Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppolais an American screenwriter, film director, and producer. He was considered to be the central figure of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth7 April 1939
CountryUnited States of America
critics figure films four life money opinion rule seem three
My big goal in life was always to figure out how I can make a lot of money so I can go off and make films irrespective of the opinion of the three or four critics who seem to rule the roost.
blessed way film
I've been blessed with enough wealth that I can make a film myself up to a certain budget. So one way I thought I would reinvent myself was just to make these very small, personal films that I've financed myself.
risk elements film
To make great movies, there is an element of risk. You have to say, 'Well, I am going to make this film, and it is not really a sure thing.'
schedules world film
I always found the film world unpleasant. It's all about the schedule, and never really flew for me.
cinema world film
Ten Days That Shook The World, by Eisenstein, I went to see it, and I was so impressed with this film, so impressed with what cinema could do.
vietnam film
My film is not a movie; it's not about Vietnam. It is Vietnam.
trying filmmaker
Most filmmakers can't afford to try something out that doesn't work.
cutting creative film
I realized I probably wouldn't make another film that cuts through commercial and creative things like 'Godfather' or 'Apocalypse.'
art film aspire
So much of the art of film is to do less. To aspire to do less.
cinema done film
Sequels are not done for the audience or cinema or the filmmakers. It's for the distributor. The film becomes a brand.
people film made
The very earliest people who made film were magicians.
mean creative filmmaker
There's nothing creative about living within your means.
cinema film affair
Anyone who's made film and knows about the cinema has a lifelong love affair with the experience. You never stop learning about film.
badly family iq low
I was always the black sheep of the family and always told that I was dumb, and I had a low IQ and did badly in school.