Eleanor Coppola

Eleanor Coppola, (born Eleanor Jessie Neil on May 4th, 1936 in Los Angeles), a former graduate student in Applied Design at UCLA, is the wife of the famed Francis Ford Coppola, and the daughter-in-law of the late Carmine and Italia Coppola. They met on the set of his directorial debut Dementia 13 in 1962 where she was Assistant Art Director and married a year later. They have 4 children, including filmmakers/directors Sofia Coppola and Roman Coppola.

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May 4th - 1936 - Los Angeles - UCLA - Francis Ford Coppola - 1962 - Sofia Coppola - Roman Coppola

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During the making of Apocalypse Now, she kept extensive notes which were published in 1979 as Notes on the Making of Apocalypse Now, ISBN 0879101504; as well as filming behind the scenes which ended up as ', for which she was awarded an Academy of Television Arts and Sciences award (an Emmy) for "Outstanding Individual Achievement--Informational Programming--Directing" with her fellow directors, Fax Bahr and George Hickenlooper.

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Apocalypse Now - Emmy

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She has been active in the restoration and management of the family's historic Niebaum-Coppola Winery in the Napa Valley, California, and designs costumes and stage decor for the Oberlin Dance Company of San Francisco.

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