-
Name: Sofia Coppola
-
Date of Birth:
May 14, 1971
-
Place of Birth:
New York, New York, USA
Mini-bio:
Coppola is now better known as a successful film director. Her first three films were Lick the Star (1996), The Virgin Suicides (1999) and Lost in Translation (2003). Lost in Translation won the Acade...( read more)my Award for original screenplay and three Golden Globe Awards including Best Picture. With her Oscar nomination for Best Director (for Lost in Translation), Coppola became the third woman to receive an Oscar nomination for film direction.
Coppola's most recent film is the biopic Marie Antoinette, adapted from the biography by British historian Lady Antonia Fraser. Kirsten Dunst plays the title character who marries King Louis XVI, played by Jason Schwartzman, Coppola's cousin. It débuted at the Cannes Film Festival, where, despite being booed by some in the audience, it received a standing ovation. Critics have been divided - some full of praise for the film and some very chilly.