Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Date of Birth: April 7, 1939
Ethnicity: Italian
Francis Ford Coppola is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He was born Detroit, Michigan, to flautist and composer Carmine Coppola and Italia Pennino. His siblings are author August Coppola and actress Talia Shire.
His paternal grandparents were Agostino/August Nicola Coppola (the son of Carmine Coppola and Filomena Coppola) and Maria Lillian Zasa (the daughter of Pancrazio Zasa and Antonia Montesano). Both Agostino and Maria Lillian were from Bernalda, Province of Matera, Basilicata, Italy.
His maternal grandparents were Francesco “Frank” Pennino and Anna Giaquinto. Francesco was a composer, who was born, c. 1880, in Naples, Campania, Italy. Anna also hailed from Naples.
Francis’ daughter is actress and director Sofia Coppola.
Source: Genealogies of Francis Ford Coppola – https://www.geni.com/
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
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