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Born: 7 April 1939 · Age: 87
Francis Ford Coppola is 87 years old as of October 2026. He was born on 7 April 1939.
Influential director of The Godfather trilogy and Apocalypse Now
Did you know?He owns a successful winery in California and a collection of luxury holiday resorts in Belize and Italy.
Francis Ford Coppola directed two of the most celebrated films ever made in just three years. The Godfather turned a crime novel into an epic about family, power and America itself. Apocalypse Now nearly ruined him, with storms, illness and spiralling costs. The result was a hallucinatory vision of war. He often risked his fortune on bold projects, from his own studio to Megalopolis. He also built a successful wine business.
Francis Ford Coppola ( KOH-pə-lə; born April 7, 1939) is an American filmmaker. One of the leading figures of the New Hollywood, Coppola is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema.
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American filmmaker, born 1939
Francis Ford Coppola was born in Detroit on 7 April 1939.
He directed The Godfather trilogy.
He made Apocalypse Now in the Philippines.
He won two Palme d'Or awards at Cannes.
Career highlights
Did you know?He paid for his 2024 film Megalopolis largely from his own money.
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