Eleanor Coppola, filmmaker and companion of Francis Ford Coppola, dies at the age of 87

“Heart of Darkness: The Director’s Apocalypse”, his documentary about the turbulent filming of Francis Ford Coppola’s film “Apocalypse Now”, won an Emmy award in 1992.

Director Eleanor Coppola, who signed In the heart of darkness: director’s apocalypse of film production Apocalypse Now of Francis Ford Coppola, her husband, died on Friday April 12 at the age of 87, her family announced. The filmmaker is died surrounded by his family at his home in Rutherford, California, his relatives said in a statement sent to the American organization. Associated Press.

That movie In the hearts of darkness : director’s apocalypse (Hearts of Darkness: The Filmmaker’s Apocalypse, 1991) is the story of a chaotic 238-day event in the Philippines, during which one of the members of the construction team died, recalls the Associated Press. Comedian Martin Sheen also suffered a heart attack and the sets were destroyed by the tornado.

This unique documentary, about an extraordinary cinematic experience, is however a work of speculation. “I made small art films in the early 70s, explained Eleanor Coppola to Deadline in the 2017 reports Different. “But when I received this camera in the Philippines, I was just fascinated and looking at the viewfinder I reacted to it”. It was from about sixty hours of filming that he made a movie that won an Emmy (American television awards) in 1992, more than a decade after its release.Apocalypse Now (1979).

First story at 80

At the age of 80, in 2016, Eleanor Coppola decided to take up fiction. First of all Paris can wait, then four years later, Love Is Love Is Love.

Eleanor Neil, born May 4, 1936, in Los Angeles, the director married Francis Ford Coppola in 1963. From their union three children were born: Gian-Carlo, who died at the age of 22 in a boat accident, director Sofia Coppola. and film producer Roman Coppola. Eleanor Coppola had also written works for her children.

News of his disappearance comes a day after he was announced to be in competition for Francis Ford Coppola’s new film, megalopolis, at the next Cannes Film Festival. The American director returns to the Croisette with the project of a lifetime, as it were Apocalypse Now, for which he won the Palme d’Or.