Francis Ford Coppola is a person.
Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American epic war film directed , produced and co-written by Francis Ford Coppola . Francis Ford Coppola ( [ pronˈkoʊpələ ] born April 7 , 1939 ) , also credited as Francis Coppola , is a semi-retired American film director , producer , and screenwriter . He next directed 1979 's Apocalypse Now . The Godfather is a 1972 American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by Albert S. Ruddy , based on Mario Puzo 's best-selling novel of the same name .