The White House
Francis Ford Coppola
FilmmakerKnown for:
The Godfather (1972), Apocalypse Now (1979)
Education:
Hofstra College (BA, theatre arts, 1959); UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (MFA, 1966)
Francis Ford Coppola directed The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974), which together established a new standard for the Hollywood crime film and earned him Academy Awards for directing and writing. Apocalypse Now (1979) - a production that famously collapsed and then recovered over years of filming in the Philippines - is among the most discussed American films of the 1970s. He has continued producing and directing independently since the mid-1980s.
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