Francis Ford Coppola in hospital in Rome for ‘scheduled’ procedure

Francis Ford Coppola at the 2022 Oscars in Los Angeles. He is in a hospital in Rome for a non-emergency medical procedure, his representative said. Photograph: Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP

Francis Ford Coppola, the veteran American Italian film-maker behind The Godfather and Apocalypse Now, underwent a non-emergency medical procedure in Rome, according to his representative, who disputed earlier reports that he had suffered a mild cardiac arrhythmia.

“Mr Coppola went in for a scheduled update procedure with acclaimed Dr Andrea Natale, his doctor of over 30 years, and is resting nicely,” the representative said in response to Italian media reports that the director was hospitalised, adding “all is well.”