Francis Ford Coppola

About Francis Ford Coppola

Birth Day: April 7, 1939
Birth Place: Detroit, MI
Birth Sign: Aries

Francis Ford Coppola Net Worth

Francis Ford Coppola was born on April 7, 1939 in Detroit, MI. Acclaimed director of the iconic 1972 film The Godfather, for which he won the Academy Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture. He also directed The Godfathers Part II and Part III as well as the Vietnam War epic Apocalypse Now with Martin Sheen and Marlon Brando.
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💰Francis Ford Coppola Net worth: 300 million

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About

Acclaimed Director of the iconic 1972 film The Godfather, for which he won the Academy Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture. He also directed The Godfathers Part II and Part III as well as the Vietnam War epic Apocalypse Now with Martin Sheen and Marlon Brando.

Before Fame

He contracted polio as a child and was forced to stay in bed for long periods of time. He went on to study theater at Hofstra College and film at UCLA.

Trivia

His 1974 film The Conversation was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay.

Family Life

He married Eleanor Coppola on February 2, 1963. Their oldest son Gian-Carlo Coppola was killed in a speedboating accident at the age of 22 and they also have two other children who became Directors, Roman Coppola and Sofia Coppola.

Associated With

In 1983, he released a pair of films based on the S.E. Hinton novels The Outsiders and Rumble Fish. Matt Dillon and Diane Lane played leading roles in both films.