Sonic Editions

Genius, Madman, Legend of Film 

With five Academy Awards, six Golden Globes, two Palmes d'Or and a British Academy Film Award, it’s safe to say that Francis Ford Coppola is one of the most important directors of the last century. An erratic risk-taker, Coppola's frenetic energy and off-the-wall thinking has resulted in some of the greatest pictures ever made. Emerging in the early Seventies, his revolutionary rethinking of the gangster genre in The Godfather, and his inspired casting of the virtually unknown Al Pacino, cemented his legendary status. A few years later he suffered trials and tribulation while making his seminal war film Apocalypse Now, which he funded using his own money. Coppola continues to take risks today, with pictures like Megalopolis, and whether you love or hate his work, the director's commitment to his craft and his willingness to lay everything on the line has been an inspiration to artists around the world.