Francis Ford Coppola
Awards & Honours
77
Awards Won
13
Honours
5
Rankings
8
Covers
3
Records
Coppola is one of the most decorated filmmakers in history. He is the first director to have a sequel win the Academy Award for Best Picture (The Godfather Part II). His four National Film Registry entries tie him with a handful of peers. He has won two Palmes d'Or, a feat matched by only a few directors. The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, Kennedy Center Honors, and AFI Life Achievement Award recognize his enduring impact.
Awards
Honours & Distinctions
National Film Registry
The Godfather inducted
National Film Registry
The Godfather Part II inducted
National Film Registry
Apocalypse Now inducted
National Film Registry
The Conversation inducted
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Lifetime achievement award
Kennedy Center Honors
Honored for lifetime contributions to American culture
AFI Life Achievement Award
Lifetime achievement award
PGA Hall of Fame
Inducted
Honorary Doctorate
Doctor of Humane Letters
Honorary Doctorate
Doctor of Fine Arts
Honorary Doctorate
Doctor of Humane Letters
Honorary Doctorate
Doctor of Arts
Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Motion Picture category at 6735 Hollywood Blvd.
Rankings & Lists
Greatest Films of All Time
100 Years...100 Movies
100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary)
100 Greatest Directors
100 Most Influential People in Cinema History
Magazine Covers
Time
1972-03-13
The Godfather: A New American Epic
Time
1976-07-19
The Man Who Made Apocalypse Now
Rolling Stone
1979-06-07
The Hell of Apocalypse Now: Francis Coppola's War
Rolling Stone
1997-12-11
The Godfather of Wine
Vanity Fair
1992-12-01
The Return of the Godfather
Vanity Fair
2024-11-01
Francis Ford Coppola's Final Gambit
GQ
1997-04-01
The Last Emperor: Francis Ford Coppola
The New Yorker
2024-11-25
The Man Who Would Be Godfather: Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis
Records & Feats
First director to have a sequel win the Academy Award for Best Picture
The Godfather Part II won Best Picture in 1974, following The Godfather's win in 1972.
Two Palmes d'Or winner
Coppola won the Palme d'Or for The Conversation (1974) and Apocalypse Now (1979), a rare achievement.
Four films in the National Film Registry
The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, Apocalypse Now, and The Conversation are all preserved in the U.S. National Film Registry.