The Lion King 1994 premiere

1. Jeremy Irons

British actor Jeremy Irons was born in Cowes, Isle of Wight, a small island off the south coast of England. He is the son of Barbara Anne Brereton (Sharpe) and Paul Dugan Irons, an accountant. Young Jeremy didn't prove very fond of figures. He visited mainland England only once a year. He wound up ...

2. Rob Minkoff

Director | The Lion King

Rob Minkoff was born on August 11, 1962 in Palo Alto, California, USA. He is a producer and director, known for The Lion King (1994), Stuart Little 2 (2002) and The Forbidden Kingdom (2008). He has been married to Crystal Kung Minkoff since September 29, 2007. They have two children.

3. Roger Allers

Director | The Lion King

Roger Allers is an American animated film director and writer who is known for co-directing the influential 1994 Disney musical film The Lion King. He also worked on Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and The Little Mermaid. He was intended to direct the musical drama Kingdom of the Sun, which got ...

4. Tony Bancroft

Director | Mulan

Tony Bancroft has spent the past 16 years developing his skills as an Animator/Director with Walt Disney Feature Animation, Sony Imageworks, and currently with Toonacious Family Entertainment, his own animation studio.

Tony was accepted into the exclusive, Disney-sponsored California Institute of ...

5. Elton John

Soundtrack | Kingsman: The Golden Circle

Sir Elton John is one of pop music's great survivors. Born 25 March, 1947, as Reginald Kenneth Dwight, he started to play the piano at the early age of four. At the age of 11, he won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music. His first band was called Bluesology. He later auditioned (...

6. Tim Rice

Soundtrack | Aladdin

A prolific lyricist and librettist, Tim Rice was born in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, in the fall of 1944. Rice pursued his university education at Lancing College and, briefly, at l'Universite de Paris - Sorbonne. He was considering a legal career around the time that he met Andrew Lloyd Webber in ...

7. Michael Surrey

Animation_department | Tarzan

Michael Surrey was born on August 17, 1964. He is an actor, known for Tarzan (1999), Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) and Aladdin (1992).

8. Ruben A. Aquino

Animation_department | Mulan

Ruben A. Aquino was born on December 18, 1953 in Okinawa, Japan. He is known for Mulan (1998), Meet the Robinsons (2007) and The Little Mermaid (1989).

9. Scott F. Johnston

Visual_effects | The Lion King

Scott F. Johnston is known for The Lion King (1994), Pacific Rim (2013) and John Carter (2012).

10. Matthew Broderick

Actor | The Producers

A slight comic actor chiefly known for his boyish charm, Matthew Broderick was born on March 21, 1962 in New York City, to Patricia Broderick (née Biow), a playwright and painter, and James Broderick, an actor. His father had Irish and English ancestry, and his mother was from a Jewish family (from...

11. Barnette Ricci

Director | Fantasmic!

Barnette Ricci was born on June 17, 1947 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. She is a director and actress, known for Fantasmic! (1992), A Magic Kingdom Yuletide Special (1985) and Golden Anniversary of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1987).

12. Bruce Healey

Composer | Fantasmic!

Bruce Healey is known for Fantasmic! (1992), Disney's Fantillusion! (1995) and Sayonara Disney's Fantillusion! (2001).

13. Roy Edward Disney

Producer | Fantasia 2000

Roy Edward Disney began working for the Walt Disney Company as an assistant film editor on the True-Life Adventure film in 1954. In 1967, he was elected to the Board of Directors of the company. In 1984, he returned to the company as vice chairman of the board, and head of the animation department....

14. Cheech Marin

Actor | Born in East L.A.

Cheech Marin was born on July 13, 1946 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Born in East L.A. (1987), Tin Cup (1996) and Up in Smoke (1978). He has been married to Natasha Rubin since August 8, 2009. He was previously married to Rikki Marin and Patti Heid.

15. Whoopi Goldberg

Actress | Ghost

Whoopi Goldberg was born Caryn Elaine Johnson in the Chelsea section of Manhattan on November 13, 1955. Her mother, Emma (Harris), was a teacher and a nurse, and her father, Robert James Johnson, Jr., was a clergyman. Whoopi's recent ancestors were from Georgia, Florida, and Virginia. She worked in...

16. Noah Hutton

Director | Lapsis

Noah Hutton is a writer and director of documentary and narrative films. He was nominated for the 2021 Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay for Lapsis, a sci-fi feature he wrote, directed, scored, and edited, which premiered in the narrative feature competition at SXSW 2020 and was ...

17. Tatum O'Neal

Actress | Paper Moon

Tatum Beatrice O'Neal is an American actress and author. She is the youngest person ever to win a competitive Academy Award, winning at age 10 for her performance as Addie Loggins in Paper Moon (1973) opposite her father, Ryan O'Neal. She also starred as Amanda Wurlitzer in The Bad News Bears (1976...

18. Samuel Irons

Actor | Danny the Champion of the World

Samuel Irons was born on September 16, 1978. He is an actor, known for Danny the Champion of the World (1989), Danny and the Dirty Dog: The Making of 'Roald Dahl's Danny the Champion of the World' (1989) and Giffoni Film Festival (1990).

19. Max Irons

Actor | Condor

Maximilian Paul Diarmuid Irons is an English-Irish actor and model. He is known for his roles in Red Riding Hood (2011), The White Queen and The Host (2013), Woman in Gold and The Riot Club (2014), his first leading role in Bitter Harvest (2017), and The Wife (2018). Irons also played the lead role...

20. Kevin McEnroe

Self | Today

His appearance on Today: Episode dated 11 August 2015 (2015) was to be interviewed about and to promote his first book, "Our Town".

21. Sean McEnroe

Self | Hell's Kitchen

Brother of Emily McEnroe and Kevin McEnroe.

22. Emily McEnroe

Actress | Hi Mom

Emily McEnroe, born in Los Angeles and raised in New York City, is an actor, voice actor, and singer who made her acting debut in the feature film Futra Days starring opposite Rosanna Arquette and Tania Raymonde. Additionally, Emily was Scarlett Johansson's voice double for Ghost In The Shell. Most...

23. Dick Cook

Producer | 42

Dick Cook was born on August 20, 1950 in Kern County, California, USA. He is a producer, known for 42 (2013), The Alchemyst and Ranger's Apprentice. He has been married to Bonnie S. Drury since July 6, 1974. They have two children.

24. Hallie Eisenberg

Actress | Bicentennial Man

Hallie Eisenberg was born August 2, 1992, in East Brunswick, New Jersey, to parents Amy and Barry Eisenberg, who are both professors in the health care field. Beginning her acting career at age 4, Hallie has appeared in many films including The Insider with Al Pacino and Russell Crowe, and ...

25. Anna Wintour

Actress | Zoolander 2

Anna Wintour was born in Hampstead, London, England, the daughter of an American mother, Eleanor Trego (Baker), and an English father, Charles Wintour, former Editor of the Evening Standard. She is from an upper-class family, with many prominent ancestors. She started her career in 1970, working in...

26. Ronald O. Perelman

Self | Paul Anka: The Music Man

Ronald O. Perelman was born on January 1, 1943 in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA. He was previously married to Ellen Barkin, Patricia Duff and Claudia Cohen.

27. Michael Eisner

Producer | Glenn Martin DDS

For four decades, Michael Eisner has been a leader in the American entertainment industry. He began his career at ABC, overseeing shows including Happy Days, Barney Miller, and Roots. He became president of Paramount Pictures in 1976, turning out hit films including Raiders of the Lost Ark, ...

28. Moira Kelly

Actress | One Tree Hill

Born March 6, 1968 in Queens, New York, she is the third of six kids. Her father, Peter, was trained as a concert violinist. Her mother, Anne, is a nurse. Both are Irish immigrants. Moira was raised in Ronkonkoma, NY. She attended Connetquot Senior High School and graduated in the class of 1986. ...

29. Joseph Williams

Soundtrack | The Lion King

Joseph Williams was born on September 1, 1960 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He is a music artist and composer, known for The Lion King (1994), The Goonies (1985) and Pitch Perfect (2012). He has been married to Amye Williams since October 17, 1992. They have three children.

30. Mark Henn

Animation_department | The Lion King

Mark Henn was born on April 6, 1958 in Dayton, Ohio, USA. He is a director, known for The Lion King (1994), Winnie the Pooh (2011) and Mulan (1998). He has been married to Debra Lou Hall since August 1, 1981.

31. Jonathan Taylor Thomas

Actor | The Lion King

Jonathan Taylor Thomas was born Jonathan Taylor Weiss on September 8, 1981 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to Claudine (Gonsalves) and Stephen Weiss. He has an older brother, Joel, and has Pennsylvania Dutch (German) and Portuguese ancestry. Growing up, he liked the music group Boyz II Men, and his ...

32. Jason Weaver

Actor | The Jacksons: An American Dream

Born on July 18, 1979 in Chicago, Illinois, Jason Weaver has always been surrounded by the world of entertainment. His mother Kitty Haywood, a legendary studio singer, was a staple in his young life and encouraged his pursuit of singing as well as acting. In being surrounded by the some of the best...

33. Andreas Deja

Animation_department | Mushka

Andreas Deja was born on April 1, 1957 in Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland. He is an assistant director, known for Mushka (2023), The Princess and the Frog (2009) and Winnie the Pooh (2011).

34. James Earl Jones

Actor | Rogue One

Widely regarded as the one of greatest stage and screen actors both in his native USA and internationally, James Earl Jones was born on January 17, 1931 in Arkabutla, Mississippi. At an early age, he started to take dramatic lessons to calm himself down. It appeared to work as he has since starred ...

35. Tony Fucile

Animation_department | The Incredibles

Tony Fucile was born in 1964 in San Francisco, California, USA. He is an actor, known for The Incredibles (2004), The Iron Giant (1999) and Ratatouille (2007). He is married to Stacey. They have two children.

36. Sally Dworsky

Soundtrack | The Lion King

Sally Gail Dworsky is an American singer and actress who is known for providing the singing voices of Nala from The Lion King and Miriam from The Prince of Egypt. Her songs "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" and "When You Believe" were nominated for Best Original Song, with "When You Believe" winning ...

37. Aaron Blaise

Director | Brother Bear

Aaron Blaise is an animator and filmmaker. He was born in 17 February 1968 at Burlington, Vermont, United States and completed his graduation from Ringling College of Art and Design. He is known for his work on Brother Bear (2003), Aladdin (1992) and Beauty and the Beast (1991). He was nominated ...

38. Anthony de Rosa

Animation_department | Looney Tunes: Back in Action

Anthony de Rosa is known for Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003), Hercules (1997) and Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001).

39. Niketa Calame-Harris

Actress | The Lion King

Niketa Calame was born in Los Angeles, California She is most noted for her role as the original voice of "Young Nala" in Disney's 32nd Animated Feature Film, "The Lion King". She received her Masters Of Fine Arts from The Actors Studio Drama School in New York and her B.A from University of ...

40. Laura Williams

Soundtrack | The Lion King

Laura Williams was born on April 22, 1979 in Oceanside, California, USA. She is an actress, known for The Lion King (1994), Downtown (1990) and Luster (2002).

41. Nathan Lane

Actor | The Producers

Nathan Lane is an American actor and singer from New Jersey who is known for playing Timon from The Lion King, Spot Helperman/Scott Leadready II from Teacher's Pet, Max Bialystock from The Producers, Snowball from Stuart Little, Hamegg from Astro Boy and Ernie Smuntz from Mouse Hunt. He is married ...

42. Ernie Sabella

Actor | The Lion King

Ernie Sabella is an American actor and singer from Westchester County, New York who is widely known for voicing Pumbaa the Warthog, Timon's best friend from The Lion King franchise except for the 2019 reboot. He also acted in Mouse Hunt, That's So Raven, In & Out, Cheers, and Seinfeld. He is ...

43. Robert Guillaume

Actor | Benson

Robert Peter Williams Guillaume was an actor from St. Louis, Missouri who was known for playing Rafiki from The Lion King, Benson DuBois from Soap and Benson, and Nathan Detroit from Guys and Dolls. He had five children from two marriages. He passed away in October 24, 2017 due to prostate cancer ...

44. James Baxter

Animation_department | Kung Fu Panda

James Baxter was born in May 1967 in Bristol, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Kung Fu Panda (2008), Mary Poppins Returns (2018) and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996).

45. Rowan Atkinson

Actor | Johnny English

Rowan Sebastian Atkinson was born on 6 January, 1955, in Consett, Co. Durham, UK, to Ella May (Bainbridge) and Eric Atkinson. His father owned a farm, where Rowan grew up with his two older brothers, Rupert and Rodney. He attended Newcastle University and Oxford University where he earned degrees ...

46. Ellen Woodbury

Animation_department | Hercules

Ellen Woodbury is known for Hercules (1997), Aladdin (1992) and Meet the Robinsons (2007).

47. Madge Sinclair

Actress | Coming to America

Madge Sinclair was born Madge Dorita Walters on April 28, 1938 in Kingston, Jamaica, married young and had two sons. Madge worked as a teacher in Jamaica until she was 30. She left her two boys with their father and moved in 1968 to New York City to be an actress.

She began modeling and later acted ...

48. Russ Edmonds

Animation_department | The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Russ Edmonds was born on October 11, 1961. He is known for The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) and Aladdin (1992).

49. Alex Kupershmidt

Animation_department | Lilo & Stitch

Alex Kupershmidt was born on January 27, 1960 in Lviv, Ukraine. He is a writer, known for Lilo & Stitch (2002), Aladdin (1992) and Tangled (2010). He has been married to Leanne Marguerite Johnson since November 1, 1992.

50. Dave Burgess

Animation_department | The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

Dave Burgess is known for The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019), Megamind (2010) and Penguins of Madagascar (2014).

51. Jim Cummings

Actor | Winnie the Pooh

Born James Jonah Cummings on November 3, 1952, he grew up in Youngstown, Ohio.

Sooner or later, he moved to New Orleans. There, he designed Mardi Gras floats, was a singer, door-to-door salesman, and a Louisiana riverboat deckhand.

Then Cummings moved to Anaheim, California, where he started his ...

52. Zoe Leader

Actress | The Lion King

Zoe Leader has only appeared in the Disney movie The Lion King (1994) and its sequel, The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998). She has exactly one line in each movie. Zoe was born in Los Angeles, California and has lived there for most of her life until her death in 2015.

53. Don Hahn

Producer | Maleficent

Don Hahn was born on November 26, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Maleficent (2014), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) and The Lion King (1994). He has been married to Denise Meara-Hahn since June 12, 1987. They have one child.

54. Irene Mecchi

Writer | The Lion King

Irene Mecchi was born on September 21, 1949 in San Francisco, California, USA. She is a writer, known for The Lion King (1994), Brave (2012) and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996).

55. Jonathan Roberts

Writer | The Lion King

Jonathan Roberts was born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He is known for The Lion King (1994), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) and James and the Giant Peach (1996).

56. Linda Woolverton

Writer | Maleficent

Linda Woolverton was born in Long Beach, California, graduating from high school in 1969 and having been an honors student in her schools theater program. She enrolled at California State University, Long Beach, graduating with a BFA in Theater Arts in 1973. She worked full-time for a year in the ...

57. Brenda Chapman

Writer | Brave

Brenda Chapman is an American animator, animation film director and writer from Beason, Illinois. She directed the Pixar film Brave and the DreamWorks Animation film The Prince of Egypt. She wrote the storylines of The Lion King and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. She is married to Kevin Lima, fellow ...

58. Barry Johnson

Animation_department | Hercules

Barry Johnson is known for Hercules (1997), The Lion King (1994) and Big Hero 6 (2014).

59. Andy Gaskill

Art_director | The Lion King

Andrew Alan Gaskill was born in Camden, New Jersey, December 29, 1951. His father was a U.S. soldier in the Pacific and after the war, was stationed in Tokyo, Japan. There, he met and married a Japanese woman. Andrew spent his childhood in Japan in the Tokyo/Yokohama region. Finally, at age 9 he ...

60. Kevin Harkey

Writer | Tarzan

Kevin has worked on five of the top twenty five grossing and critically acclaimed animated feature films of all time. He has boarded on such classics as Frozen, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Lion King, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Tarzan , and How to Train your Dragon.

Kevin lives in Vermont where he ...

61. Tom Sito

Writer | The Lion King

Tom Sito was born on May 19, 1956 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is a director, known for The Lion King (1994), Shrek (2001) and Aladdin (1992). He has been married to Pat Sito since January 4, 1980.

62. Rick Maki

Animation_department | Hercules

Rick Maki is known for Hercules (1997), The Lion King (1994) and Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001).

63. Burny Mattinson

Writer | The Great Mouse Detective

Burny Mattinson's helmed the Academy Award-nominated 1983 animated featurette "Mickey's Christmas Carol." In 1986, wrote, produced and directed "The Great Mouse Detective." Mattinson's worked on"Sleeping Beauty," "101 Dalmatians," "The Sword in the Stone," "The Jungle Book," "The Aristocats" and "...

64. Lorna Cook

Director | Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

Lorna Cook directed of "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron", nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and winner of four Annie Awards. Her extensive credits as an animator include 'The Land Before Time' and the Universal Picture's "An American Tail". Ms. Cook was an animator on two ...

65. Gary Trousdale

Director | The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Gary Trousdale was born in La Crescenta, California. His fascination with animation was fostered as a child, where he drew cartoons from an elementary school age. He planned to become an architect, but decided instead to study animation at CalArts, where he studied for three years. He was hired in ...

66. Jorgen Klubien

Art_department | Dumbo

Jorgen Klubien is known for Dumbo (2019), Frankenweenie (2012) and Cars (2006). He is married to Trine Dahl Klubien. They have three children.

67. Larry Leker

Writer | Aladdin

Larry Leker is known for Aladdin (1992), Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) and All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989).

68. Ed Gombert

Aladdin

Ed Gombert was born on November 16, 1951 in Duarte, California, USA. He is a writer, known for Aladdin (1992), The Lion King (1994) and Pocahontas (1995).

69. Mark Kausler

Writer | The Lion King

Mark Kausler was born on August 10, 1948. He is a director, known for The Lion King (1994), Osmosis Jones (2001) and Beauty and the Beast (1991). He is married to Cathy Hill.

70. Thom Enriquez

Writer | Dinosaur

Thom Enriquez is known for Dinosaur (2000), Hercules (1997) and Ghostbusters (1984).

71. Jim Capobianco

Writer | Ratatouille

Jim Capobianco received the 2008 Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay for Ratatouille. He went on to write and direct the short film, "Your Friend The Rat," found on the Ratatouille DVD, winning the 2008 ASIFA-Hollywood Annie Award for short films. Jim followed YFtR up with ...

72. Chris Sanders

Writer | Lilo & Stitch

Born and raised in Colorado, Chris Sanders fell in love with animation at the age of ten after seeing Ward Kimball animated shorts on 'The Wonderful World of Disney'. He began drawing, and applied to CalArts after his grandmother told him about the animation program at the school. He majored in ...

73. Joe Ranft

Writer | The Brave Little Toaster

Joseph Ranft was an American writer, voice actor, animator, storyboard artist and magician. He worked for Disney and Pixar. He worked on The Lion King, The Brave Little Toaster, Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Cars, Monsters, Inc and Finding Nemo. He voiced in the many films he worked on, notably as ...

74. Francis Glebas

Art_department | Aladdin

Francis Glebas was born on April 12, 1953. He is known for his work on Aladdin (1992), The Lion King (1994), Hercules (1997), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), Pocahontas (1995) and Piglet's Big Movie (2003). He also worked on The Thief and the Cobbler (1993). He is married to Denise Kress. He ...

75. Hans Zimmer

Composer | Gladiator

German-born composer Hans Zimmer is recognized as one of Hollywood's most innovative musical talents. He featured in the music video for The Buggles' single "Video Killed the Radio Star", which became a worldwide hit and helped usher in a new era of global entertainment as the first music video to ...

76. Ivan Bilancio

Editorial_department | Hercules

Ivan Bilancio is known for Hercules (1997), The Transformers: The Movie (1986) and The Lion King (1994).

77. Mark Mancina

Music_department | Twister

Known for his wide-ranging talents, Mark Mancina's film scores traverse almost every genre: drama, action, comedy, suspense, and period epic. His dark, edgy music for the Oscar-winning Training Day (2001), is a benchmark score that expanded the boundaries of scoring street-wise drama, and is widely...

78. Jay Rifkin

Soundtrack | The Lion King

Jay Rifkin was born on July 6, 1955 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Jay is a producer and composer, known for The Lion King (1994), 2012 (2009) and Speed (1994).

79. Chris Thomas

Soundtrack | The Lion King

Chris Thomas was born on January 13, 1947. He is a composer and producer, known for The Lion King (1994), The Three Musketeers (1993) and Great Expectations (1998).

80. Carmen Twillie

Actress | The Nightmare Before Christmas

Carmen Twillie was born on April 8, 1950 in Playa del Rey, Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Norbit (2007) and License to Wed (2007).

81. Lebo M.

Soundtrack | Congo

Lebo M. was born on July 11, 1964 in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is an actor and composer, known for Congo (1995), The Lion King (1994) and Tears of the Sun (2003).

82. Kristie Edwards

Christmas Glory: In the Key of Love

Kristie Edwards is known for Christmas Glory: In the Key of Love (2007).

83. Gregory Peck

Actor | To Kill a Mockingbird

Eldred Gregory Peck was born on April 5, 1916 in La Jolla, California, to Bernice Mae (Ayres) and Gregory Pearl Peck, a chemist and druggist in San Diego. He had Irish (from his paternal grandmother), English, and some German, ancestry. His parents divorced when he was five years old. An only child...

84. Rosie O'Donnell

Actress | A League of Their Own

Rosie O'Donnell was born into an Irish-American family in Commack, Long Island. She is the third of five children born to Roseann Teresa (Murtha) and Edward Joseph O'Donnell, an electrical engineer for the defense industry. Her mother died when she was 10. She said that she watched TV nearly 24 ...

85. Barbara Walters

Producer | The Barbara Walters Special

Barbara Walters was born on September 25, 1929 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She was a producer and writer, known for The Barbara Walters Summer Special (1976), The View (1997) and 20/20 (1978). She was married to Merv Adelson, Lee Guber and Robert Henry Katz. She died on December 30, 2022 in ...

86. Cicely Tyson

Actress | The Help

Cicely Tyson was born in Harlem, New York City, where she was raised by her devoutly religious parents, who had come from the Caribbean island of Nevis. Her mother Theodosia was a domestic worker and her her father William was a carpenter and painter. Tyson was discovered by a fashion editor at ...

87. Mary Tyler Moore

Actress | Ordinary People

Mary Tyler Moore was born in Flatbush, Brooklyn, on December 29, 1936. Moore's family relocated to California when she was eight. Her childhood was troubled, due in part to her mother's alcoholism. The eldest of three siblings, she attended a Catholic high school and married upon her graduation, in...

88. Julie Andrews

Actress | The Sound of Music

Julia Elizabeth Wells was born on October 1, 1935, in England. Her mother, Barbara Ward (Morris), and stepfather, both vaudeville performers, discovered her freakish but undeniably lovely four-octave singing voice and immediately got her a singing career. She performed in music halls throughout her...

89. Francis Ford Coppola

Producer | Apocalypse Now

Francis Ford Coppola was born in 1939 in Detroit, Michigan, but grew up in a New York suburb in a creative, supportive Italian-American family. His father, Carmine Coppola, was a composer and musician. His mother, Italia Coppola (née Pennino), had been an actress. Francis Ford Coppola graduated ...