Francis Ford Coppola Personally Signed Caricature + Artist Autograph GodfatherUnique Francis Ford Coppola personally Signed Caricature + Artist Autograph Francis Ford Coppola born April 7, 1939 also credited as Francis Coppola, is a semi retired American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is considered to have been a central figure of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking. After directing The Rain People (1969), he co wrote the 1970 film Patton, earning the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay along with co