By Emmy-winning American filmmaker Eleanor Coppola, wife of “The Godfather” and “The Conversation” director Francis Ford Coppola, has died. She was 87.
Coppola passed away at her home in Rutherford, California on Friday with her death confirmed in a statement by the Coppola family to the Associated Press.
She was a lifelong creative partner to Francis and took up filming herself, chronicling the behind-the-scenes production of her husband’s legendary war epic “Apocalypse Now” which saw typhoons, hospitalizations, recasting and more impacting its shoot.
Her efforts yielded the 1991 feature”Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse,” which is still considered one of the most iconic documentaries ever made about cinema and troubled film production.
She later wrote and directed her first narrative feature “Paris Can Wait” starring Diane Lane and Alec Baldwin in 2016. The ensemble film “Love Is Love Is Love” followed in 2020.
She also worked as a cinematographer and director on several documentary shorts detailing her husband and children’s various film productions. The couple met working on the Roger Corman horror production “Dementia 13” and had three children together – Gian-Carlo, Sofia and Roman.
Coppola is survived by her husband, Francis, their children Sofia and Roman, and three grandchildren.
Source: Variety
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