In The Godfather Part II, who directed the scenes about Vito Corleone’s early life?

Francis Ford Coppola directed the scenes about Vito Corleone’s early life in The Godfather Part II.

Part II uses parallel timelines: Michael Corleone’s 1950s criminal empire is contrasted with Vito’s journey from Sicily to New York and his gradual rise in the neighborhood. Coppola directed both strands, shaping the contrast between the father’s community-based power and the son’s increasingly isolated rule.

Robert De Niro plays the young Vito, while Marlon Brando had played the older Vito in the first film. The younger character’s dialogue is largely in Sicilian, reflecting his origins and the film’s historical setting.

The question can cause confusion because other celebrated directors made major gangster films, but Coppola directed every Godfather film in the trilogy.