Francis Ford Coppola called his recent American Film Institute tribute a personal “homecoming.” Fellow directors Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Spike Lee and Ron Howard were among those honoring the iconic writer-director.

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.

George Lucas and Steven Spielberg were among those celebrating Francis Ford Coppola at his AFI Lifetime Achievement Award Saturday night.