Francois Truffaut and Francis Ford Coppola

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Francois Truffaut and Francis Ford Coppola

Despite belonging to different waves of the cinema industry, we can find similarities between what Francis Ford Coppola and Francois Truffaut.

Relationship with actors

Just as Marlon Brando was key to Coppola’s success, so was Jean Pierre Leaud for Truffaut. When talking about these 2 directors, both actors come to mind but they were not the only ones that were close to these directors. People that work with them always have expressed that they were always directors that cared about the actors and always gave them confidence on their work. Wwe can see this as a clear leadership characteristic for both.

Filming style

Francois Truffaut was a pioneer of his time on the worldwide film industry. Coppola may have just limited his impact to the US but both are references for young film makers. Both were really diverse in their cinema and the topics they broached: from the mafia to the Vietnam war for Coppola, and more recently to more "personal" stories as in Tetro and from his personal life to science fiction movie (Fahrenheit 451) to a movie only focused on death (The Green Room) for Truffaut.
They both had a "vision" for their movies and knew how to communicate them to their teams and actors.