Background
Cowie, Peter Duff was born on December 24, 1939 in Boscombe, England. Son of Donald John Cowie and Ruth Mary Duff.
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The Cinema Of Orson Welles (A Da Capo paperback)
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Coppola: A Biography
( By 1982 Francis Ford Coppola had won five Academy Award...)
By 1982 Francis Ford Coppola had won five Academy Awards; at the same time he was over 20 million in debt following the disastrous failure of One from the Heart. This astute biography critically examines Coppola's singular vision and why it makes such paradoxes not only possible but prevalent in his long turbulent career. At the age of 32 Coppola became a superstar in Hollywood with The Godfather, which rapidly climbed to the top of the all-time box-office hits. Two years later he won the coveted Palme d'Or at the Cannes festival for The Conversation. His savage epic of the Vietnam War, Apocalypse Now, established him as the most daring, brilliant filmmaker of his generation. This book not only goes behind the cameras to track the creative and financial turmoil involved in his productions, but offers perceptive analyses of his films, including all three parts of The Godfather and the visually stunning remake of Dracula. Based on three years of research and exclusive interviews with the subject, Coppola illuminates the director's rise to prominence, his personal tragedies, intermittent failures, and resurgent successes with telling insights into the shaping of his artistic sensibility. This is a spirited, penetrating study of a man whose films have a strange way of mirroring his own sometimes tempestuous life.
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Coppola
(More than any other director, Francis Coppola exemplifies...)
More than any other director, Francis Coppola exemplifies the drive and invention of modern American cinema. Acclaimed since his first Godfather movie in 1972, he went on to win the Palme d'Or at Cannes for The Conversation and to make an unforgettable impact on audiences worldwide with the gripping Vietnam War epic Apocalypse Now. Along with major blockbusters, he has also launched actors' careers including those of Nicholas Cage and Tom Cruise. Since the turn of the new millennium, Coppola has returned to his roots - to the low-budget, personal film, written and directed without the involvement of the major Hollywood studios. He has also encouraged the work of other talented film-makers - from his daughter Sofia to the Brazilian director Walter Salles and Robert De Niro. In 2010 he was awarded his sixth Oscar. Talking exclusively to Peter Cowie for this updated edition of the biography, Coppola looks back on the past twenty years, and reflects on his much-cherished independence, as well as on the state of modern cinema.
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Coppola
(More than any other director, Francis Ford Coppola exempl...)
More than any other director, Francis Ford Coppola exemplifies the drive and invention of modern American cinema. Acclaimed since his first Godfather movie in 1972, he went on to win the Palme dOr at Cannes for The Conversation and to make an unforgettable impact on audiences worldwide with the gripping Vietnam War epic Apocalypse Now. He has also launched the careers of such actors as Nicolas Cage and Tom Cruise. In recent years, Coppola has returned to his rootsto the low-budget, personal movie, written and directed without the involvement of the major Hollywood studios, working in Romania (for Youth without Youth), Argentina (for Tetro), and his home state of California (for Twixt). Additionally, he has encouraged the work of other talented filmmakersfrom his daughter Sofia (Lost in Translation, Marie Antoinette) to Brazilian director Walter Salles (On the Road) to Robert De Niro (The Good Shepherd). In 2010, he was awarded his sixth Oscarthe Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. The tireless Coppola is also committed to winemaking, earning acclaim for his Niebaum-Coppola range and opening a second winery in the Sonoma Valley. Talking exclusively to Peter Cowie for the updated edition of this biography, Coppola looks back on the past 20 years and reflects on his much-cherished independence, as well as on the state of modern cinema.
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A ribbon of dreams;: The cinema of Orson Welles
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The Godfather Book
(The story of the evolution of Francis Ford Coppola's tril...)
The story of the evolution of Francis Ford Coppola's trilogy of gangster films which began with The Godfather in 1972. Peter Cowie's account is based on access to Coppola's archives, and also interviews with him and other relevant people.
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- International Film Guide 1984
- World Cinema: Diary Of A Day (In honor of the 100th anniversary of the cinema, the Brit...)
- International Film Guide, 1971
- International Film Guide 1967
- FILM international guide 1985
- Ingmar Bergman: A Critical Biography by Peter Cowie (1992-05-03) (Will be shipped from US. Brand new copy.)
- International Film Guide 1966.
- The Godfather Book by Peter Cowie (1997-11-03)
- Ingmar Bergman: A Critical Biography (A very interesting book.)
Peter Duff Cowie
Edit ProfileEducation
Master of Arts, Cambridge (England) University, 1962.
Career
Managing director, Tantivy Press Ltd., London, since 1963; European business manager, Variety Inc., London, 1989-1993; international public director, Variety Inc., London, since 1993. Lecturer University of California, Santa Barbara, 1980, visiting professor, 1981-1984. Director Nordic Film Festival, Finland, 1983.
Achievements
Works
book
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World Cinema: Diary Of A Day
(In honor of the 100th anniversary of the cinema, the Brit...)
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Coppola: A Biography
( By 1982 Francis Ford Coppola had won five Academy Award...)
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The Godfather Book
(The story of the evolution of Francis Ford Coppola's tril...)
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Coppola
(More than any other director, Francis Ford Coppola exempl...)
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Coppola
(More than any other director, Francis Coppola exemplifies...)
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Ingmar Bergman: A Critical Biography by Peter Cowie (1992-05-03)
(Will be shipped from US. Brand new copy.)
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Ingmar Bergman: A Critical Biography
(A very interesting book.)
- International Film Guide 1984
- The Cinema Of Orson Welles (A Da Capo paperback)
- International Film Guide, 1971
- International Film Guide 1967
- A ribbon of dreams;: The cinema of Orson Welles
- FILM international guide 1985
- International Film Guide 1966.
- The Godfather Book by Peter Cowie (1997-11-03)
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World Cinema: Diary Of A Day
Membership
Member British Academy Film and television Arts.
Interests
Connections
Married Elisabeth Von Waldow, September 22, 1962 (divorced 1983). Children: Monica Anne, Felicity May. Married Françoise Evelyne Claude Buquet, September 9, 1989.
1 child, Robin William.
