Eleanor Coppola, Emmy-winning 'Hearts of Darkness' documentarian, died on Friday in California at 87 years old.
Eleanor Coppola, an Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker and artist, has died at 87. Coppola's death was confirmed to Fox News Digital by a representative for her husband of 61 years, Francis Ford Coppola. She died at her home in Rutherford, California, on Friday, her family said in a statement to the Associated Press. No cause of death was given.
The documentary earned four Emmy Award nominations, with Coppola and co-directors George Hickenlooper and Fax Bahr taking home the trophy for informational programming directing. 'The beginning of the film idea for me was certainly documenting ‘Apocalypse Now,’' Coppola recalled in a 2017 interview with Deadline. 'I had no idea.
Roman has directed several movies of his own and regularly collaborates with filmmaker Wes Anderson. He is president of his father’s San Francisco-based film company, American Zoetrope. Sofia became one of the most acclaimed filmmakers of her generation as the writer-director of films including 'Lost in Translation' and 2023's 'Priscilla,' which she dedicated to Coppola.
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