Career 1960–1969: Early works After earning his theater arts degree from Hofstra in 1960, Coppola enrolled in UCLA Film School. There, he directed a short horror film, The Two Christophers, inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's "William Wilson" and Ayamonn the Terrible, a film about a sculptor's nightmares coming to life. He also met undergraduate film major Jim Morrison, future frontman of The Doors.
Career 1960–1969: Early works After earning his theater arts degree from Hofstra in 1960, Coppola enrolled in UCLA Film School. There, he directed a short horror film The Two Christophers, inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's "William Wilson" and Ayamonn the Terrible a film about a sculptor's nightmares coming to life. He also met undergraduate film major Jim Morrison future frontman of The Doors.