Francis Ford Coppola
Risk 87Filmmaker
86 years oldAmerican0 picksBorn April 7, 1939
The man who made us an offer we couldn't refuse has spent six decades redefining American cinema, from the operatic violence of *The Godfather* to the hallucinatory chaos of *Apocalypse Now*. At 86, Coppola is still at it—recently sinking $120 million of his own winery fortune into his passion project *Megalopolis*, proving he's as stubbornly ambitious as ever. With five Oscars and a legendary appetite for risk, this cinematic godfather shows no signs of going to the mattresses just yet.
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Risk Score87/100 - Critical
About Francis Ford Coppola
The man who made us an offer we couldn't refuse has spent six decades redefining American cinema, from the operatic violence of *The Godfather* to the hallucinatory chaos of *Apocalypse Now*. At 86, Coppola is still at it—recently sinking $120 million of his own winery fortune into his passion project *Megalopolis*, proving he's as stubbornly ambitious as ever. With five Oscars and a legendary appetite for risk, this cinematic godfather shows no signs of going to the mattresses just yet.
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