Francis Ford Coppola - Famous Screenwriter

Francis Ford Coppola Net Worth

$400,000,000

Francis Ford Coppola is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter with a net worth of $400 million. Famous for creating The Godfather movie trilogy, Coppola has won multiple Academy Awards for directing and writing. In addition to his success in the film industry, he is also a highly successful wine entrepreneur and investor.

Key facts:

  • Francis Ford Coppola is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter.
  • He is best known for creating The Godfather movie trilogy.
  • Coppola has won multiple Academy Awards for directing and writing.
  • Outside of the film industry, he is a highly successful wine entrepreneur and investor.
  • Coppola has directed other critically acclaimed films such as The Conversation and Apocalypse Now.
  • He also directed successful films like Bram Stoker's Dracula and The Rainmaker.
  • In addition to his film career, Coppola owns wineries in Napa Valley, California.
  • His winemaking venture began in 1975 when he purchased a vineyard in Napa Valley.
  • Coppola's wineries produce high-quality wines that have received numerous accolades.
  • After a hiatus, he returned to directing with the film Youth Without Youth in 2007.
  • Coppola has been working on a film called Megalopolis, which he plans to direct.
  • The film is a story set in the aftermath of a disaster in New York City.

Basic Information About Francis Ford Coppola

CategoryCelebrities β€Ί Directors
ProfessionsScreenwriter, Film Producer, Film director, Television Director, Television producer, Actor, Film Editor
Net worth$400,000,000
Date of birth1939-04-07 (85 years old)
Place of birthDetroit
NationalityUnited States of America
Curiosities and TrademarksOften casts his own real-life extended family members in his films. In the case of the Godfather films, their characters' relationships to "Michael Corleone" often paralleled their real-life relationship to Coppola. He cast his sister, Talia Shire, as Michael's sister Connie, and his daughter, Sofia Coppola, as Michael's daughter Mary - named for Coppola's other daughter. In addition, Diane Keaton said that she modeled her performance as Kay Adams after Elanor Coppola, since both Kay and Coppola are protestants who married into Italian Catholic families.
Includes the original author's name in the title of his adaptations (i.e., Mario Puzo's The Godfather (1972), Bram Stoker's Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)).
Releases re-edited versions of his work years later (e.g., The Godfather (1972) and Apocalypse Now (1979)).
Often works with cinematographer Gordon Willis and producers Fred Roos and Gray Frederickson.
Frequently casts Robert Duvall, the late John Cazale, Nicolas Cage, Diane Keaton, Matt Dillon, Harrison Ford, Laurence Fishburne and Marlon Brando.
Beard
Protagonists are tough inside who want change the world around, more often than not for selfish reasons.
SpouseEleanor Coppola - (2 FebruaryΒ 1963 - present)Β (3 children)
GenderMale
Height5 ft 11 in (1.82 m)
Social Mediaβ†—οΈŽ Wikipedia β†—οΈŽ IMDb

What Movie Awards did Francis Ford Coppola win?


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Francis Ford Coppola awards

Award Name State Movie / Series Name Year
DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion PicturesWinnerThe Godfather1973
Video Premiere Award - Best Audio CommentaryNomineeThe Godfather2001
WGA Award (Screen) - Best Drama Adapted from Another MediumWinnerThe Godfather1973
Oscar - Best PictureNomineeAmerican Graffiti1974
BAFTA Film Award - Best DirectionWinnerApocalypse Now1980
FIPRESCI Prize - CompetitionWinnerApocalypse Now1979
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize - Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)NomineeApocalypse Now2002
CΓ©sar - Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film Γ©tranger)NomineeApocalypse Now1980
David - Best Foreign Director (Migliore Regista Straniero)WinnerApocalypse Now1980
DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion PicturesNomineeApocalypse Now1980
Golden Globe - Best Director - Motion PictureWinnerApocalypse Now1980
Grammy - Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television SpecialNomineeApocalypse Now1980
Silver Medallion Award - WinnerApocalypse Now2014
WGA Award (Screen) - Best Drama Written Directly for the ScreenNomineeApocalypse Now1980
Oscar - Best PictureNomineeThe Godfather: Part III1991
Top 10 Film Award - Best FilmNomineeThe Godfather: Part III1991
DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion PicturesNomineeThe Godfather: Part III1991
Fotogramas de Plata - Best Foreign Film (Mejor PelΓ­cula Extranjera)WinnerThe Godfather: Part III1992
Fotogramas de Plata - Best Foreign Film (Mejor PelΓ­cula Extranjera)WinnerDracula1994
Hugo - Best Dramatic PresentationNomineeDracula1993
Oscar - Best PictureNomineeThe Conversation1975
Palme d'Or - WinnerThe Conversation1974
DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion PicturesNomineeThe Conversation1975
Video Premiere Award - Best DVD Audio CommentaryNomineeThe Conversation2001
Edgar - Best Motion PictureNomineeThe Conversation1975
NSFC Award - Best DirectorWinnerThe Conversation1975
WGA Award (Screen) - Best Drama Written Directly for the ScreenNomineeThe Conversation1975
Golden Prize - NomineeThe Outsiders1983
WGA Award (Screen) - Best Drama Written Directly for the ScreenWinnerPatton1971
USC Scripter Award - NomineeThe Rainmaker1998
Top 10 Film Award - Best FilmNomineeRumble Fish1984
FIPRESCI Prize - WinnerRumble Fish1984
Audience Award - Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)WinnerRumble Fish1988
Grand Remi Award - Best of Show - Feature FilmWinnerTHX 11381972
Top 10 Film Award - Best FilmNomineeTwixt2012

Francis Ford Coppola roles

Movie / Series Role
The GodfatherDirector
The GodfatherWriter
Apocalypse NowDirector
Apocalypse NowWriter
Apocalypse NowDirector of TV Crew (uncredited)
DraculaDirector
The Godfather: Part IIIDirector
The Godfather: Part IIIWriter
The ConversationDirector
The ConversationWriter
The Godfather: Part IIDirector
The Godfather: Part IIWriter
The OutsidersDirector
PattonWriter
The RainmakerDirector
The RainmakerWriter
The Way We WereWriter
JackDirector
Rumble FishDirector
Rumble FishWriter
The Great GatsbyWriter
Peggy Sue Got MarriedDirector
The Cotton ClubDirector
The Cotton ClubWriter
The Cotton ClubWriter
Palo AltoThe Judge (voice) (uncredited)
One from the HeartDirector
One from the HeartWriter
Tucker: The Man and His DreamDirector
TwixtDirector
TwixtWriter
The TerrorDirector
New York StoriesDirector
New York StoriesWriter
Saturday Night LiveSelf - Director 1 episode, 1986
Anthony Bourdain: Parts UnknownSelf 1 episode, 2017
Faerie Tale TheatreDirector
Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest 2 episodes, 1994-1997

Francis Ford Coppola's Movie/Shows Salary

Movie / Series Salary
The GodfatherΒ (1972)$175,000
American GraffitiΒ (1973)20% of gross
The Godfather: Part IIΒ (1974)$1,000,000 to write, direct and produce the film
The Cotton ClubΒ (1984)$2,500,000 + % of the gross
The Godfather: Part IIIΒ (1990)$6,000,000 + % of profits

Francis Ford Coppola's Quotes

  • To me the great hope is that now that these little 8mm video recorder and stuff now, some - just people who normally wouldn't make movies are going to be making them. And, you know, suddenly one day some little fat girl in Ohio is going to be the new Mozart, and you know, and make a beautiful film with her father's little camera-corder and for once this whole professionalism about movies will be destroyed forever and it will become an art form. That's my opinion. ["Heart of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse", 1991]
  • [on Apocalypse Now (1979)] My movie is not about Vietnam... my movie is Vietnam. [Cannes 1979]
  • What the studios want now is "risk-free" films but with any sort of art you have to take risks. Not taking risks in art is like not having sex and then expecting there to be children.
  • I just feel that at a certain point you have to go back to the beginning again. The best thing for me at this point in my life is to become a student again and make movies with the eyes I had when I was enthusiastic about it in the first place.
  • In a sense, I think a movie is really a little like a question and when you make it, that's when you get the answer.

Francis Ford Coppola's photos

Interesting Facts about Francis Ford Coppola

  1. Contracted polio when he was a child. During his quarantine, he practiced puppetry.
  2. Some sources say he is the uncle of Alan Coppola, but Alan's name does not appear on any family tree authorized by the Coppola family.
  3. Like Martin Scorsese, Coppola was a sickly youth, a case of polio which allowed him time to indulge in puppet theater and home movies.
  4. Middle brother of Talia Shire and August Coppola.
  5. Father of Sofia Coppola, Roman Coppola and Gian-Carlo Coppola.
  6. Son of composer Carmine Coppola and Italia Coppola.
  7. Received an M.F.A. in Film Production from the University of California in Los Angeles (1967).
  8. Since 1978, owner and operator of a Rutherford, California vineyard making Rubicon wine.
  9. Coppola began his winery enterprise by buying a portion of the historic Inglenook estate in 1975. His success in the field is explored in the book "A Sense of Place" by Steven Kolpan, 1999.
  10. Brother-in-law of Bill Neil.
  11. Was in the early stages of developing a script for a fourth Godfather film with Mario Puzo which was to tell the story of the early lives of Sonny, Fredo and Michael. After Puzo's death in July of 1999, Coppola abandoned the project, stating that he couldn't do it without his friend.
  12. As of May 2002, the number of Coppola-family members appearing in or contributing to filmmaking stands at thirteen, spread over three generations.
  13. Francis Ford Coppola has been in competition with Bob Fosse on several occasions. In 1972, Coppola was nominated for the Best Director Oscar (The Godfather (1972)), but lost to Fosse (Cabaret (1972)). In 1974, Fosse was nominated for Best Director (Lenny (1974)) but lost to Coppola (The Godfather: Part II (1974)). In 1979, both were nominated as directors (Apocalypse Now (1979) and All That Jazz (1979)), but both lost. When Fosse won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival (Coppola won the previous year), he tied with Akira Kurosawa, whose movie was produced by George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola.
  14. Grandfather of Gia Coppola. Great-uncle of Weston Cage Coppola.
  15. Has released his own line of specialty foods.
  16. As a child, his bedroom was covered with pictures of his favourite film star, Jane Powell. When he discovered she'd married Geary Anthony Steffen, Jr., he tore them all down.
  17. His wife arranged for him to meet Jane Powell as a 40th birthday present.
  18. Out of all his peers who rose to fame and power in the 1970s "Golden Age" era, he is perhaps the only filmmaker still married to his first wife.
  19. Made a commercial for Suntory whiskey with legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa in the 1970s, an event which later influenced a salient plot point in his daughter Sofia's movie, Lost in Translation (2003).
  20. Was voted the 21st Greatest Director of all time by Entertainment Weekly.

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