The televised special, The AFI Achievement Award: A Tribute to Francis Ford Coppola, will premiere on TNT on June 18 at 10 p.m. ET/PT, with an encore airing on TCM on July 31 at 8 pm ET/PT.

The American Film Institute (AFI) presented the 50th AFI Life Achievement Award to Francis Ford Coppola on Saturday, April 26, at a Gala Tribute at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, surrounded by ...

Francis Ford Coppola, the man behind The Godfather, Apocalypse Now and more, receives the American Film Institute’s Life ...

Francis Ford Coppola at the AFI Life Achievement Award Tribute held at The Dolby Theatre on April 26, 2025 in Los Angeles, California Michael Buckner/Deadline On a night saluting the independence ...

Filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, right, accepts the 50th AFI Life Achievement Award from presenters George Lucas, left, and Steven Spielberg on Saturday, April 26, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre in Los ...

Francis Ford Coppola, second from right, waves to the audience as presenters George Lucas, left, and Steven Spielberg look on during the 50th AFI Life Achievement Award tribute to Coppola on ...

An all-star group of previous AFI Life Achievement Award recipients came together to give Francis Ford Coppola the honor, highlighting how often his risks have led to great rewards for artists ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Steven Spielberg proclaimed “The Godfather” the “greatest American film ever made,” Robert De Niro teasingly bemoaned being cast in the sequel and not the original and ...

Francis Ford Coppola accepts AFI Life Achievement Award with tributes from Spielberg, Lucas and more. The annual AFI Life Achievement Award presentation is always a starry night in Hollywood, but ...

Filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, right, accepts the 50th AFI Life Achievement Award from presenters George Lucas, left, and Steven Spielberg on Saturday, April 26, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre in Los ...

A televised special of the gala, “The 50th AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Francis Ford Coppola,” will premiere on TNT with an encore airing on TCM at a later date.

Coppola was the 50th recipient of the award first handed out to John Ford in 1973. Guests were served wine from the Francis Ford Coppola Winery and after dinner — true to his Italian heritage ...