I am Francis Ford Coppola Francis Ford Coppola (/ˈkoʊpələ/;[1][2][3] Italian: [ˈkɔppola]; born April 7, 1939)[4] is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is considered one of the major figures of the New Hollywood filmmaking movement of the 1960s and 1970s.[5] Coppola is the recipient of five Academy Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, two Palmes d'Or, and a British Academy Film Award (BAFTA).