Francis Ford Coppola (Director ) was born in Detroit, Michigan, USA on a Friday, April 7, 1939 🎈. Francis Ford Coppola is 85 years old. He is a Aries ♈ and was born in the Year of the Rabbit 🐇.
Acclaimed director of the iconic 1972 film The Godfather, for which he won the Academy Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture. He also directed The Godfathers Part II and Part III as well as the Vietnam War epic Apocalypse Now with Martin Sheen and Marlon Brando.
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| FULL NAME: | Francis Ford Coppola |
| BIRTH DATE: | April 7, 1939 |
| BIRTHPLACE: | Detroit, Michigan, USA |
| AGE: | 85 years old |
| NATIONALITY: | American |
| ETHNICITY: | White |
| ZODIAC: | Aries |
| CHINESE ZODIAC: | Rabbit |
About
Francis Ford Coppola is a Director. Francis was born in the 1930s, in the middle of the Silent Generation generation. Silent Generation are individuals born between 1925 and 1945. This generation is known for Jazz, Martin Luther King, Jr., Frank Sinatra, Malcolm X, Gone With The Wind, Mickey Mouse, Andy Warhol, Clint Eastwood, Bob Dylan. The Silent Generation has experienced critical historical events, including the Korean War, The Cold War, the McCarthy Hearings, and the Space Race.
He married Eleanor Coppola on February 2, 1963. Their oldest son Gian-Carlo Coppola was killed in a speedboating accident at the age of 22 and they also have two other children who became directors, Roman Coppola and Sofia Coppola. Find out who is Francis Ford Coppola dating right now.
He contracted polio as a child and was forced to stay in bed for long periods of time. He went on to study theater at Hofstra College and film at UCLA.
DID YOU KNOW His 1974 film The Conversation was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay.
FACT In 1983, he released a pair of films based on the S.E. Hinton novels The Outsiders and Rumble Fish. Matt Dillon and Diane Lane played leading roles in both films.
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Birthday
Currently, Francis Ford Coppola is 85 years old. His next birthday is away. Francis will celebrate his 86th birthday on a Friday, April 7th. He shares a birthday with everyone who was born on April 7, 1939. Below is the countdown to his upcoming birthday.
Zodiac
Francis Ford Coppola’s zodiac sign is Aries. People born between the dates of March 21st and April 19th belong to the first sign in the zodiac, Aries. Aries are known for being ambitious, honest, self-assertive, and brave. Sagittarius is the most compatible sign for Aries.
Famous Aries celebrities are Lady Gaga, Mariah Carey, Jackie Chan, Leonardo DaVinci, Robert Downey Jr., James Franco, Harry Houdini, Thomas Jefferson, Vincent van Gogh, Emma Watson, Marlon Brando, and Charlie Chaplin. Aries ruling planet is Mars. Astrologically, Mars represents ambition, passion, and energy.
Francis Ford Coppola was born in the Year of the Rabbit. Rabbit symbolizes elegance and beauty in Chinese culture. People born in the Year of the Rabbit are intuitive, even-tempered, gentle, faithful, compassionate, and clever. They can also sometimes be pessimistic, insecure, vain, overly cautious, and finicky.
This year is the Year of the Dragon.
DID YOU KNOW United States life expectancy is about 78.5 years.
Francis Ford Coppola is a 85 years old Director, born in April, in the Year of the Rabbit (1939), and is a Aries. His life path number is 6. Francis’s birthstone is Diamond, and his birth flower is Sweet Pea/Daisy. You may also check out all famous birthdays in April or specifically birthdays on April 7.
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