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Francis Ford Coppola was born in Michigan in 1939, into a creative Italian family, Coppola first trained under director Roger Corman. He showed an early affinity for many aspects of film, winning the 1970 Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for Patton. Francis also was entrepreneurial, forming a production company with George Lucas. His career became legendary upon his directing of 1972’s The Godfather. Recent successes have been more in Coppola’s role as producer.
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