Coppola

American  

[kop-uh-luh] / ˈkɒp ə lə /

noun

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

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Coppola British  

/ ˈkɒpələ /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

Harry Richardson plays charming actor Austin Blanchett, Cate’s fictional nephew, who is starring as George Washington in a Sofia Coppola film somehow being made in the middle of Manhattan.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

From the messy set of ‘Apocalypse Now’ to the secret edits of ‘Star Wars,’ author Paul Fischer pulls back the curtain on how Coppola, Lucas and Spielberg gambled their friendships to build the modern blockbuster.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

Here, both Coppola and Jacobs are more relaxed than they have been in either of their respective fields in years.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

At the end, Ms. Coppola manages to elicit a suggestion that, during a difficult childhood, Mr. Jacobs would retreat to his room to build a fantasy realm as a kind of healing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

So Dr. Coppola had him transferred to Mary Immaculate, a Catholic hospital, in order to get him into a private room.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson