Current location:Worldly Winds news portal > travel
Eleanor Coppola, matriarch of a filmmaking family, dies at 87
Worldly Winds news portal2024-05-09 06:29:59【travel】0People have gathered around
IntroductionEleanor Coppola, who documented the making of some of husband Francis Ford Coppola’s iconic films, i
Eleanor Coppola, who documented the making of some of husband Francis Ford Coppola’s iconic films, including the infamously tortured production of Apocalypse Now, and who raised a family of filmmakers, has died. She was 87.
Coppola died Friday surrounded by family at home in Rutherford, California, her family announced in a statement. No cause of death was given.
Eleanor, who grew up in Orange County, California, met Francis while working as an assistant art director on his directorial debut, the Roger Corman-produced 1963 horror film Dementia 13. (She had studied design at UCLA.) Within months of dating, Eleanor became pregnant, and the couple were wed in Las Vegas in February 1963.
Their firstborn, Gian-Carlo, quickly became a regular presence in his father’s films, as did their subsequent children, Roman (born in 1965) and Sofia (born in 1971). After acting in their father’s films and growing up on sets, all would go into the movies.
"I don’t know what the family has given except I hope they’ve set an example of a family encouraging each other in their creative process whatever it may be," Eleanor told The Associated Press in 2017. "It happens in our family that everyone chose to sort of follow in the family business. We weren’t asking them to or expecting them to, but they did. At one point Sofia said, ‘The nut does not fall far from the tree.’"
Gian-Carlo, who’s seen in the background of many of his father’s films and had begun doing second-unit photography, died at the age of 22 in a 1986 boating accident. He was killed while riding in a boat piloted by Griffin O’Neal, son of Ryan O’Neal, who was found guilty of negligence.
Related articles
- Jessica Biel reveals her unusual secret to getting red
- Hurricanes Poua won't be allowed to repeat haka criticising government
- Property listings hit near
- REVEALED: The worst airports in the US
- An extremist group and ethnic militias committed atrocities in Mali, Human Rights Watch says
- Fa'anānā Efeso Collins: 'The giants whose shoulders I stand on'
- More toll roads coming, but at what price?
- What to watch: Tales from the Loop
- What is a tornado emergency and how is it different from a warning or a watch?
- Chile forest fires death toll jumps to 46, likely to keep rising
Popular articles
Recommended
WBC strips Jermall Charlo of middleweight title following DUI arrest. Carlos Adames is new champion
Government unveils plan to fast
Coronavirus China: Wuhan lab staff 'had virus symptoms before first confirmed cases'
China declared malaria
Houston mayor says police chief is out amid probe into thousands of dropped cases
Several arrested after brawl breaks out near Auckland harbour
A silenced merry
Armed police close Auckland street after reported kidnapping, woman injured
Links
- China Unveils Supporting Measures for Childbirth, Parenting
- China Scales up Support for Elderly Care, Childcare Industries
- Vast Majority of Chinese Students Return Home After Studying Abroad: MOE
- China to Further Improve Services for Village Residents
- Camping, Sports Activities Thrive at Beijing Expo Park
- Martial Arts Enthusiasts Found Training Class for Local Children
- China to Bolster Support for Childbirth, Parenting
- 2nd China International Consumer Products Expo Opens in Hainan
- Beijing's Chaoyang District Builds Cultural Service System with Broader Coverage
- National Great Craftsman Forum Opens in Changsha, C China