Goodbye Eleanor Coppola, wife of director Francis Ford Coppola

Rome, 13 April 2024 – Deep mourning for the director Francis Ford Coppolahis wife died Eleanor Coppolawriter and filmmaker, at age 87 at his home in Rutherford, California.

Coppola’s wife since 1963, she was known for directing several successful films such as “Heart of Darkness: Apocalypse of the Filmmaker”, shot during the difficult filming of her husband’s masterpiece “Apocalypse NowMany years later he did the same with his daughter Sofia Coppola, like her father and mother, a famous director, making films on films. Marie Antoinette, directed by Sofia.

The Coppolas had it three children, Gian Carlo, Roman and Sofia. In 1986, drama and the death of his first born, at the age of 22, in a car accident. Roman also followed in his father’s footsteps by directing various films, also regularly collaborates with Wes Anderson, director, screenwriter and producer, and is the president of his father’s film company, American Zoetrope, based in San Francisco. Sofia is already one of the most famous directors after writing screenplays and directing films like “Lost in Translation” and “Priscilla”, about the life of Priscilla Presley, Elvis’ first wife, dedicating it to her mother.