American filmmaker who directed The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, Apocalypse Now, and The Conversation — arguably the greatest run of films by any director in the 1970s — while also founding American Zoetrope as an independent studio.
Produced the two greatest American films of the 1970s (The Godfather and The Godfather Part II) back to back — demonstrating that being the best in the world at your craft can be achieved by an operator willing to fight for creative control against studio executives who want commercial safety.
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