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Redefined the Western genre with operatic, morally ambiguous outlaws in films like 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,' creating the archetypal outlaw mythology.
Francis Ford Coppola USAPioneered the Western genre with nuanced examinations of outlaws and frontier justice in films like 'The Searchers' and 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance,' questioning myths of the Old West.