Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola is a director that I really respect and admire. He has an incredible ability to not only tell a compelling story through artistically crafted shots, but make money doing it as well.
There are many directors in Hollywood currently who's entire goal is to make the summer's biggest blockbuster. Many of them succeed. There are still directors out there, though, that continue to create films that not only are able to make enough money to warrant a multi -million dollar budget, but also hold artistic integrity.
While Coppola has not directed a 'Hollywood Blockbuster' anytime recently, his ability to create an established aesthetic in a bigger budget film is something that influenced countless directors after him. Directors like Quentin Tarantino, Wes Anderson, and Christopher Nolan are perfect examples of auteurs who are still able to make an artistic statement with a large budget and too many producers to count.
(film stills from The Godfather (1972) and Tetro (2009))
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