Francis Ford Coppola
Famously know as the director of the Godfather trillogy.
The first film he directed was released in 1963 which was a feature film, Dementia 13.
This came about as he was filmmaker Roger Corman's assistant, working as the soundman and dialogue director, associate producer and eventually as the director which lead to him being involved with writing scripts and collaberating with many other writers and directors.
In many of Coppola's films he casts his own family members as characters, which is how he helped his newphew Nicolas Cage become a star. He also often includes the writers names in the title of his films, for example 'Mario Puzo's The Godfather'.
Another of his trademarks is that he quite often creates re-makes of his original films, like 'The Godfather' and 'Apocalypse Now'.
Ronald Howard
Ronald Howard was the directot behind the religious thriller 'The Da Vinci Code' in 2006 which was based on the novel by Dan Brown.
Ronald Howard was a successful actor who after retiering began to direct films. A few of the films he has directed including The Da Vinci Code, are, Splash, Apollo 13, Backdraft and Cocoon.
One of Ronald Howards trademarks is that he likes to maintain a high sentimentality within his productions. This allows real emotion from the audience and genuinly moving scenes.
