Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola is one of the most iconic directors in Hollywood cinema. He used to be a major figure in the New Hollywood filmmaking movement back in the 1960s and 1970s. The 81-year-old personality gets credit for being widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. His honors include 5 Oscars, 6 Golden Globe Awards and the British Film Academy Awards.

He is behind the success of some of the cult classic and iconic movies of today, like The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, Bram Stroker’s Dracula, and many more. But despite the success and achievements, when one of his films flopped, he had to file for bankruptcy three times in just a decade. He found it hard to reclaim his loss, mainly since he was deep in $98 million worth of debt back in the 1990s.