
1999
Executive Producer
Skeptical young detective Ichabod Crane gets transferred to the hamlet of Sleepy Hollow, New York, where he is tasked with investigating the decapitat...

Goosed
1999
Executive Producer
Sheltered rich girl Charlene has an over-protective mother who insists that her daughter should marry a rich doctor. After Charlene's psychic predicts...

The Third Miracle
1999
Executive Producer
The Vatican sends a priest to verify some miracles, performed by a woman who has been nominated for sainthood...

The Florentine
1999
Producer
A slice-of-life story unfolds inside The Florentine, a bar in a Pennsylvania steel town whose brightest days are behind it, leaving behind many of lif...
Coppola, un hombre y sus sueños
1999
as Self

Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
1999
as Self
A profile and history of film director Akira Kurosawa.
Lani Loa: The Passage
1998
Executive Producer
A Hawaii cop becomes the suspect in a series of killings after his would-be bride is murdered on their wedding day by a gang of bank robbers, and retu...

The Making of 'American Graffiti'
1998
as Self
Documentary that features many interviews and other footage of the cast and crew for the film American Graffiti (1973)

Outrage
1998
Executive Producer
Tom Casey reports to the police some youngsters stealing from cars. He becomes the target of the 3 teenagers, who start to terrorise him and his famil...

A Conversation with Martin Scorsese & Francis Ford Coppola
1997
as Self
A Conversation with Martin Scorsese & Francis Ford Coppola

The Rainmaker
1997
Director, Screenplay, Producer
When Rudy Baylor, a young attorney with no clients, goes to work for a seedy ambulance chaser, he wants to help the parents of a terminally ill boy in...

Buddy
1997
Executive Producer
An eccentric socialite raises a gorilla as her son.

Survival on the Mountain
1997
Executive Producer
Couple go to Nepal and gets caught in a snowstorm.

Vem Var Dracula
1996
as Self
A look at "Dracula" in the arts and his supposed real-life inspiration Vlad Tepes.

Dark Angel
1996
Executive Producer
Homicide detective Walter D'Arcangelo is the only link to a serial killer who preys on adulterous women. Walter must confront his past in order to pro...

Jack
1996
Director, Producer
Jack Powell suffers from an affliction that makes him grow four times faster than normal, so the 10 year old boy looks like a 40 year old man. After y...

Kidnapped
1995
Executive Producer
When Scottish young gentleman David Balfour's father dies, he leaves school to collect his inheritance from uncle Ebenezer, who in turn sells the boy ...

Haunted
1995
Executive Producer
Professor David Ash exposes false spiritulists and mediums. He is invited to Edbrook to resolve the fears and torments within its secretive family. So...

Tecumseh: The Last Warrior
1995
Executive Producer
This western began in 1812 when the settlers tried to take away more and more territories from the indians. Tecumseh, who is the leader of the Shawnee...

White Dwarf
1995
Executive Producer
In a distant future New York medical student Driscoll Rampart accomplishes his internship at Rusta, a rural planet that doesn't revolve around its axi...

My Family
1995
Executive Producer
Traces over three generations an immigrant family's trials, tribulations, tragedies, and triumphs. Maria and Jose, the first generation, come to Los A...
The Conversation
1995
Producer
A pilot for a television adaptation of The Conversation (1974), intended to be broadcast on NBC, which was not picked up or aired.

The World of Jim Henson
1994
as Self
In this episode of PBS' Great Performances, the history and legacy of puppeteer Jim Henson is explored, from his six-second commercial beginnings to a...

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994
Producer
Victor Frankenstein is a promising young doctor who, devastated by the death of his mother during childbirth, becomes obsessed with bringing the dead ...

It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
1994
as Self
Mary Shelley created a monster in 1818, and writers, actors and filmmakers haven't been able to get enough of it ever since. The history of the creatu...

Don Juan DeMarco
1994
Producer
John Arnold DeMarco is a man who believes he is Don Juan, the greatest lover in the world. Clad in a cape and mask, DeMarco undergoes psychiatric trea...

Marlon Brando: The Wild One
1994
as Self
An examination of the craft of Marlon Brando, narrated by professionals of the film industry. The film follows his career from the stage with "A Stree...
Ironbound
1994
Producer
A boy finds an old sailor and an ironbound submarine in a junkyard.
Traveling Light
1994
Producer
A love story between a man and woman within a arid desert. They struggle between social concepts, Love and, what it really means to have and to have n...

In the Name of the Father
1993
Thanks
A small-time Belfast thief, Gerry Conlon, is wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing in London, along with his father and friends, and spends 15 years in ...

The Secret Garden
1993
Executive Producer
A young British girl born and reared in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She is returned to England to live at her uncle's castle....

The Junky's Christmas
1993
Producer
Burroughs takes down a book and reads us the story of Danny the Carwiper, who spends Christmas Day trying to score a fix, but finds the Christmas spir...

Bram Stoker's Dracula
1992
Director, Producer
In 19th century England, Count Dracula travels to London and meets Mina Harker, a young woman who appears as the reincarnation of his lost love.

The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
1992
Director, Scenario Writer
Following the release of The Godfather Part III in 1990, Coppola, Barry Malkin, and Walter Murch edited the three Godfather movies into chronological ...

Wind
1992
Executive Producer
In 1983, yacht sailor Will Parker leads an American crew financed by millionaire Morgan Weld to defeat during the America's Cup race against an Austra...
Writing with Light: Vittorio Storaro
1992
as Self
Documentary about Vittorio Storaro, cinematographer of Apocalypse Now, The Last Emperor, Reds, Il Confimista, 1900. Vittorio Storaro talks about his w...

Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man. The Myth. The Movies.
1992
as Self
Short documentary on the making of Francis Ford Coppola's "Dracula" (1992).

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
1991
as Self
A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors' health, war near the filming locations, and more — which plagued the filming o...

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
1991
Executive Producer
A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors' health, war near the filming locations, and more — which plagued the filming o...
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
1991
as Self
Hollywood's controversial creative genius, whose career spans multiple generations of moviegoers, is profiled in "Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hoppe...

The Godfather Part III
1990
Director, Producer, Screenplay
In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sin...

Hollywood Mavericks
1990
as Self
A documentary focusing on seventeen maverick directors who were not afraid to break the rules of filmmaking to advance their art. Among the classic di...

The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
1990
as Self
A documentary on the making of the three Godfather films, with interviews and recollections from the film makers and cast. This feature also includes ...

The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
1990
Executive Producer
A documentary on the making of the three Godfather films, with interviews and recollections from the film makers and cast. This feature also includes ...

Martin Scorsese Directs
1990
as Self
Providing behind the scenes footage of the director on set with clips from his own films, Martin Scorsese Directs depicts to riveting effect the way S...

Clownhouse
1990
Executive Producer
Three teenage brothers are terrorized by a trio of escaped mental patients disguised as clowns.

Central Park
1990
as Self
CENTRAL PARK is a film about the famous New York City landmark and the variety of ways in which people make use of it: running, boating, walking, skat...

Wait Until Spring, Bandini
1989
Executive Producer
Rocklin Colorado, 1925. A hard cold winter. Young Arturo Bandini loves his father Svevo, his mother Maria and his brothers. Even though his bricklayer...

New York Stories
1989
Writer, Director
Get ready for a wildly diverse, star-studded trilogy about life in the big city. One of the most-talked about films in years, New York Stories feature...

Tucker: The Man and His Dream
1988
Director, Producer
Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1945. Engineer Preston Tucker dreams of designing the car of future, but his innovative envision will be repeatedly sabotaged by ...

Powaqqatsi
1988
Presenter
An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them.

Tough Guys Don't Dance
1987
Executive Producer
Tim Madden awakens one morning to discover a fresh tattoo on his arm, his car covered in blood, his girlfriend in bed with the town sheriff, and a wom...

Barfly
1987
Presenter, Executive Producer
Downtrodden writer Henry and distressed goddess Wanda aren't exactly husband and wife: they're wedded to their bar stools. But, they like each other's...

Lionheart
1987
Executive Producer
A young knight sets out to join King Richards crusaders. Along the way, he encounters The Black Prince who captures children and sells them as slaves ...

Gardens of Stone
1987
Director, Producer
A sergeant; stationed in Arlington, Virginia in the late 1960s; must deal with his desires to save the lives of young soldiers being sent to Vietnam. ...

Rip Van Winkle
1987
Director
A lazy man falls asleep for twenty years.

Peggy Sue Got Married
1986
Director, Producer
Peggy Sue faints at a high school reunion. When she wakes up she finds herself in her own past, just before she finished school.

The Making of Captain EO
1986
as Self
Documentary of the making of Michael Jackson's Captain EO film for the Disney theme parks.

Captain EO
1986
Director, Producer, Writer
In this 3-D science fiction film that was shown at Disney theme parks, the infamous Captain EO and his ragtag crew are sent on a diplomatic mission th...

Seven Minutes in Heaven
1986
Executive Producer
Natalie allows her classmate Jeff, who ran away from home after a fight with his stepfather, to stay at her place while her father is away on a busine...

Inside Mishima
1985
as Self
Short report on the making of Paul Schrader's film Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, aired as part of the VISIONS: CINEMA programme in 1985.

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985
Executive Producer
A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima, combining dramatizations of three of his novels and a depiction of the events of Nov...

The Cotton Club
1984
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.

Rumble Fish
1983
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Rusty James, an absent-minded street thug, struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation and longs for the days when gang warfare w...

Koyaanisqatsi
1983
Executive Producer
Takes us to locations all around the US and shows us the heavy toll that modern technology is having on humans and the earth. The visual tone poem con...

The Outsiders
1983
Director, Producer
When two poor Greasers, Johnny and Ponyboy, are assaulted by a vicious gang, the Socs, and Johnny kills one of the attackers, tension begins to mount ...

The Black Stallion Returns
1983
Executive Producer
"Black" is a stunning fire-and-silk stallion celebrated the world over. But to his young American owner, Alec Ramsay, he's much more. So, when the ama...

Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982
1982
as Self
Wim Wenders's atmospheric testimony about the problems he encountered while working on HAMMET(1982) with Francis Ford Coppola, and the differences bet...

The Making of 'One from the Heart'
1982
as Self
A short documentary on the Francis Ford Coppola musical One From the Heart.

The Making of 'One from the Heart'
1982
Executive Producer
A short documentary on the Francis Ford Coppola musical One From the Heart.

Hammett
1982
Second Unit Director, Executive Producer
Chinatown, San Francisco, 1928. Former private detective Dashiell Hammett, a compulsive drinker with tuberculosis who writes pulp fiction for a living...

The Escape Artist
1982
Executive Producer
The young and self-confident Danny bluffs at the local police-station that he will escape from prison within an hour. What follows is a flashback show...

Parsifal
1982
Executive Producer
A psychological interpretation of the opera mixing in references to the history of Germany, Wagner’s life, German literature and philosophy. The actio...

One from the Heart
1981
Director, Screenplay, Presenter
The five-year romance of a window dresser and her boyfriend breaks up, as each of them finds a more interesting partner.

The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic
1981
Screenplay, Producer, Director
The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic is a reduced, 386-minute version of the 1977 television miniseries, "Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Comple...

Inside the Coppola Personality
1981
as Self
Monte Hellman's short portrait of Francis Ford Coppola discussing business and craft at home and on the set of his Zoetrope Studios.

Rendez-Vous Video Magazine
1981
as Self (segment "Coppola")
This 1981 video magazine “For the Man Who Wants More…” contains Monte Hellman’s short portrait of Francis Ford Coppola discussing business and craft a...

An All Round Maid
1981
Producer
A video derived from footage Godard kept from his 1981 visit to Francis Ford Coppola's Zoetrope Studios at the time he was making Passion.

Kagemusha
1980
Executive Producer
Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid at...

Jerry Brown: The Shape of Things to Come
1980
Director
Half-hour special in support of Governor Jerry Brown's campaign during the 1979-80 Democratic Primaries

The Black Stallion
1979
Executive Producer
While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion that is brought on board and stabled in the ship he is...

Apocalypse Now
1979
as Director of TV Crew (uncredited)
At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." ...

Apocalypse Now
1979
Director, Producer, Writer
At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." ...
The Godfather Comes to Sixth St.
1976
as Self
Presents what happens to a neighborhood on the Lower East Side in New York City when a Hollywood film crew takes over the area to film part of The God...
The Lion Roars Again
1975
as Self
A chronicle of the 1975 International Press Conclave hosted by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer over two days in May 1975.

The Godfather Part II
1974
Producer, Director, Screenplay
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone at...

The Conversation
1974
Director, Producer, Writer
A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.

The Great Gatsby
1974
Screenplay
Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, t...

The Way We Were
1973
Additional Writing, Writer
Opposites attract when, during their college days, Katie Morosky, a politically active Jew, meets Hubbell Gardiner, a feckless WASP. Years later, in t...

American Graffiti
1973
Producer
A couple of high school graduates spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college.

Paper Moon
1973
Executive Producer
During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partn...

The Godfather
1972
Screenplay, Producer, Director
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corl...

The People
1972
Executive Producer
A young woman is assigned to teach school in a secluded valley whose inhabitants appear stern, secretive and anti-pleasure. Following two children who...

THX 1138
1971
Executive Producer
People in the future live in a totalitarian society. A technician named THX 1138 lives a mundane life between work and taking a controlled consumption...

Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138'
1971
as Self
The film features a conversation between Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola, producer of THX 1138. They discuss Lucas' vision for the film, including his ...
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes
1971
as Self
A behind the scenes look at "The Godfather" from 1971.

Patton
1970
Screenstory, Screenplay
"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with Patton's career in North Africa and p...

The Rain People
1969
Director, Writer, Producer
When a housewife finds out she is pregnant, she runs out of town looking for freedom to reevaluate her life decisions.

Filmmaker
1968
as Self
A behind-the-scenes documentary by George Lucas about 29-year-old Francis Ford Coppola and his crew creating the 1969 film "The Rain People."

Filmmaker
1968
Producer
A behind-the-scenes documentary by George Lucas about 29-year-old Francis Ford Coppola and his crew creating the 1969 film "The Rain People."

Finian's Rainbow
1968
Director
An Irish immigrant and his daughter arrive in Kentucky with a magical piece of gold that alters the course of several lives, including those of a stru...

The Wild Racers
1968
Second Unit Director
Promising young racing car driver Joe Joe Quillico leaves the stock car racing scene in the United States in order to pursue Grand Prix racing in Euro...

The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow'
1968
as Self
This documentary has interviews with actors and the director as they arrive for the 1968 New York world premiere of "Finian's Rainbow."

The New Cinema
1968
as Self
Between the French La Nouvelle Vague and the Italian Neorealismo, Europe had been undergoing a continuous cinema transformation since the 1950s, while...

You're a Big Boy Now
1966
Director, Writer
Post-teen virgin moves to New York City, falls for a cold-hearted beauty, then finds true love with a loyal lass.

Is Paris Burning?
1966
Screenplay
Near the end of World War II, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it becomes clear the Allies are going to invade, or if ...

This Property is Condemned
1966
Screenplay
Owen Legate, a railroad official, comes to Dodson, Mississippi to shut down the local railway - the town's main income. But Owen unexpectedly finds l...

Dementia 13
1963
Director, Writer, Stunts
A widow deceives her late husband's mother and brothers into thinking he's still alive when she attends the yearly memorial to his drowned sister, hop...

The Haunted Palace
1963
Additional Dialogue, Writer
A warlock burned at the stake comes back and takes over the body of his great grandson to take his revenge on the descendents of the villages that bur...

The Terror
1963
Associate Producer, Director
Lt. Andre Duvalier awakens on a beach to the sight of a strange woman who leads him to the gothic, towering castle that serves as home to an eerie bar...

The Young Racers
1963
A former race car driver-turned-writer attempts to expose a ruthless, womanizing Grand Prix racer. A film constructed around footage shot of actual Gr...

The Young Racers
1963
Second Unit Director, Sound
A former race car driver-turned-writer attempts to expose a ruthless, womanizing Grand Prix racer. A film constructed around footage shot of actual Gr...

The Peeper
1962
Director, Writer, Cinematography
An early student film directed By Francis Ford Coppola during his time at UCLA School of Film and Television. This short would later be expanded on in...

Tonight for Sure
1962
Director, Writer, Producer
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 th...

War Hunt
1962
as Army Truck Driver (uncredited)
Dispatched to the front lines during the Korean War, an idealistic American soldier discovers the horrors of combat and comes at odds with a psychopat...

The Premature Burial
1962
Assistant Director
An artist grows distant from his new wife as an irrational horror of premature burial consumes him.

The Bellboy and the Playgirls
1962
Director, Writer
The bellboy aspires to be a private eye and is reading a book to learn the trade. The 'suspicious' activities of women in the hotel give him a chance ...

Battle Beyond the Sun
1962
Associate Producer
In the distant future, the post-nuclear holocaust Earth is divided into two rival superpowers, North Hemis and South Hemis. Both empires are engaged i...

No Cigar
1956
Director
The story of a lonely man who makes beans at his apartment.
Megadoc
N/A
as Self
A behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis.
Art Never Sleeps
N/A
as Self
Acclaimed director Francis Ford Coppola, with the help of a passionate team of film students with a shared dream for the artistic potential of live di...
Glimpses of the Moon
N/A
Director, Screenplay
Set in the 1920s, Glimpses of the Moon details the romantic misadventures of Nick Lansing and Susy Branch, a couple with the right connections but not...

The Preakness
N/A
Thanks
One drunken night, a down on his luck horse trainer is visited by a mysterious lobbyist who comes to him with a centuries spanning pitch involving the...