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Francis Ford Coppola ( /ˈkoʊpələ/ KOH-pə-lə; born April 7, 1939) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. He is widely acclaimed as one of Hollywood's most innovative and influential film directors. He epitomized the group of filmmakers known as the New Hollywood, that includes Martin Scorsese, Terrence Malick, Robert Altman, Woody Allen, William Friedkin, Philip Kaufman, and George Lucas who emerged in the early 1970s with unconventional ideas that challenged contemporary film-making.
He co-wrote the script for Patton (1970), which won an Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay). His directorial fame escalated with the release of The Godfather (1972), a film which revolutionized movie-making in the gangster genre, earning praise from critics and public alike. It won three Academy Awards, including his second, for Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay), and was instrumental in cementing his position as a prominent American film director.
Coppola followed it with a critically successful sequel, The Godfather Part II (1974), which became the first sequel to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. The film was highly praised and won him three Academy Awards—for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director and Best Picture. The Conversation, which Coppola directed, produced and wrote, was released that same year, winning the Palme d'Or at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival. He next directed Apocalypse Now (1979); notorious for its overlong and strenuous production, but critically acclaimed for its vivid and stark depiction of the Vietnam War, winning the Palme d'Or at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival. To this day, Coppola is one of only seven filmmakers to win two Palme d'Or awards, and is the only filmmaker to win both in the same decade.
Actors: Andy Zou (actor), Douglas Widick (actor), Jessica Burgess (actor), Sarah Jun (producer), Jessica Burgess (actor), Zach Lasry (producer), Ben Michaels (actor), Zach Lasry (actor), Ben Michaels (producer), Alex Weston (composer), Sam Heesen (actor), Raymond Chu (director), Raymond Chu (producer), Raymond Chu (writer), John Jalandoni (actor),
Plot: 'American Odyssey' is an experimental fantasy following George Lucas as he rediscovers his imagination. George's friends Steven and Francis take him on a psychedelic journey through classic American adventure stories, where he finds the courage to save his muse, Marcia, relearning to tell stories by becoming the hero himself.
Genres: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Short,Actors: Damian Chapa (director), Tiffany Pulvino (actress), Damian Chapa (actor), Eliezer Ortiz (actor), Damian Chapa (producer), Damian Chapa (producer), Les Mahoney (actor), Damian Chapa (writer), Art Roberts (actor), Alison Lees-Taylor (actress), Kevin Strom (actor), Natasha Blasick (actress), Iris Karina (actress), Shannon Theule (actor), Lenny Porterfield (actor),
Genres: Drama,