UFrancis Ford Coppola ungomunye wabaningi abaqondisi abadumile baseNyakatho Melika, naphezu kokuthi uke waba nezihibe kwamanye amafilimu akhe acishe amholela emonakalweni, amafilimu angagcinanga ngokubhuntsha phambi komphakathi, kodwa nakwabagxekayo.
U-Coppola futhi ungumdwebi wesikrini omuhle futhi umkhiqizi omuhle kakhulu, okwazile ukutshala imali yakhe, ekubeni engakakwenzi lokho emafilimini akhe.
UFrancis ungumuntu obaluleke kakhulu komunye wemikhaya yamabhayisikobho emikhulu, noma engeyona enkulu kunawo wonke. Indodana yomlingisi u-Italia Pennino Coppola kanye nomqambi kanye nomqhubi uCarmine Coppola, umfowabo womlingisi uTalia Shire, uyise womqondisi u-Roman Coppola kanye nomkhiqizi, umqondisi, umlobi wesikrini nomlingisi. Sofia Coppola kanye nomalume wabalingisi uNicolas Cage noRobert Carmine noJason Schwartzman. Umndeni wakwaCoppola usuqokwe kuma-Oscar izikhathi ezingu-19 futhi usewuzuze izikhathi eziyishumi, eziyisithupha kuzo kube nguFrancis Ford Coppola, abathathu njengomdidiyeli wesikrini, ababili njengomdidiyeli noyedwa njengomqondisi.
Francis Ford Coppola Wazalelwa eDetroit, eMichigan ngo-Ephreli 7, 1939.
Lapho eneminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye kwadingeka achithe unyaka embhedeni ephethwe uvendle, okuwukuphela kwento eyayimphazamisa ngaleso sikhathi kwakuwunodoli bakhe kanye namakhasethi omndeni. I-Super8.
Wangena eHofstra ukuze afundele iDramatic Arts eneminyaka engu-18, lapho ahlangana khona noJames Caan, ayezomqasha kamuva ukuze enze amafilimu "UNkulunkulukazi"Nezingadi Zamatshe".
Ngo-1960 uthole iziqu ze-Theater Arts futhi waphothula e-UCLA.
Uchithe iminyaka emibili ethwebula amafilimu avusa inkanuko waze wahlangana Roger Corman, aba ngumsizi wakhe
Ngesikhathi sekhefu lokuqopha ifilimu kaCorman ethi "Friends and Rivals" e-Ireland, uCoppola ukwazile ukuthwebula ifilimu yakhe. isici sokuqala esithi "Dementia 13". Lona umsebenzi wokuqala owanikezwa umenzi wefilimu, nakuba wayesebambisene kakade ekwenzeni ifilimu ethi "The Terror" kaRoger Corman.
Ngo-1966 wadubula ethi "You're a big boy" njengephrojekthi yonyaka wokugcina, athola ngayo ukuhlonishwa. Kule filimu, umuntu uqala ukubona ukuthi bazoba yini izingqikithi eziphindaphindayo kufilimu yombhali, kanye nentsha eyonakele.
Eminyakeni emibili kamuva uCoppola wanikezwa umsebenzi wokuqondisa umculo. Kwakumayelana "Isigodi sothingo“NginoPetula Clark nomakadebona uFred Astaire.
Naphezu kokuba uhlobo oluphelelwe yisikhathi, umqondisi uphume kahle, nakuba kungenye yamafilimu akhohliwe kakhulu efilimu yakhe.
Ngo-1969 wasungula inkampani yakhe yokukhiqiza, "I-Zoetrope yaseMelika”. Wayengumongameli, iphini likamongameli umngane wakhe uGeorge Lucas.
Ukuba nenkampani yakhe yokukhiqiza kumvumela ukuthi enze i-cinema yomuntu siqu, ngakho ngalowo nyaka uthwebula "Imvula enhliziyweni yami", ifilimu yomgwaqo evumela ukuthi azibonise njengombhali ukuthi ungubani. Ikhasethi iwine i Concha de Oro emkhosini waseSan Sebastián.