Coppola

American

[kop-uh-luh] / ˈkɒp ə lə /

noun

Francis Ford, born 1939, U.S. film director and screenwriter.

Coppola British

/ ˈkɒpələ /

noun

Francis Ford. born 1939, US film director. His films include The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974), Apocalypse Now (1979), Tucker (1988), and The Rainmaker (1997)

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The director, who like Mr. Coppola has cast a lead actor who isn’t conventionally handsome, has, also like Mr. Coppola, outfitted him with hair that is somewhere between entrancingly marvelous and distractingly ridiculous.

From The Wall Street Journal

Coppola’s film put Fanning on the map, and she’s been turning in extremely varied and delightfully unpredictable performances in movies and television ever since.

From Salon

But as soon as she met Vito Coppola, she "knew he would be a friend for life".

From BBC

I’m in development hell, but if Coppola could fight for a decade to make Apocalypse Now, I can stand by Endier Game for another half-hour.

From Barron's

“Francis Ford Coppola. Didn’t he get fired from ‘The Godfather’?

From Salon

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