Francis Ford Coppola (pronounced /ˈkoʊpələ/; KOH-pə-lə; born April 7, 1939)[1] is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. He is widely acclaimed as one of Hollywood's most influential film directors.[1] One of America's most celebrated filmmakers, he epitomized the group of filmmakers known as the New Hollywood, which included George Lucas, Martin Scorsese, Robert Altman, Woody Allen and William Friedkin, who emerged in the early 1970s with unconventional ideas that challenged contemporary filmmaking.[2][3]
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