Francis Ford Coppola wins the Princess of Asturias Award for Arts
- 9 years ago
The first of the eight Princess of Asturias Awards was announced in Oviedo in Spain. The jury nominated a shortlist of three for the Award for the Arts, German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson and the American film director Francis Ford Coppola.
Revealing Francis Ford Coppola as the winner the president of the jury, Jose Llado y Fernandez-Urrutia called the director, “an exceptional storyteller who figures prominently in the history of the cinema. His career has been a continuous struggle to maintain total entrepreneurial and creative independence and in all facets he has evolved as a director, producer and screenwriter”.
The 76-year-old was born in Michigan. Stricken with polio as a child and confined to bed he created his own puppet show – the first inklings of his immense creative talent which was to grow throughout his professional life.
He developed an interest in film and studied theatre at the Hofstra University in New York.
In 1972
Revealing Francis Ford Coppola as the winner the president of the jury, Jose Llado y Fernandez-Urrutia called the director, “an exceptional storyteller who figures prominently in the history of the cinema. His career has been a continuous struggle to maintain total entrepreneurial and creative independence and in all facets he has evolved as a director, producer and screenwriter”.
The 76-year-old was born in Michigan. Stricken with polio as a child and confined to bed he created his own puppet show – the first inklings of his immense creative talent which was to grow throughout his professional life.
He developed an interest in film and studied theatre at the Hofstra University in New York.
In 1972