She documented the making of some of her husband Francis Ford Coppola’s best-known films, including Apocalypse Now.
Eleanor Coppola, who documented the making of some of her husband Francis Ford Coppola’s best-known films and who raised a family of filmmakers, has died aged 87.
Within months of dating, Eleanor became pregnant and the couple were wed in Las Vegas in February 1963.Their first-born, Gian-Carlo, quickly became a regular presence in his father’s films, as did their subsequent children, Roman and Sofia . After acting in their father’s films and growing up on sets, all would go into the movies.
Sofia became one of the most acclaimed filmmakers of her generation as the writer-director of films including “Lost in Translation” and the 2023 release “Priscilla.” Sofia dedicated that film to her mother. Eleanor documented much of the chaos in what would become one of the most famous making-of films about moviemaking, 1991’s Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse.
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