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Birthday:
1939-04-07
Place of birth:
Detroit, Michigan, USA
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Francis Ford Coppola

Overview

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 the Academy Award in 1970. His directorial fame escalated with the release of The Godfather in 1972. The film revolutionized movie-making in the gangster genre, garnering universal laurels from critics and public alike. It went on to win three Academy Awards, including his second, which he won for Best Adapted Screenplay, and it was instrumental in cementing his position as one of the prominent American film directors. Coppola followed it with an equally successful sequel The Godfather Part II, which became the first ever sequel to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. The film received yet higher praises than its predecessor, and gave him three Academy Awards—for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director and Best Picture. In the same year was released The Conversation, which he directed, produced and wrote. The film went on to win the Palme d'Or at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival. His next directorial venture was Apocalypse Now in 1979, and it was as notorious for its lengthy and troubled production as it was critically acclaimed for its vivid and stark depiction of the Vietnam War. It won his second Palme d'Or at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival.

Although some of Coppola's ventures in the 1980s and early 1990s were critically lauded, Coppola's later work has not met the same level of critical and commercial success as his '70s films.

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Known for

Acting
2023 Martin Scorsese, l'Italo-Américain Actor Self 59
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2023 The Family Actor Self 59
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2022 Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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2022 Becoming Al Pacino Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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2021 Dare la vita - Conversazione con Francis Ford Coppola Actor Self N/A
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2021 Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age Actor Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) 59
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2021 Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony Actor Self (archive footage) 59
Average
2020 Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen Actor Self 70
Good
2020 Wim Wenders, Desperado Actor Self 59
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2019 Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back Actor Self 59
Average
2019 Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound Actor Self (archive footage) 60
Fair
2019 What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael Actor Self 59
Average
2018 Friedkin Uncut Actor Self 60
Fair
2018 American Dream: Detroit Actor Self - Interviewee N/A
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2018 Godfather I Actor Self N/A
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2018 Francis Ford Coppola's Live Cinema Actor Self 59
Average
2017 Spielberg Actor Self 65
Fair
2017 Behind the Scenes Actor Self 60
Fair
2017 Five Came Back Actor Self 60
Fair
2017 Five Came Back Actor Self 71
Good
2017 Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story Actor Self 59
Average
2016 Jaime Lerner - Uma História de Sonhos Actor Self N/A
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2016 The Family Whistle Actor Self N/A
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2015 Practical Magicians: A Collaboration Between Father and Son Actor Self N/A
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2015 Reflections in Blood: Francis Ford Coppola and Bram Stoker’s Dracula Actor Self N/A
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2015 Listen to Me Marlon Actor Self (archive footage) 62
Fair
2014 Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire Actor Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) 59
Average
2014 Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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2014 Henri Langlois vu par... Actor Self N/A
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2014 Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto Actor Self 59
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2014 Palo Alto Actor The Judge (voice) (uncredited) 60
Fair
2014 And the Oscar Goes To... Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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2013 Trespassing Bergman Actor Self 59
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2013 Twixt: A Documentary Actor Self N/A
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2013 Seduced and Abandoned Actor Self 59
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2013 Milius Actor Self 59
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2012 Bergmans video Actor Self 59
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2012 The Godfather Legacy Actor Self 59
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2010 Sodankylä Forever Actor Self N/A
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2010 A Conversation with Martin Sheen Actor Self N/A
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2010 The People vs. George Lucas Actor Self (archive footage) 59
Average
2009 I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale Actor Self 59
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2008 The Godfather: When the Shooting Stopped Actor Self 59
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2008 Emulsional Rescue: Revealing 'The Godfather' Actor Self 59
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2008 Cannoli Actor Self N/A
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2008 Clemenza Actor Self N/A
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2008 The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't Actor Self 59
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2008 The Last Days of Marlon Brando Actor Self (archive Footage) 58
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2007 Coda: Thirty Years Later Actor Self 59
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2007 Fog City Mavericks Actor Self 59
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2007 The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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2007 The Costumes Are the Sets: The Design of Eiko Ishioka Actor Self 59
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2007 In Camera: The Naïve Visual Effects of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' Actor Self 59
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2007 Method and Madness: Visualizing 'Dracula' Actor Self 59
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2007 Lights, Action, Music Actor Self 59
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2007 The Making of Marie Antoinette Actor Self 59
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2007 Brando Actor Self (archive footage) 59
Average
2006 The Godfather and the Mob Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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2005 Lucas, Coppola & Kurosawa Actor Self N/A
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2005 George Lucas: Creating an Empire Actor Self N/A
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2004 Tying the Knot Actor Self 59
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2004 A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope Actor Self 59
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2004 Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138' Actor Self 59
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2004 The Dream Studio Actor self N/A
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2003 Whether You Like It or Not: The Story of Hedwig Actor Self 59
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2003 A Decade Under the Influence Actor Self 60
Fair
2002 The Kid Stays in the Picture Actor Self (archive footage) 60
Fair
2001 R2-D2: Beneath the Dome Actor Self 59
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2001 Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal Actor Self 59
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2000 The Making of The Virgin Suicides Actor Self 59
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1999 Coppola, un hombre y sus sueños Actor Self N/A
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1999 Kurosawa: The Last Emperor Actor Self 59
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1998 The Making of 'American Graffiti' Actor Self 59
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1997 A Conversation with Martin Scorsese & Francis Ford Coppola Actor Self N/A
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1996 In Search of Dracula Actor Self N/A
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1995 A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies Actor Self 62
Fair
1994 The World of Jim Henson Actor Self 59
Average
1994 It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein Actor Self 59
Average
1994 Marlon Brando: The Wild One Actor Self 58
Average
1992 Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man. The Myth. The Movies. Actor Self 59
Average
1992 Writing with Light: Vittorio Storaro Actor Self 59
Average
1991 Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse Actor Self 67
Fair
1991 Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper Actor Self N/A
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1990 Hollywood Mavericks Actor Self 59
Average
1990 The Godfather Family: A Look Inside Actor Self 60
Fair
1990 Martin Scorsese Directs Actor Self 59
Average
1989 Central Park Actor Self 59
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1986 The Making of Captain EO Actor Self 59
Average
1982 Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982 Actor Self N/A
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1982 The Making of 'One from the Heart' Actor Self 59
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1981 Inside the Coppola Personality Actor Self 59
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1981 Rendez-Vous Video Magazine Actor Self (segment "Coppola") 59
Average
1979 Apocalypse Now Actor Director of TV Crew (uncredited) 81
Very good
1976 The Godfather Comes to Sixth St. Actor Self N/A
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1975 The Lion Roars Again Actor Self N/A
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1971 Bald: The Making of 'THX 1138' Actor Self 59
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1971 The Godfather: Behind the Scenes Actor Self N/A
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1968 Filmmaker Actor Self 59
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1968 The New Cinema Actor Self N/A
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1968 The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow' Actor Self N/A
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1963 The Young Racers Actor 58
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1962 War Hunt Actor Army Truck Driver (uncredited) 59
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Megadoc Actor Self N/A
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Art Never Sleeps Actor Self N/A
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Directing
2024 Megalopolis Directing Director 57
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2015 Distant Vision Directing Director N/A
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2014 Henri Langlois vu par... Directing Director N/A
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2011 Twixt Directing Director 56
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2009 Tetro Directing Director 60
Fair
2007 Youth Without Youth Directing Director 59
Average
2000 One Morning All Over the World Directing Director 59
Average
1997 The Rainmaker Directing Director 66
Fair
1996 Jack Directing Director 61
Fair
1992 Bram Stoker's Dracula Directing Director 72
Good
1992 The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 Directing Director 66
Fair
1990 The Godfather Part III Directing Director 73
Good
1989 New York Stories Directing Director 60
Fair
1988 Tucker: The Man and His Dream Directing Director 62
Fair
1987 Gardens of Stone Directing Director 59
Average
1987 Rip Van Winkle Directing Director 59
Average
1986 Peggy Sue Got Married Directing Director 60
Fair
1986 Captain EO Directing Director 60
Fair
1984 The Cotton Club Directing Director 61
Fair
1983 Rumble Fish Directing Director 65
Fair
1983 The Outsiders Directing Director 68
Fair
1982 Hammett Directing Second Unit Director 59
Average
1982 One from the Heart Directing Director 58
Average
1981 The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic Directing Director 59
Average
1980 Jerry Brown: The Shape of Things to Come Directing Director N/A
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1979 Apocalypse Now Directing Director 81
Very good
1977 Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1902-1959 Directing Director 61
Fair
1974 The Godfather Part II Directing Director 84
Very good
1974 The Conversation Directing Director 71
Good
1972 The Godfather Directing Director 86
Very good
1969 The Rain People Directing Director 59
Average
1968 Finian's Rainbow Directing Director 58
Average
1968 The Wild Racers Directing Second Unit Director 58
Average
1966 You're a Big Boy Now Directing Director 59
Average
1963 Dementia 13 Directing Director 58
Average
1963 The Young Racers Directing Second Unit Director 58
Average
1962 The Peeper Directing Director N/A
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1962 Tonight for Sure Directing Director 58
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1962 The Premature Burial Directing Assistant Director 59
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1962 The Bellboy and the Playgirls Directing Director 58
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1956 No Cigar Directing Director N/A
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The Glimpses of the Moon Directing Director N/A
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The Outsiders: The Complete Novel Directing Director N/A
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Apocalypse Now: Redux Directing Director 61
Fair
Distant Vision Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2024 Megalopolis Writing Writer 57
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2015 Distant Vision Writing Writer N/A
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2011 Twixt Writing Screenplay 56
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2009 Tetro Writing Writer 60
Fair
2007 Youth Without Youth Writing Writer 59
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1997 The Rainmaker Writing Screenplay 66
Fair
1992 The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 Writing Scenario Writer 66
Fair
1990 The Godfather Part III Writing Screenplay 73
Good
1989 New York Stories Writing Writer 60
Fair
1986 Captain EO Writing Writer 60
Fair
1984 The Cotton Club Writing Story 61
Fair
1984 The Cotton Club Writing Screenplay 61
Fair
1983 Rumble Fish Writing Screenplay 65
Fair
1982 One from the Heart Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1981 The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1979 Apocalypse Now Writing Writer 81
Very good
1977 Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television Writing Writer 78
Good
1974 The Godfather Part II Writing Screenplay 84
Very good
1974 The Conversation Writing Writer 71
Good
1974 The Great Gatsby Writing Screenplay 60
Fair
1973 The Way We Were Writing Writer 63
Fair
1972 The Godfather Writing Screenplay 86
Very good
1970 Patton Writing Screenstory 69
Fair
1970 Patton Writing Screenplay 69
Fair
1969 The Rain People Writing Writer 59
Average
1966 You're a Big Boy Now Writing Writer 59
Average
1966 Is Paris Burning? Writing Screenplay 62
Fair
1966 This Property Is Condemned Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1963 Dementia 13 Writing Writer 58
Average
1963 The Haunted Palace Writing Writer 60
Fair
1962 The Peeper Writing Writer N/A
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1962 Tonight for Sure Writing Writer 58
Average
1962 The Bellboy and the Playgirls Writing Writer 58
Average
Apocalypse Now: Redux Writing Writer 61
Fair
Distant Vision Writing Screenplay N/A
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The Glimpses of the Moon Writing Screenplay N/A
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Production
2024 Megalopolis Production Producer 57
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2024 Shadow Brother Sunday Production Executive Producer N/A
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2023 The Making of Priscilla Production Executive Producer 59
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2023 Fairyland Production Executive Producer 59
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2021 Freda Production Executive Producer 59
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2021 Love is Love is Love Production Executive Producer 58
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2021 Mainstream Production Executive Producer 60
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2020 On the Rocks Production Executive Producer 60
Fair
2017 The Beguiled Production Executive Producer 59
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2016 Paris Can Wait Production Executive Producer 58
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2016 Joshy Production Executive Producer 58
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2016 The Family Whistle Production Executive Producer N/A
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2016 Last Days in the Desert Production Executive Producer 58
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2015 A Very Murray Christmas Production Executive Producer 56
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2014 Life After Beth Production Executive Producer 56
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2014 Palo Alto Production Executive Producer 60
Fair
2014 Mozart in the Jungle Production Executive Producer 73
Good
2013 The Bling Ring Production Executive Producer 54
Average
2013 A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III Production Executive Producer 56
Average
2012 On the Road Production Executive Producer 57
Average
2011 Twixt Production Producer 56
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2010 Somewhere Production Executive Producer 60
Fair
2009 Tetro Production Producer 60
Fair
2007 Coda: Thirty Years Later Production Executive Producer 59
Average
2007 Youth Without Youth Production Producer 59
Average
2006 The Good Shepherd Production Executive Producer 61
Fair
2006 Marie Antoinette Production Executive Producer 65
Fair
2005 An All Round Maid Production Producer 59
Average
2004 Kinsey Production Executive Producer 62
Fair
2004 The 4400 Production Executive Producer 71
Good
2004 Forever Is a Long, Long Time Production Executive Producer N/A
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2003 Lost in Translation Production Executive Producer 72
Good
2003 Jeepers Creepers 2 Production Executive Producer 60
Fair
2003 Platinum Production Executive Producer 68
Fair
2003 Assassination Tango Production Executive Producer 58
Average
2003 The Educational Archives: Sex & Drugs Production Executive Producer N/A
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2002 Pumpkin Production Executive Producer 58
Average
2002 No Such Thing Production Executive Producer 58
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2002 In My Life Production Executive Producer N/A
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2001 Another Day Production Executive Producer 58
Average
2001 The Legend of Suriyothai Production Executive Producer 58
Average
2001 Jeepers Creepers Production Executive Producer 63
Fair
2001 CQ Production Executive Producer 58
Average
2000 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Production Executive Producer 58
Average
2000 The Virgin Suicides Production Producer 69
Fair
1999 Sleepy Hollow Production Executive Producer 71
Good
1999 Goosed Production Executive Producer 58
Average
1999 The Third Miracle Production Executive Producer 58
Average
1999 The Florentine Production Producer 58
Average
1998 Lani Loa: The Passage Production Executive Producer 58
Average
1998 First Wave Production Producer 70
Good
1998 Moby Dick Production Executive Producer N/A
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1998 Moby Dick Production Executive Producer 64
Fair
1998 Outrage Production Executive Producer 58
Average
1997 The Rainmaker Production Producer 66
Fair
1997 Buddy Production Executive Producer 57
Average
1997 The Odyssey Production Executive Producer 71
Good
1997 Survival on the Mountain Production Executive Producer 59
Average
1996 Dark Angel Production Executive Producer 58
Average
1996 Jack Production Producer 61
Fair
1995 Kidnapped Production Executive Producer 59
Average
1995 Haunted Production Executive Producer 59
Average
1995 Tecumseh: The Last Warrior Production Executive Producer 59
Average
1995 White Dwarf Production Executive Producer 59
Average
1995 My Family Production Executive Producer 61
Fair
1995 The Conversation Production Producer N/A
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1994 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Production Producer 62
Fair
1994 Don Juan DeMarco Production Producer 63
Fair
1994 Ironbound Production Producer N/A
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1994 Traveling Light Production Producer N/A
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1993 The Secret Garden Production Executive Producer 68
Fair
1993 The Junky's Christmas Production Producer 59
Average
1992 Bram Stoker's Dracula Production Producer 72
Good
1992 Wind Production Executive Producer 59
Average
1991 Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse Production Executive Producer 67
Fair
1990 The Godfather Part III Production Producer 73
Good
1990 The Godfather Family: A Look Inside Production Executive Producer 60
Fair
1990 Clownhouse Production Executive Producer 59
Average
1990 The Outsiders Production Producer 70
Good
1989 Wait Until Spring, Bandini Production Executive Producer 58
Average
1988 Tucker: The Man and His Dream Production Producer 62
Fair
1988 Powaqqatsi Production Executive Producer 62
Fair
1987 Tough Guys Don't Dance Production Executive Producer 57
Average
1987 Barfly Production Executive Producer 62
Fair
1987 Lionheart Production Executive Producer 58
Average
1987 Gardens of Stone Production Producer 59
Average
1986 Peggy Sue Got Married Production Producer 60
Fair
1986 Captain EO Production Producer 60
Fair
1986 Seven Minutes in Heaven Production Executive Producer 59
Average
1985 Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters Production Executive Producer 65
Fair
1984 The Cotton Club Production Producer 61
Fair
1983 Rumble Fish Production Producer 65
Fair
1983 Rumble Fish Production Executive Producer 65
Fair
1983 Koyaanisqatsi Production Executive Producer 70
Good
1983 The Outsiders Production Producer 68
Fair
1983 The Black Stallion Returns Production Executive Producer 59
Average
1982 The Making of 'One from the Heart' Production Executive Producer 59
Average
1982 Hammett Production Executive Producer 59
Average
1982 The Escape Artist Production Executive Producer 59
Average
1982 Godard's Passion Production Executive Producer 58
Average
1982 Parsifal Production Executive Producer 59
Average
1982 One from the Heart Production Producer 58
Average
1981 The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic Production Producer 59
Average
1980 Every Man for Himself Production Executive Producer 59
Average
1980 Kagemusha Production Executive Producer 69
Fair
1979 The Black Stallion Production Executive Producer 63
Fair
1979 Apocalypse Now Production Producer 81
Very good
1977 Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television Production Producer 78
Good
1974 The Godfather Part II Production Producer 84
Very good
1974 The Conversation Production Producer 71
Good
1973 American Graffiti Production Producer 67
Fair
1973 Paper Moon Production Executive Producer 70
Good
1972 The Godfather Production Producer 86
Very good
1972 The People Production Executive Producer 58
Average
1971 THX 1138 Production Executive Producer 62
Fair
1969 The Rain People Production Producer 59
Average
1968 Filmmaker Production Producer 59
Average
1963 The Terror Production Associate Producer 57
Average
1962 Tonight for Sure Production Producer 58
Average
1962 Battle Beyond the Sun Production Associate Producer 58
Average
The Conquest of Mexico Production Producer N/A
N/A
Distant Vision Production Producer N/A
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Sound
1990 The Godfather Part III Sound Songs 73
Good
1979 Apocalypse Now Sound Original Music Composer 81
Very good
1963 The Young Racers Sound Sound 58
Average

Crew
2016 Paris Can Wait Crew Thanks 58
Average
2015 Reflections in Blood: Francis Ford Coppola and Bram Stoker’s Dracula Crew Thanks N/A
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2015 Practical Magicians: A Collaboration Between Father and Son Crew Thanks N/A
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2013 Oldboy Crew Thanks 58
Average
2013 Locations: Looking for Rusty James Crew Technical Advisor 59
Average
2003 Lost in Translation Crew Thanks 72
Good
1993 In the Name of the Father Crew Thanks 74
Good
1987 Barfly Crew Presenter 62
Fair
1973 The Way We Were Crew Additional Writing 63
Fair
1963 Dementia 13 Crew Stunts 58
Average
1963 The Haunted Palace Crew Additional Dialogue 60
Fair
1962 The Peeper Crew Cinematography N/A
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The Preakness Crew Thanks N/A
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