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Sofia Coppola Biography

Birth Name:Sofia Carmina Coppola

Birth Place:New York City, New York, United States

Profession Actress, Writer, Producer, Director, Cinematographer, Costume designer, Costume department

Fast Facts

Became the first American woman to win the Golden Lion prize at the Venice Film Festival for her direction of "Somewhere․"
Honored at the 2017 Gotham Awards for her work on independent films
Became the third woman to be nominated for Best Director at the Academy Awards
Received the 2017 Provincetown Film Festival's Filmmaker on the Edge Award
Cousin to actors Jason Schwartzman and Nicolas Cage
Daughter of director Francis Ford Coppola
Married musician Thomas Mars in 2011
Played a baby in "The Godfather" as her film debut
Quote: "To me, there's so much that's not expressed by words, and you can tell so much by a little glance, or a gesture․"
Quote: "You're considered superficial and silly if you're interested in fashion․ But I think you can be substantial and still be interested in frivolity․"
Often directs films that center on female characters
Used the stage name "Domino" in the past
Interned at Chanel in Paris over the summers when she was a teenager

Awards

1991Razzie Award-Worst Supporting Actress: winner
1991Razzie Award-Worst New Star: winner
1999SACD Prize-Directors' Fortnight: nominated
1999Golden Camera-: nominated
1999C.I.C.A.E. Award-: nominated
2000Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
2000Sierra Award-Best Director: nominated
2000Sierra Award-Best Female Newcomer: nominated
2000Sierra Award-Best Screenplay, Adapted: nominated
2000Razzie Award-Worst Supporting Actress: nominated
2001Chlotrudis Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2001Empire Award-Best Debut: nominated
2001MTV Movie Award-Best New Filmmaker: winner
2001Young Hollywood Award-Best Director: winner
2003Golden Athena-: winner
2003ACCA-Best Director: nominated
2003ACCA-Best Motion Picture: nominated
2003ACCA-Best Original Screenplay: winner
2003BSFC Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
2003BSFC Award-Best Director: winner
2003Screen International Award-: nominated
2003Golden Schmoes-Best Director of the Year: nominated
2003Golden Schmoes-Best Screenplay of the Year: nominated
2003Special Achievement Award-: winner
2003NYFCC Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
2003NYFCC Award-Best Director: winner
2003NYFCO Award-Best Director: winner
2003Seattle Film Critics Award-Best Screenplay, Original: winner
2003Seattle Film Critics Award-Best Director: winner
2003SEFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
2003SEFCA Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
2003Critics Award-Best in Competition: winner
2003TFCA Award-Best Screenplay: winner
2003UFCA Award-Best Screenplay: winner
2003UFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
2003Golden Spike-Best Film: nominated
2003Pilar Miró Award-Best New Director: winner
2003FIPRESCI Prize-Best Film: winner
2003Lina Mangiacapre Award-: winner
2003Upstream Prize-Best Film: nominated
2003VVFP Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
2003VVFP Award-Best Director: nominated
2003WAFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
2003WAFCA Award-Best Screenplay, Original: winner
2004Oscar-Best Writing, Original Screenplay: winner
2004Oscar-Best Picture: nominated
2004Oscar-Best Director: nominated
2004Discover Screenwriting Award-: nominated
2004AFI Award-Best Foreign Film: nominated
2004BAFTA Film Award-Best Film: nominated
2004BAFTA Film Award-Best Screenplay - Original: nominated
2004David Lean Award for Direction-: nominated
2004Golden Kinnaree Award-Best Film: nominated
2004COFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
2004COFCA Award-Best Screenplay, Original: winner
2004CFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
2004CFCA Award-Best Screenplay: winner
2004Chlotrudis Award-Best Director: winner
2004Chlotrudis Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
2004Critics Choice Award-Best Director: nominated
2004Critics Choice Award-Best Writer: nominated
2004David-Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero): nominated
2004DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures: nominated
2004DGGB Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in International Film: nominated
2004Independent Spirit Award-Best Screenplay: winner
2004Independent Spirit Award-Best Director: winner
2004Independent Spirit Award-Best Feature: winner
2004FFCC Award-Best Screenplay: winner
2004Best Foreign Film-: winner
2004Gold Derby Film Award-Motion Picture: nominated
2004Gold Derby Film Award-Original Screenplay: winner
2004Gold Derby Film Award-Director: nominated
2004Golden Globe-Best Screenplay - Motion Picture: winner
2004Golden Globe-Best Director - Motion Picture: nominated
2004Guild Film Award - Gold-Foreign Film (Ausländischer Film): winner
2004ICS Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
2004INOCA-Best Original Screenplay: winner
2004INOCA-Best Director: nominated
2004Silver Ribbon-Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero): winner
2004IOMA-Best Original Screenplay (Miglior sceneggiatura originale): nominated
2004IOMA-Best Director (Miglior regia): nominated
2004Sierra Award-Best Director: nominated
2004Sierra Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
2004NSFC Award-Best Director: nominated
2004OFTA Film Award-Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: winner
2004OFTA Film Award-Best Picture: nominated
2004OFTA Film Award-Best Director: nominated
2004OFCS Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
2004OFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
2004PFCS Award-Breakout Performance - Behind the Camera: winner
2004PFCS Award-Best Screenplay, Original: nominated
2004PFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
2004Golden Satellite Award-Best Director: nominated
2004Golden Satellite Award-Best Screenplay, Original: winner
2004Comedy Film Honor-Best Screenplay: winner
2004Comedy Film Honor-Best First Time Comedy Director: winner
2004VFCC Award-Best Director: nominated
2004WGA Award (Screen)-Best Original Screenplay: winner
2005Bodil-Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film): winner
2005Czech Lion-Best Foreign Language Film (Nejlepsí zahranicní film): nominated
2005César-Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger): winner
2005Robert-Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film): winner
2005Fotogramas de Plata-Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera): winner
2005Critics Award-Best Foreign Film: winner
2005Golden Eagle-Best Foreign Film: nominated
2005Guldbagge-Best Foreign Film (Bästa utländska film): nominated
2006Cinema Prize of the French National Education System-: winner
2006Palme d'Or-: nominated
2006Gotham Independent Film Award-Best Feature: nominated
2010Gold Derby Film Award-Original Screenplay of the Decade: nominated
2010Special Achievement Award-: winner
2010Golden Lion-: winner
2011EDA Female Focus Award-Best Woman Screenwriter: nominated
2011EDA Female Focus Award-Best Woman Director: nominated
2011Bodil-Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film): nominated
2013Un Certain Regard Award-: nominated
2013Dorothy Arzner Directors Award-: winner
2016DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports - Specials: nominated
2016PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television: nominated
2016Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Television Movie: nominated
2017Palme d'Or-: nominated
2017Best Director-: winner
2017CineLibri Award for Masterful Literary Adaptation-Grand Prize for the Best Literary Adaptation: nominated
2017Halfway Award-Best Director: nominated
2017Halfway Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: winner
2017The Wilf Family Foundation Award-Best International Film: nominated
2017LAOFCS Award-Best Female Director: nominated
2017ARRI/OSRAM Award-Best International Film: nominated
2017OFCS Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2017SDFCS Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2017Sydney Film Prize-Best Film: nominated
2017Golden Bicycle Award-Best Film: nominated
2018AFCA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2018COFCA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2021HCA Award-Best Female Director: nominated
2021SDFCS Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
2023Variety Collaborators Award-: winner
2023Mill Valley Film Festival Award-Filmmaking: winner
2023Golden Lion-Best Film: nominated
2024Amanda-Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske spillefilm): nominated