- Born
- Died
- Birth nameEleanor Jessie Neil
- Nickname
- Ellie
- Eleanor Coppola was born on May 4, 1936 in Long Beach, California, USA. She was a director and writer, known for Paris Can Wait (2016), Love Is Love Is Love (2020) and Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991). She was married to Francis Ford Coppola. She died on April 12, 2024 in Rutherford, California, USA.
- SpouseFrancis Ford Coppola(February 2, 1963 - April 12, 2024) (her death, 3 children)
- Children
- ParentsClifford Albert NeilDelphine Carolyn Lougheed
- RelativesGia Coppola(Grandchild)Romy Croquet(Grandchild)
- In the Godfather films, Diane Keaton plays an American Protestant who marries into a large Italian Catholic family. This is not unlike Eleanor herself, who married into the Coppola family. In fact, Keaton has said that her performance was inspired by Eleanor.
- She met Francis Ford Coppola while working as an assistant art director on Dementia 13 (1963).
- At the age of 80 Eleanor Coppola made her narrative feature debut with Paris Can Wait (2016). She isn't the oldest person to direct a first feature: That distinction belongs to Japanese director Takeo Kimura, who was 90 when his narrative debut feature Dreaming Awake (2008) was released.
- Daughter-in-law of Carmine Coppola and Italia Coppola, mother of Gian-Carlo Coppola, Roman Coppola and Sofia Coppola, sister-in-law of Anton Coppola and Talia Shire.
- Release of her book, "Notes on a Life".
- I'm this housewife who suddenly decided to write and direct a film. It was terrifying, but part of the challenge was cutting through all of your fears and just going for it. [2016]
- I grew up in the '40s and '50s, and a woman's role was to support her husband and make a nice home for him. I was frustrated that I didn't have much time to pursue my interests. Young women today have no concept of that. My daughter and her generation, and generations after that, they take for granted that they're going to do whatever is their calling. There's not going to be a question of their role or if they have to give it up because they're a wife and a mother. [2016]
- [on Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)] Even then when it came out, he [husband Francis Ford Coppola] was not happy because he felt like it made him look too out of control. But my reaction is, it really shows the creative process and the depth of anguish that it can be. I think now he's gotten over it. [2016]
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