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Francis Ford Coppola To Receive 50th AFI Life Achievement Award In April
Francis Ford Coppola is set to receive the AFI Life Achievement Award at a Gala Tribute in Los Angeles on April 26, 2025.
Said Kathleen Kennedy, Chair of the AFI Board of Trustees, “Francis Ford Coppola is a peerless artist – one who has created seminal works in the canon of American film, and has also inspired generations of filmmakers who now embody his artistry and his independent spirit. A six-time Academy Award-winning, his other iconic feature credits, as writer, director and/or producer, include Patton, American Graffiti, The Conversation, The Outsiders, and Bram Stoker’s Dracula, to name just a few. As the co-founder of American Zoetrope with America Graffiti ‘s George Lucas, Coppola initiated and nourished the careers of such filmmaking talents as Carroll Ballard, John Milius and Sofia Coppola, along with actors like Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, James Caan, Harrison Ford, Richard Dreyfus, Diane Keaton, Robert Duvall, Matt Dillon and Diane Lane.
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