FILM DIRECTOR

Francis Ford Coppola

1939 - Today

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Francis Ford Coppola ( KOH-pə-lə, Italian: [ˈkɔppola]; born April 7, 1939) is an American filmmaker. He is considered one of the leading figures of the New Hollywood and one of the greatest directors of all time. Coppola is the recipient of five Academy Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, two Palmes d'Or and a BAFTA Award. After directing The Rain People (1969), Coppola co-wrote Patton (1970), which earned him the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay along with Edmund H. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francis Ford Coppola has received more than 18,624,528 page views. His biography is available in 86 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 81 in 2019). Francis Ford Coppola is the 23rd most popular film director (down from 19th in 2019), the 154th most popular biography from United States (down from 136th in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Film Director.

Francis Ford Coppola is most famous for directing the Godfather trilogy, which includes The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, and The Godfather Part III.

Memorability Metrics

  • 19M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 77.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 86

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Francis Ford Coppola ranks 23 out of 2,041. Before him are Wim Wenders, Luchino Visconti, François Truffaut, Sergio Leone, Jean-Luc Godard, and Pedro Almodóvar. After him are Bernardo Bertolucci, Agnès Varda, Georges Méliès, Michelangelo Antonioni, George Lucas, and Miloš Forman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Francis Ford Coppola ranks 6. Before him are Lee Harvey Oswald, Ali Khamenei, Tina Turner, Terence Hill, and Ian McKellen. After him are Stanislav Petrov, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Amos Oz, Amanda Lear, Reuven Rivlin, and Giovanni Falcone.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Francis Ford Coppola ranks 154 out of 20,380. Before him are Stan Lee (1922), Ray Charles (1930), David Letterman (1947), Steven Seagal (1952), John Adams (1735), and Tom Selleck (1945). After him are J. D. Salinger (1919), James Monroe (1758), John Wayne (1907), John Steinbeck (1902), Denzel Washington (1954), and Frank Lloyd Wright (1867).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Francis Ford Coppola ranks 5. Before him are Steven Spielberg (1946), Martin Scorsese (1942), Stanley Kubrick (1928), and Woody Allen (1935). After him are George Lucas (1944), Quentin Tarantino (1963), Tim Burton (1958), John Ford (1894), David Lynch (1946), Oliver Stone (1946), and Brian De Palma (1940).

American born Film Directors

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