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Eleanor Coppola

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Eleanor Coppola

Born May 4, 1936 in Los Angeles, California, USADied April 12, 202413 films

Eleanor Jessie Coppola (née Neil; May 4, 1936 – April 12, 2024) was an American documentary film director, screenwriter, and artist. She was married to director Francis Ford Coppola from 1963 until her death. She was best-known for her 1991 documentary film Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse as well as other documentaries chronicling the films of her husband and children.

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Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse posterFirst watchHearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse19917.9A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors' health, war near the filming locations, and more — which plagued the filming of Apocalypse Now, increasing costs and…View film

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13 films as director
  1. 2026Making Marie AntoinetteDirector
  2. 2021Love Is Love Is LoveDirector
  3. 2016Paris Can WaitDirector
  4. 2007Coda: Thirty Years LaterDirector
  5. 2007Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker'Director
  6. 2007The Making of Marie AntoinetteDirector
  7. 2000The Making of The Virgin SuicidesDirector
  8. 1996A Visit to China’s Miao CountryDirector
  9. 1991Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's ApocalypseDirector
  10. 1976Peeling a Potato Is a Work of ArtDirector
  11. 1976Victorian HouseDirector
  12. 1976Joyce GoldsteinDirector
  13. 1976RefrigeratorDirector