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Sofia Coppola

Birth Name:
Sofia Carmina Coppola
Birth Place:
New York City, New York, United States
Profession
Actress, Producer, Writer, Director, Cinematographer, Costume designer, Costume department
Sofia Coppola

Fast Facts

  • Became the first American woman to win the Golden Lion prize at the Venice Film Festival for her direction of "Somewhere․"
  • Became the third woman to be nominated for Best Director at the Academy Awards
  • Honored at the 2017 Gotham Awards for her work on independent films
  • 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
  • Interned at Chanel in Paris over the summers when she was a teenager
  • Used the stage name "Domino" in the past

Awards

  • 1991Razzie Award - Worst Supporting Actress:Winner
  • 1991Razzie Award - Worst New Star:Winner
  • 1999SACD Prize - Directors' Fortnight:Nominated
  • 1999Golden CameraNominated
  • 1999C.I.C.A.E. AwardNominated
  • 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 AthenaWinner
  • 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 AwardNominated
  • 2003Golden Schmoes - Best Director of the Year:Nominated
  • 2003Golden Schmoes - Best Screenplay of the Year:Nominated
  • 2003Special Achievement AwardWinner
  • 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 AwardWinner
  • 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 AwardNominated
  • 2004AFI Award - Best Foreign Film:Nominated
  • 2004BAFTA Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2004BAFTA Film Award - Best Screenplay - Original:Nominated
  • 2004David Lean Award for DirectionNominated
  • 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 FilmWinner
  • 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 SystemWinner
  • 2006Palme d'OrNominated
  • 2006Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Feature:Nominated
  • 2010Gold Derby Film Award - Original Screenplay of the Decade:Nominated
  • 2010Special Achievement AwardWinner
  • 2010Golden LionWinner
  • 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 AwardNominated
  • 2013Dorothy Arzner Directors AwardWinner
  • 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'OrNominated
  • 2017Best DirectorWinner
  • 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 AwardWinner
  • 2023Mill Valley Film Festival Award - Filmmaking:Winner
  • 2023Golden Lion - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2024Amanda - Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske spillefilm):Nominated
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