Eleanor Coppola
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Eleanor Coppola is the wife of the famed director Francis Ford Coppola
.
Coppola was born Eleanor Jessie Neil to an Irish-American family in Los Angeles
. She met Francis Ford Coppola on the set of his directorial debut, Dementia 13 in 1962, where she was Assistant Art Director. They married a year later. They had three children, including filmmakers/directors Sofia Coppola
, Roman Coppola
, and Gian-Carlo Coppola
(deceased).
A former graduate student in Applied Design at UCLA, she is active in the restoration and management of the family's historic Rubicon Estate Winery
in Rutherford, California, and designs costumes and stage decor for the Oberlin Dance Company of San Francisco.
During the making of Apocalypse Now
which began in 1976, she kept extensive notes which were published in 1979 as Notes on the Making of Apocalypse Now, ISBN 0-87910-150-4. She also shot film behind the scenes which eventually in 1990 was turned into Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
. She and her 1990 co-directors, Fax Bahr and George Hickenlooper were awarded an Emmy Award
for
"Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming - Directing".
While at UCLA she was a member of Alpha Chi Omega
women's fraternity (Alpha Psi chapter), and is considered one of that chapter's most famous alumnae.
Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. He is widely acclaimed as one of Hollywood's most innovative and influential film directors...
.
Coppola was born Eleanor Jessie Neil to an Irish-American family in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
. She met Francis Ford Coppola on the set of his directorial debut, Dementia 13 in 1962, where she was Assistant Art Director. They married a year later. They had three children, including filmmakers/directors Sofia Coppola
Sofia Coppola
Sofia Carmina Coppola is an American screenwriter, film director, actress, and producer.In 2003 she received the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Lost in Translation, and became the third woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Directing...
, Roman Coppola
Roman Coppola
Roman Coppola is an American film director and music video director.-Early life:Coppola was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, the son of set decorator/artist Eleanor Coppola and Francis Ford Coppola. Coppola was born in the American Hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine while his father was in Paris...
, and Gian-Carlo Coppola
Gian-Carlo Coppola
-Early life:Coppola was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of set decorator/artist Eleanor Coppola and famed film director Francis Ford Coppola...
(deceased).
A former graduate student in Applied Design at UCLA, she is active in the restoration and management of the family's historic Rubicon Estate Winery
Rubicon Estate Winery
The Rubicon Estate Winery is located in Rutherford, California, USA. The winery sits on a portion of the historic Napa Valley property first acquired in 1879 by a Finnish Sea Captain Gustave Niebaum, founder of the Inglenook Winery.-History:In 1975, Francis Ford Coppola and his wife Eleanor,...
in Rutherford, California, and designs costumes and stage decor for the Oberlin Dance Company of San Francisco.
During the making of Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American war film set during the Vietnam War, produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The central character is US Army special operations officer Captain Benjamin L. Willard , of MACV-SOG, an assassin sent to kill the renegade and presumed insane Special Forces...
which began in 1976, she kept extensive notes which were published in 1979 as Notes on the Making of Apocalypse Now, ISBN 0-87910-150-4. She also shot film behind the scenes which eventually in 1990 was turned into Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse is a 1991 documentary film about the production of Apocalypse Now.-Synopsis:The title is derived from the source material for Apocalypse Now, the Joseph Conrad novella Heart of Darkness...
. She and her 1990 co-directors, Fax Bahr and George Hickenlooper were awarded an Emmy Award
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
for
"Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming - Directing".
While at UCLA she was a member of Alpha Chi Omega
Alpha Chi Omega
Alpha Chi Omega is a women's fraternity founded on October 15, 1885. Currently, there are 135 chapters of Alpha Chi Omega at colleges and universities across the United States and more than 200,000 lifetime members...
women's fraternity (Alpha Psi chapter), and is considered one of that chapter's most famous alumnae.
External links
- Rubicon Estate Winery
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