Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola, with George Lucas, helped secure international financing and release for Akira Kurosawa's Kagemusha (1980), and put his name above the title of Godfrey Reggio's wordless Koyaanisqatsi (1982), which reached cinemas as "Francis Ford Coppola presents". He also backed the 1981 restored screenings of Abel Gance's silent epic Napoléon. A famous name in the presenter slot was enough to get these films booked.