Francis Ford Coppola filmography

Coppola in 1976

Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and film composer whose career spans more than sixty years. Coppola has directed twenty-three feature films to date.

His films The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, and Apocalypse Now are often cited among the greatest films ever made.[1]

Coppola has, since 2000, issued new versions of several of his films, including Apocalypse Now: Redux (2001), The Outsiders: The Complete Novel (2005), The Cotton Club: Encore (2017), Apocalypse Now Final Cut (2019), and The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone (2020), among others.[2]

Film

Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes
1963 Dementia 13 Yes Yes No
1966 You're a Big Boy Now Yes Yes No
1968 Finian's Rainbow Yes No No
1969 The Rain People Yes Yes No
1972 The Godfather Yes Yes No Co-writer with Mario Puzo
1974 The Conversation Yes Yes Yes
The Godfather Part II Yes Yes Yes Co-writer with Mario Puzo
1979 Apocalypse Now Yes Yes Yes Co-writer with John Milius and Michael Herr; also composer with Carmine Coppola; Cameo: TV News Director
1982 One from the Heart Yes Yes No Co-writer with Armyan Bernstein
1983 The Outsiders Yes No No
Rumble Fish Yes Yes Executive Co-writer with S. E. Hinton
1984 The Cotton Club Yes Yes No Co-writer with William Kennedy
1986 Captain EO Yes Yes No Short film; co-written with George Lucas and Rusty Lemorande
Peggy Sue Got Married Yes No No
1987 Gardens of Stone Yes No Yes
1988 Tucker: The Man and His Dream Yes No No
1989 New York Stories Yes Yes No Segment: "Life Without Zoë"; co-writer with Sofia Coppola
1990 The Godfather Part III Yes Yes Yes Co-writer with Mario Puzo
1992 Bram Stoker's Dracula Yes No Yes
1996 Jack Yes No Yes
1997 The Rainmaker Yes Yes No
2007 Youth Without Youth Yes Yes Yes
2009 Tetro Yes Yes Yes
2011 Twixt Yes Yes Yes
2024 Megalopolis Yes Yes Yes

Writer only

Year Title Director Notes
1966 Is Paris Burning? René Clément Co-writer with Gore Vidal, Jean Aurenche, Pierre Bost and Claude Brulé
This Property Is Condemned Sydney Pollack Co-writer with Fred Coe and Edith Sommer
1970 Patton Frank McCarthy Co-writer with Edmund H. North
1974 The Great Gatsby Jack Clayton

Producer only

Year Title Director Notes
1973 American Graffiti George Lucas
1994 Don Juan DeMarco Jeremy Leven Co-produced with Fred Fuchs and Patrick Palmer
The Junky's Christmas Nick Donkin Short film[3]
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Kenneth Branagh Co-produced with James V. Hart and John Veitch
1999 The Florentine Nick Stagliano Co-produced with Nick Stagliano and Steven Weisman
The Virgin Suicides Sofia Coppola Co-produced with Julie Costanzo, Chris Hanley and Dan Halsted

Executive producer only

Year Title Director Notes
1971 THX 1138 George Lucas
1973 Paper Moon Peter Bogdanovich Uncredited
1979 The Black Stallion Carroll Ballard
1980 Kagemusha Akira Kurosawa
1982 Koyaanisqatsi Godfrey Reggio
The Escape Artist Caleb Deschanel
1982 Hammett Wim Wenders
1983 The Black Stallion Returns Robert Dalva
1985 Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters Paul Schrader
Return to Oz Walter Murch Uncredited
1987 Tough Guys Don't Dance Norman Mailer
Lionheart Franklin J. Schaffner
1988 Powaqqatsi Godfrey Reggio
1989 Wait Until Spring, Bandini Dominique Deruddere Uncredited
1992 Wind Carroll Ballard
1993 The Secret Garden Agnieszka Holland
1995 Haunted Lewis Gilbert
My Family Gregory Nava
The Fantasticks Michael Ritchie Uncredited
1997 Buddy Caroline Thompson
1998 Lani-Loa Sherwood Hu
1999 The Third Miracle Agnieszka Holland
Goosed  [de; es] Aleta Chappelle [d]
Sleepy Hollow Tim Burton
2000 Supernova Walter Hill Uncredited; also uncredited director of reshoots
2001 CQ Roman Coppola
No Such Thing Hal Hartley
Jeepers Creepers Victor Salva
2002 Pumpkin Anthony Abrams [d]
Adam Larson Broder
Assassination Tango Robert Duvall
2003 Jeepers Creepers 2 Victor Salva
Lost in Translation Sofia Coppola
2004 Kinsey Bill Condon
2006 Marie Antoinette Sofia Coppola
The Good Shepherd Robert De Niro
2010 Somewhere Sofia Coppola
2012 On the Road Walter Salles
2013 The Bling Ring Sofia Coppola

Other roles

Year Title Notes
1952 The Magic Voyage of Sinbad Screen adaptation and English-language re-editing of Sadko
1959 Battle Beyond the Sun Shot new footage and re-edited for American release 1962 of Mikhail Karyukov and Aleksandr Kozyr Nebo Zovyot, credited as Thomas Colchart, associate producer
1962 The Bellboy and the Playgirls Shot and wrote new footage for American release of Fritz Umgelter's film
The Premature Burial 2nd unit director
Tonight for Sure Re-edit with new footage of Wide Open Spaces
Tower of London Assistant director
1963 The Haunted Palace
The Young Racers 2nd unit director
The Terror Associate producer, replaced Roger Corman as director for 11 days[4]
1968 The Wild Racers 2nd unit director
1982 Hammett

Recurring collaborators

At the beginning of his career, Coppola assisted on a number of Roger Corman-directed films.[5] Throughout his career, Coppola has repeatedly cast certain actors for his film projects. Singer-songwriter Tom Waits has appeared in six of his films, Robert Duvall and Laurence Fishburne have both appeared in five, and James Caan, Diane Lane, Frederic Forrest and Glenn Withrow have all appeared in four. Coppola worked with production designer Dean Tavoularis on several films beginning with The Godfather through Jack.[6]

Television

Year Title Director Executive
Producer 		Notes
1980 Jerry Brown: The Shape of Things to Come Yes Yes Live broadcast
1986 Saturday Night Live Yes No Episode: "George Wendt and Francis Ford Coppola/Philip Glass"
1987 Faerie Tale Theatre Yes Yes Episode: "Rip Van Winkle"

Producer only

Executive producer
Year Title Notes
1990 The Outsiders 13 episodes
Adaptation of 1983 film
1995 Tecumseh: The Last Warrior TV movie
1996 Dark Angel
1997 Survival on the Mountain
The Odyssey Miniseries
1998 Outrage TV movie
Moby Dick Miniseries
1998–2001 First Wave 65 episodes
2000 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde TV movie
2003 Platinum 6 episodes
Producer
Year Title Notes
1993 The Junky's Christmas TV movie
1995 White Dwarf
Kidnapped

See also

References

  1. ^ "AFI's 100 Greatest American Films of All Time" - 2.The Godfather (1972) 30.Apocalypse Now (1979) 32.The Godfather II (1974)." American Film Institute. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  2. ^ Adamson, Dylan (2024-05-10). "Continuity Errors: On the New Old Films of Francis Ford Coppola". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
  3. ^ LoBrutto, Vincent; Morrison, Harriet R. (2012). The Coppolas: A Family Business. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9780313391613.
  4. ^ Goldman, C. (1971). "An interview with ROGER CORMAN". Film Comment.
  5. ^ "Roger Corman", Wikipedia, 2024-10-23, retrieved 2024-10-29
  6. ^ "Dean Tavoularis | Production Designer, Art Director, Art Department". IMDb. Retrieved 2024-10-29.