Francis Ford Coppola to receive highest US honour for career in film

Filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola volition person the American Film Institute (AFI) Life Achievement Award for creating “seminal works” during his career, including The Godfather trilogy and Apocalypse Now.

He volition beryllium the 50th recipient of the award, which marks the highest honour for a vocation successful movie successful America.

“Francis Ford Coppola is simply a peerless creator – 1 who has created seminal works successful the canon of American film, and has besides inspired generations of filmmakers who present embody his artistry and his autarkic spirit,” said Kathleen Kennedy, chairwoman of the AFI committee of trustees.

Ford Coppola has won six Academy Awards including for champion manager successful 1975 for The Godfather Part II, which besides won champion representation and champion writing.

He precocious debuted his latest project, the subject fabrication movie Megalopolis, astatine the 77th Cannes Film Festival successful France.

With a formed featuring Adam Driver, Aubrey Plaza, Shia LaBeouf and Laurence Fishburne, the movie explores attempts to power clip successful a futuristic satellite with Roman themes including a main quality called Cesar.

Ford Coppola antecedently said helium had “no problems with the financial” responsibilities of making a film, arsenic helium reportedly utilized 120 cardinal US dollars (£94.8 million) from selling a portion of his winery to concern Megalopolis.

Last year, Oscar-winner Nicole Kidman became the archetypal Australian histrion to person the AFI Life Achievement Award successful a ceremonial which featured speeches from Meryl Streep, Morgan Freeman, Reese Witherspoon, and Kidman’s husband, Keith Urban.

Other recipients implicit the years person included Dame Julie Andrews, Denzel Washington, Barbra Streisand, Harrison Ford, Gene Kelly and Bette Davis.