He is called the father of universal filmmaking, a genius and an iconic director.
Francis Ford Coppola is really one of the most influential personalities and each of
his works is a masterpiece and a grand event for critics and cinema fans.
He has six Oscar Awards and dozens of others.
Even if he shot only The Godfather, it would be enough to include his name in the list
of cinematic art.
Francis’s father, Carmine Coppola is known first of all of as the music creator for The
Godfather.
It should also be noticed that he always believed and supported his son’s dreams and ideas
about theatre.
He died in 1991 at the age of 80.
The mother, Italia Coppola met her husband who was a flutist in her father’s theatre.
She was not only an attentive and caring mom but also acted some roles in son’s movies.
She is most known as an author of a pasta cookbook.
She died naturally at 91 without suffering from any illnesses.
Ford remembers her as a mother who was always with young soul and positive attitude.
Francis had an elder brother, August Coppola.
He was not involved into movie-making business but was a professor of literature.
He was suffering from problems with heart and died at the age of 75 because of a heart
attack.
Talia Shire is Francis’ younger sister.
She is a very talented actress and is mostly known for her role as Adrian in the Rocky
film series.
She was married twice and has a son, famous actor Jason Schwartzman with the second husband.
Since 1963, The Godfather creator has been married to Eleanor Coppola.
They met each other on the set and almost immediately began dating.
Several months later, she found out about pregnancy and the couple got married.
Eleanor is a great mom and a wife who was always there for all family members.
She gave up the career of a director and devoted her life to kids and a husband.
However, at the age of 80 she debuted with a movie Paris Can Wait, the script of which
she wrote and directed, despite being out of this business for several decades.
The couple’s first son, Gian-Carlo was interested in film production like his father.
At the age of 16, he finished school and decided to pursue a career in this sphere.
Yet, his dream didn’t come true due to a tragic accident that led to his death when
he was just 22.
A few weeks before he died, his fiancée told him she was pregnant.
The baby girl, Gia was delivered in 1987.
The second son, Roman is a very modest man.
He is a popular writer and a producer.
Nonetheless, nothing is known about his personal life as he prefers to keep it secret.
The third child and only daughter in the family is Sofia Coppola.
Due to her father’s fame and popularity, she started her career as young as a few weeks
old.
With the time she was nominated for the best director for her movie Lost in Translation.
She was married twice and is now living merely with the second husband, Thomas Mars who is
a musician.
They are parents to two wonderful kids.