US film director Francis Ford Coppola has been awarded Spain’s Princess of Asturias arts prize for his outstanding contribution to the movie world.
A statement on Wednesday described the 76-year-old Coppola as “an exceptional narrator” who holds a prominent position in the history of cinema.
Coppola directed such classics as The Godfather trilogy and Apocalypse Now.
The 50,000-euro (Dh20,7360) award is one of eight Asturias prizes handed out yearly by a foundation named for Crown Princess Leonor. Others categories include social sciences, sport and scientific research.
The awards, formerly called the Prince of Asturias prizes, were renamed last year after Leonor became crown princess when her father Felipe took the throne following the abdication of former King Juan Carlos.
The awards are presented each autumn in the northern city of Oviedo.
