Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford is a renowned American movie director and producer. His family is an Italian immigrant, his grandparents came to America from Bernarda. Coppola’s middle name was taken from the famous Henry Ford because he was born in Henry Ford hospital and his father too was associated with automobile manufacture.

As a kid, Coppola has contracted polio due to which he was bedridden for a long time during his childhood. At the age of 15 while reading “a streetcar named desire” developed his interest in theatres.

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Biography and Early Life:

In 1960 Coppola earned his bachelor’s degree in arts and theatre from Hofstra college, he was enrolled in UCLA film school, where he directed “ two Christophers” a short horror film. In 1970 Coppola was among the few who were known as “new Hollywood”, which changed the idea of conventional filmmaking.

His movie “GODFATHER” released in 1972 changed the direction of his career forever. When he was in his bachelors Coppola has selected as the head of the university drama club the green wig and its musical comedy club Kaleidoscopians which he later merged and named spectrum players.

Age, Height, Weight & Body Measurement

So, how old is Francis Ford Coppola in 2021 and what is his height and weight? Well, Francis Ford Coppola’s age is 82 years old as of today’s date 2nd August 2021 having been born on 7 April 1939. Though, he is 5′ 10″ in feet and inches and 179 cm in Centimetres tall, he weighs about 287 lbs in Pound and 130 kg in Kilograms.

Education:

Coppola attended 23 schools during his educational career. He attended UCLA school of theatre, film, and television in 1967, Hofstra University in 1955-1959, Jamaica high school, New York Military Academy, John L Miller North High School, Stevens Institute of Technology, University of California (Los Angeles), and many more.

Personal Life: Dating, Girlfriends, Wife, Kids

Coppola is married to Eleanor who is a documentary filmmaker and artist. They meet on the film sets of dementia 13 in 1962 where she was an assistant art director, and he was directing the feature film and now had been married for 58 years.

Just after three months of dating Elenore become pregnant and thus they both got married. They both have three children Gian – Carlo Coppola (who passed away at the age of 22), Roman Coppola, Sofia Coppola who had made their name as successful businesspeople in the film industry.

As a child, Coppola was a mediocre student who was interested in science and technology and thus got his nickname science as he wanted to pursue engineering.

At the age of 15 while reading “a streetcar named desire” developed his interest in theatres. It was  Sergei Eisenstein’s October: Ten Days That Shook the World which inspired him to go to the cinema rather than for theatre.

Francis Coppola had three girlfriends Melissa Mathison (1978), Carole Mallory, Luciana Gimenez but later he married to Elenore.

Is Francis Ford Coppola Gay?

No, Francis is happily married to his wife Elenore. They have been married for 58 long years and also have three children proving he is not gay.

Professional Career:

In 1960, he directed a short horror film and acted in some nude films which were not sensual to earn some money. It was until in the 1970s his films like” Patton – 1970, godfather – 1972, the conversation-1974, godfather part – II -1974” established him as a director who had changed the way conventional films were made and cemented his position in Hollywood more deeply.

After the release of the apocalypse, Coppola saw the downhill in his career graph. His movie “one from the heart -1982” marked the end of the golden phase in his career. After struggling for a few years he came back to the game with the release of “Bram strokers Dracula- 1992” which went on to become the 15th highest-grossing film of the year.

The film “rainmaker – 1997” was Coppola the last film as director which was claimed by critics did well at the box office but was a little disappointed than his previous films.

In the 2000s he tried returning to the director’s line with films like “youth without youth-2007, metro-2009, twixt-2010” many more but failed and thus leaving the direction forever.

Along with the direction he owns many commercial ventures such as “American zoetrope, zoetrope virtual studios, uptown theatre, Francis Ford Coppola presents” and many more commercial ventures like resorts, cafes, and restaurants.

Awards:

• Academy Award for Best Picture – 1975
• Academy Award for Best Writing(adapted screenplay) – 1973-75
• Golden Globe Award for Motion Pictures- 1974

Net Worth, Salary & Earnings of Francis Ford Coppola  in 2021:

As of 2021, Francis Ford Coppola has a net worth of $450 million. He also owns several other assets along such as resorts, cafes, theatres, and restaurants in different countries across the world.

Some Interesting Facts You Need To Know:

• Francisis credited for directing 12 different actors in Oscar-nominated performances, including Geraldine Page, Al Pacino, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, James Caan, Lee Strasberg, Robert De Niro, Michael V. Gazzo, Kathleen Turner, Talia Shire, Martin Landau, and Andy Garcia.

Francis is a very popular American director who has worked in several successful franchises throughout his career. His worked were also nominated for the Oscars. His life was full of ups and downs but he is still a legend who changed the way of cinemas as we see them today.