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
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I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians.
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If the movie works, nobody notices the mistakes... If the movie doesn't work, the only thing people notice are mistakes.
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Movies are the art form most like man's imagination.
drinking wine eating
Drinking wine is just a part of life, like eating food.
gadgets basements shops
I liked to work in a shop down in the basement and invent things and build gadgets.
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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.
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A number of images put together a certain way become something quite above and beyond what any of them are individually.
telling-stories stories wanted
I thought I wanted to be a playwright because I was interested in stories and telling stories.
cinema world film
Ten Days That Shook The World, by Eisenstein, I went to see it, and I was so impressed with this film, so impressed with what cinema could do.
army people goes-on
I don't go on set with an army of people because the most expensive elements of a movie production are the plane tickets, the hotel rooms, food and gasoline. If you're willing to discover new colleagues in the place that you are, you can save a ton of money.
birthday somewhere-else careers
It's ironic that at age 32, at probably the greatest moment of my career, with The Godfather having such an enormous success, I wasn't even aware of it, because I was somewhere else under the deadline again.
risk elements film
To make great movies, there is an element of risk. You have to say, 'Well, I am going to make this film, and it is not really a sure thing.'
unions glue paper
When I was 13, I worked for Western Union. When the telegrams came in, I would glue them on the paper and deliver them on my bicycle.