Francis Ford Coppola is the director of the film The Godfather.

Director Francis Ford Coppola (Megalopolis) and The Godfather novelist Mario Puzo co-wrote the screenplay for The Godfather .

Coppola was 29 when he signed on to direct a film. "I was young and had no power," he said in 2016, "so [the studio] figured they could just boss me around." Coppola is a 2024 Kennedy Center honoree.

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