Francis Coppola (photos are inarticle) - the famous American producer, film director, screenwriter, one of the most notable directors of epoch-making films of our time. He is the owner of six gold figurines "Oscar", two prizes "Golden palm branch" and many other awards of American cinema.
Born director on April 7, 1939 in the cityDetroit (Michigan). The family of hereditary Italians of the Coppola dynasty soon after the birth of Francis moved to New York. The child grew painful, suffered poliomyelitis, rarely left the house. In order not to be bored, he organized a puppet theater in one of the rooms and began to organize performances every evening. Even then, the boy showed the ability to direct.
From a young age, Francis Coppola was interested in scienceand technology, for which classmates nicknamed him Scientist. Nevertheless, Francis after school entered the University of Hofstra at the Department of Drama. It was interesting to study, and he had already decided to devote himself to theatrical art, but father intervened, who wanted his son to become an engineer. Before the conflict in the family it did not happen, the father managed to change his mind, and in the end Francis Coppola became a film director. His creative way was not strewn with roses, it happened much later, on the red carpet of the Cannes festival.
In 1959, Francis Ford Coppola graduated from the trainingthe institution of Hofstra and entered the School of Cinematography at the University of California. The diploma work of the graduate was a short film called "Two Christopher" by Edgar Allan Poe's work. Then Francis Coppola began working with Roger Corman, a well-known producer. Under his patronage, the beginning director directed the film "Battle outside the stars", which became an adaptation of the Soviet fantasy film "Sky Calls." The debut turned out to be successful, and the leadership began to charge Francis with more responsible projects.
Full-fledged work of the director was the film "Madness13 ", for which he himself wrote the script." After the obvious success of the film, producer Roger Corman instructed the director to create a concept of a horror film inexpensive in production but spectacular Francis Coppola marked the idea of the film and wrote the thesis of the script for which the working version was created, thus the horror film "Fear" with Jack Nicholson in the title role appeared.
Then the director made three films one by one:"You are now a big boy", "Rainbow Finian" and "People of the rain." Following them, wrote a script for the movie "Patton" about the participation of the American General George Patton in World War II. The main role in the film was played by Hollywood actor George Scott. For the film "Patton" the director received his first Oscar award, a gold statuette was presented to him for the best original script.
All these works Coppola, one way or another, were notedprestigious awards, and on the way already was his main film "Godfather", the idea of which the director had been hatching for a long time. In 1972, the premiere of the film was held.
It was a grandiose adaptation of the same namenovel writer Mario Piozo. The film starred Marlon Brando, superstar of Hollywood, then still young Al Pacino and James Caan, a former classmate of Coppola at the university. With a miserly budget of $ 7 million, the picture showed box office fees of $ 248 million in the first weeks of the rental. Such success could not go unnoticed, later Francis Coppola created two more films, "The Godfather 2" (1974) and "The Godfather 3" (1990).
From the history of Vito Corleone in Hollywood beganfashion for sequels and other related subjects. Each successful film project was replicated several times with minor changes, until the film ceased to generate revenue.
In 1979, Francis Ford Coppola, whose filmsalready occupied a separate niche in American cinema, began to create an epic military drama "Apocalypse Now." The film was dedicated to the war in Vietnam and was based on the works of the writer Joseph Conrad.
The film was shot for a year and a half atPhilippines, during this time a lot has happened. The actor Martin Sheena had a heart attack, Marlon Brando was addicted to light drugs, and Coppola himself was not averse to smoking tobacco. Nevertheless, the film in time went into the rental and won the prize "Golden palm tree" at the film festival in Cannes. In addition, "Apocalypse Now" was awarded a number of nominations, including Oscar.
In 1992, the premiere of the next masterpiece Coppola. This time the film was dedicated to the legendary Romanian ruler Vlad Tepes, who is better known as the Count of Dracula.
In the film, Gary Oldman, Anthony Hopkins,Winona Ryder, Keanu Reeves. The fantastic work of Bram Stoker looked impressive on the big screen. Thanks to special multicolour shooting, the film received three Oscar awards.
During his career, the director created more than forty full-length films, many of which were included in the annals of American cinema. Below is an approximate list of his works.
Currently, Francis Coppola, whose filmography is ready to replenish with new paintings, is working on another script, he is full of creativity.
And all the free time the director spends on his own vineyards, which he purchased for the production of elite winemaking products.
