biography
| name: |
Coppola, Francis Ford
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pronunciation:
[kopohla]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1939– )
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| biography:
| Film director and screenwriter, born in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He studied the theatre in New York City, and film-making in Los Angeles. His first feature as director was Dementia 13 (1963), and this was followed by the musical Finian's Rainbow (1967). Among his outstanding productions were The Godfather (1972; Part II, 1974; Part III, 1990) and his controversial study of the Vietnam War, Apocalypse Now (1979). Later films include The Cotton Club (1984), Peggy Sue Got Married (1987), Tucker, the Man and His Dream (1988), Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), and The Rainmaker (1997). |
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