Filmmaker
Francis Ford Coppola
Director of The Godfather and Apocalypse Now, and a winner of the Palme d'Or twice. Born in Detroit, Michigan, and raised in New York.
Francis Ford Coppola is an American filmmaker. One of the leading figures of the New Hollywood, Coppola is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. He has received various accolades including five Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and two Palmes d'Or, as well as nominations for two Emmy Awards and a Grammy Award. Coppola was also honored with the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 2010, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2024, and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2025. Four of his films have been inducted into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.
- Born
- 1939-04-07, Detroit, Michigan, USAA Friday
- At birth
- Sun in Aries, Moon in Sagittarius
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1939-04-07, Detroit, Michigan, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Detroitthe zone used then
America/DetroitThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 16°58′ | Direct |
| Moon | Sagittarius | 1°44′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aries | 9°13′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Pisces | 8°41′ | Direct |
| Mars | Capricorn | 9°26′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Pisces | 22°42′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aries | 20°29′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Taurus | 16°03′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Virgo | 21°17′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Cancer | 29°13′ | Retrograde |
Francis Ford Coppola is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Francis Ford Coppola was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.