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Which New Hollywood directors were Francis Ford Coppola’s contemporaries?

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Francis Ford Coppola, with a beard, sits on a camera dolly surrounded by crew and actors on the set of The Godfather: Part II, with storefronts in the background. — Francis Ford Coppola American filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola won the Oscar for best director for *The Godfather: Part II* (1974).

Francis Ford Coppola was a central figure in the New Hollywood movement, a period of creative experimentation and director-driven filmmaking that spanned from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s. During this era, he worked alongside numerous other influential directors who similarly rejected the traditional studio system.12

Notable contemporaries of Francis Ford Coppola within the New Hollywood movement include:

Woody Allen2
Robert Altman23
Hal Ashby2
Peter Bogdanovich2
Michael Cimino2
Brian De Palma2
William Friedkin2
Norman Jewison2
George Lucas23
Sidney Lumet2
Mike Nichols2
Arthur Penn2
Roman Polanski2
Bob Rafelson2
John Schlesinger2
Martin Scorsese23
Steven Spielberg23