Francis Ford Coppola is an American film director, producer and screenwriter who was part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking in the 1960s and 1970s. His most successful and influential film was 1972's The Godfather, which revolutionized the gangster genre and won several Academy Awards including Best Picture. The Godfather was highly acclaimed both critically and commercially. Coppola further cemented his prominence in film with the critically acclaimed and commercially successful 1974 sequel The Godfather Part II, which was the first sequel to win Best Picture.

1. Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford born April 7, 1939) is an American
film director, producer and screenwriter. He was
part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking.
After directing The Rain People in 1969, he won
the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
as co-writer, with Edmund H. North, of Patton in
1970. His directorial prominence was cemented
with the release in 1972 of The Godfather, a film
which revolutionized movie-making in the
gangster genre, earning praise from both critics
and the public before winning three Academy
Awards—including his second Oscar (Best
Adapted Screenplay, with Mario Puzo), Best
Picture, and his first nomination for Best
Director.

2. His most successful film was The Godfather. He’s mostly known
for his super hit direction in the movie. This movie is the
most successful gangster genre movie to be ever made so
far.
He followed with The Godfather Part II in 1974, which became
the first sequel to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Highly regarded by critics, it brought him three more
Academy Awards: Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director
and Best Picture, and made him the second director, after
Billy Wilder, to be honored three times for the same film.

3. This movie was different from all the other gangster and mafia movies. Even till now
when ever we hear something about mafia or gangster sub genres the first movie
that comes to our minds is The Godfather.
This movie is the highlight of Francis Ford Coppola’s carear.