Oscar-winning director, Francis Ford Coppola, has been hospitalized in Italy, according to the European country’s ANSA news agency.
The iconic director of notable films such as The Godfather and Apocalypse Now entered the hospital on Tuesday, ANSA reported.
Coppola, 86, who has won five Oscars throughout his career, had been at the Magna Grecia Festival in Calabria in mid-July to present his latest film, Megalopolis.
Unconfirmed local reports suggest that Coppola may be undergoing heart surgery.
The director, who has won five Oscars in his career, directed film greats including Apocalypse Now, The Godfather, Peggy Sue Got Married, and Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
His first success was with the 1968 film Finian’s Rainbow, starring Petula Clark and Fred Astaire.
But his breakthrough was in The Godfather in 1974, starring Marlon Brando, Robert de Niro and Al Pacino.
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