Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppolais an American screenwriter, film director, and producer. He was considered to be the central figure of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth7 April 1939
CountryUnited States of America
drinking wine eating
Drinking wine is just a part of life, like eating food.
emotional editing essence
The essence of cinema is editing. It's the combination of what can be extraordinary images of people during emotional moments, or images in a general sense, put together in a kind of alchemy.
italian house proud
We were raised in an Italian-American household, although we didn't speak Italian in the house. We were very proud of being Italian, and had Italian music, ate Italian food.
beach night philippines
The most adventurous thing I've done is learn how to fly a helicopter in the Philippines. One night we landed on a beach and slept on it.
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I liked to work in a shop down in the basement and invent things and build gadgets.
lonely kids college
I was a pretty shy, lonely kid. I blossomed about age 17, when I went to college.
successful young enthusiastic
I became quite successful very young, and it was mainly because I was so enthusiastic and I just worked so hard at it.
ideas vivid-imagination talent
I have more of a vivid imagination than I have talent. I cook up ideas. It's just a characteristic.
awards achievement lifetime
The things you get fired for when you’re young are the same things that you get lifetime achievement awards for when you’re old.
finding-yourself restaurants hotel
If you're a person who says yes most of the time, you'll find yourself in the hotel business and the restaurant business.
insane littles too-much
We had access to too much money, too much equipment, and little by little, we went insane.
country real patriotic
Most Italians who came to this country are very patriotic. There was this exciting possibility that if you worked real hard, and you loved something, you could become successful.
teamwork numbers together
A number of images put together a certain way become something quite above and beyond what any of them are individually.
strong father numbers
I had a number of very strong personalities in my family. My father was a concert flutist, the solo flute for Toscanini.