DGA TO HONOR COPPOLA WITH LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.Byline: - Valerie Kuklenski Francis Ford Coppola Noun 1. Francis Ford Coppola - United States filmmaker (born in 1939) Coppola , award-winning director of ``The Godfather'' trilogy, will receive the prestigious D.W. Griffith Award for career achievement during the 50th annual Directors Guild of America Awards. Coppola, with some 20 features to his credit, will join the ranks of Alfred Hitchcock, Frank Capra, John Ford and Cecil B. DeMille Noun 1. Cecil B. DeMille - United States film maker remembered for his extravagant and spectacular epic productions (1881-1959) Cecil Blount DeMille, DeMille when he accepts the honor at the March 7 awards ceremony. ``Francis is truly one of the godfathers of modern cinema,'' DGA DGA Directors Guild of America (movie directors union) DGA Délégation Générale pour l'Armement (France) DGA Directeur-Grootaandeelhouder (Dutch: Managing Director and Major Shareholder) president Jack Shea John Amos Shea (September 7, 1910 – January 22, 2002), better known as Jack Shea, was an American double-gold medalist in speed skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics. said. ``He has directed several of the most esteemed films in motion-picture history, and presenting him with the D.W. Griffith Award was an opportunity we couldn't refuse.'' Coppola won the guild's best director award for both ``The Godfather'' and ``The Godfather Part II,'' as well as the directing Oscar for the latter. He also picked up a Golden Globe Award for ``Apocalypse Now.'' |
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