Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Morgan Freeman, Harrison Ford, Adam Driver and Spike Lee were among the A-listers on hand to salute the filmmaker at Saturday's event.

At the center of it all was Francis Ford Coppola, who on Saturday received the AFI Life Achievement Award at a ceremony at Dolby Theatre that brought together legendary stars from a seemingly bygone era of cinema, A founding AFI trustee, Coppola’s recognition from the organization was a kind of full circle moment for the “Apocalypse Now” director.

Stars like Elle Fanning and directors like Ron Howard gathered to honor AFI Lifetime Achievement Award 2025 recipient Francis Ford Coppola.