Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. He was part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking.

Coppola was born in Detroit, Michigan, to father Carmine Coppola , a flautist with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and mother Italia . Coppola is the second of three children his older brother was August Coppola, his younger sister is actress Talia Shire. Born into a family of Italian immigrant ancestry, his paternal grandparents came to the United States from Bernalda, Basilicata. His maternal grandfather, popular Italian composer Francesco Pennino, immigrated from Naples, Italy. Coppola received his middle name in honor of Henry Ford, not only because he was born in the Henry Ford Hospital but also because of his musicianfathers association with the automobile manufacturer. At the time of Coppolas birth, his father was a flautist as well as arranger and assistant orchestra director for The Ford Sunday Evening Hour, an hourlong concert music radio series sponsored by the Ford Motor Company. Two years after Coppolas birth, his father was named principal flautist for the NBC Symphony Or

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