Happy 49th Birthday, Sofia Coppola! Born today in 1971 as Sofia Carmina Coppola, this American former actress, screenwriter, producer and director is the daughter of American film director, producer, screenwriter, film composer, and vintner Francis Ford Coppola and American documentary filmmaker, artist, and writer Eleanor Coppola.
Sofia made her film debut as an infant in her father's acclaimed 1972 American crime film 'The Godfather'.
Coppola later appeared in a supporting role in her father's 1986 American fantasy comedy-drama film 'Peggy Sue Got Married' as Nancy Kelcher.
Four years later, Coppola portrayed the daughter of Michael Corleone, Mary, in the 1990 American crime film 'The Godfather Part III'. Her performance in the latter was severely criticized, and she turned her attention to filmmaking.
Coppola made her feature-length directorial debut with the 1999 American coming-of-age drama/mystery film 'The Virgin Suicides'. It was the first of her collaborations with actress Kirsten Dunst.
Four years later, Coppola wrote, co-produced and directed the film of which she is best known. This is the 2003 American/Japanses romance comedy-drama film 'Lost in Translation'.
The film follows a lonely, aging movie star named Bob Harris (Bill Murray) and conflicted newlywed, Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson), who meet in Tokyo. Bob is there to film a Japanese whiskey commercial; Charlotte is accompanying her celebrity-photographer husband John (Giovanni Ribisi).
Strangers in a foreign land, the two find escape, distraction and understanding amidst the bright Tokyo lights after a chance meeting in the quiet lull of the hotel bar. They eventually form a bond that is as unlikely as it is heartfelt and meaningful.
The following year, 'Lost in Translation' was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Bill Murray. However, Coppola received the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.
This allowed her tobecome the third woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director. The event occurred at the 76th Academy Awards in late February 2004. The film grossed $118.7 million on a budget of $4 million.
In the mid-2000s, Coppola directed the 2006 American historical drama film 'Marie Antoinette'. The film stared Dunst as the title character.
In 2010, with the American drama/independent film 'Somewhere', Coppola became the first American woman (and fourth American filmmaker) to win the Golden Lion, the top prize at the 67th Venice Film Festival in September of that same year.
In 2013, Coppola directed the American satirical crime/drama film 'The Bling Ring'. The film was based on the crime ring of the same name which premiered at the 66th Cannes Film Festival in May of that same year.
At the 70th Cannes Film Festival in May 2017, Coppola became the second woman in the festival's history to win the Best Director award. This was for her American Southern Gothic drama/thriller film 'The Beguiled'.
Coppola is currently working on her next major motion picture, being the upcoming American comedy-drama film 'On the Rocks'. It will star Rashida Jones, Bill Murray, Marlon Wayans, Jessica Henwich and Jenny Slate.
According to Coppola's person life, she has been married twice. Her first husband was American filmmaker, photographer and actor Spike Jonze ('Being John Malkovich', 'Adaptation'). They had been married from 1999–2003.
Of her cousins, the most notable are Nicolas Cage and Jason Schwartzman. This is via Coppola's father.
Coppola has been active from 1971–present.
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