"August Coppola August Floyd Coppola (February 16, 1934 – October 27, 2009) was an American academic, author, film executive and advocate for the arts. He was the father of actor Nicolas Cage. August Coppola was the son of composer and flutist Carmine Coppola (1910–1991) and Italia Pennino (1912–2004), a lyricist and matriarch of the Coppola family. His siblings are film director Francis Ford Coppola and actress Talia Shire; his uncle is composer Anton Coppola. August Coppola married German-American dancer Joy Vogelsang in 1960; they had three sons: Marc, Christopher, and Nicolas. Among his nieces and nephews are director Sofia Coppola"
"Francis Ford Coppola Francis Ford Coppola (; born April 7, 1939) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and film composer. He was a central figure in the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking. After directing ""The Rain People"" (1969), he co-wrote the 1970 film ""Patton"", earning the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay along with co-writer Edmund H. North. His directorial prominence was cemented with the release in 1972 of ""The Godfather"", a film which revolutionized movie-making in the gangster genre, earning praise from both critics and the public before winning three Academy Awards—including his second Oscar (Best Adapted Screenplay,"
"I plan to begin a process of making one personal movie after another and if something leads me back to look at that, which I'm sure it might, I'll see what makes sense to me."" Francis Ford Coppola Francis Ford Coppola (; born April 7, 1939) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and film composer. He was a central figure in the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking. After directing ""The Rain People"" (1969), he co-wrote the 1970 film ""Patton"", earning the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay along with co-writer Edmund H. North. His directorial prominence was cemented with"
"Roman Coppola Roman François Coppola (born April 22, 1965) is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, and entrepreneur. With the 2012 film ""Moonrise Kingdom"", he and co-writer Wes Anderson were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. In 2016, his television series ""Mozart in the Jungle"" won the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Comedy. Coppola serves as president of the San Francisco-based film company American Zoetrope. He is also founder and owner of The Directors Bureau, a commercial and music video production company. Roman Coppola is the son of set decorator/artist Eleanor Coppola (née Neil) and"
"(1984), the crime-drama ""The Godfather Part III"" (1990), and the horror film ""Bram Stoker's Dracula"" (1992). Coppola was born in Detroit, Michigan, to father Carmine Coppola (1910–1991), a flautist with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and mother Italia Coppola (née Pennino; 1912–2004). Coppola is the middle of three children: his older brother was August Coppola, his younger sister is actress Talia Shire. Born into a family of Italian immigrant ancestry, his paternal grandparents came to the United States from Bernalda, Basilicata. His maternal grandfather, popular Italian composer Francesco Pennino, immigrated from Naples, Italy. Coppola received his middle name in honor of"
"played the hobo Vladimir in a 2005 off-Broadway production of ""Waiting for Godot"" and an aging real estate salesman, Aaronow, in a 2000 production of ""Glengarry Glen Ross"" at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton. Coppola died February 5, 2012 from an aneurysm, and was predeceased by his wife, Helen. He is survived by his children, Jason Coppola of Brooklyn and Samantha Coppola of Bogota, and three grandchildren. Sam Coppola Sam Coppola (July 31, 1932 – February 5, 2012) was an American actor. He appeared in almost 70 films, beginning in 1968, but may be best remembered for his role as"
"Marc Coppola (actor) Marc ""The Cope"" Coppola is an American actor and DJ working for KGB-FM in San Diego, California and WAXQ and WLTW in New York City. Marc's father, August Coppola, was a professor of literature, while his mother, Joy Vogelsang, is a dancer and choreographer; the two divorced in 1976. Coppola's mother was of German and Polish descent, and his father was an Italian American, with his paternal grandparents being Carmine Coppola, a composer and flutist, and Italia Pennino, an actress. Through his father, Coppola is the nephew of director Francis Ford Coppola and actress Talia Shire, the"
"Trevor Coppola Trevor Coppola is an actor, musician from Santa Monica, California. The films he has acted in include ""Little Blue Pill"", ""The Hunchback"", ""Matilda"", ""The Bank Job"", ""Lucky Numbers"" and ""3:10 to Yuma"" and ""Vikingdom"". As a musician, he is a cellist and classically trained singer. Coppola was born in Santa Monica, California. He graduated from UCLA and holds a degree in English literature. He is a singer and a musician. In the early 1990s he had a part in the television series ""Love & War"". 1995 marked the beginning of his film acting career with a minor role."
"director Francis Ford Coppola. He was born in the American Hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine, while his father was in Paris helping write the screenplay of ""Is Paris Burning?"" As a boy, he had minor, uncredited roles in both ""The Godfather"" and ""The Godfather Part II"". He attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Coppola began his directing career by overseeing in-camera visual effects and second unit direction for ""Bram Stoker’s Dracula"", which garnered a BAFTA Award nomination for Visual Effects. He has continued to do second unit direction throughout his career, including Francis Ford Coppola's ""Jack"", ""The Rainmaker"", ""Youth"
"Sam Coppola Sam Coppola (July 31, 1932 – February 5, 2012) was an American actor. He appeared in almost 70 films, beginning in 1968, but may be best remembered for his role as Dan Fusco, owner of the Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, hardware and paint store, in ""Saturday Night Fever"", who gave John Travolta's character sage but salty advice in the classic 1977 film. Later in his career, Coppola made a brief but memorable appearance on ""The Sopranos"" as the idiosyncratic family therapist of Jennifer Melfi. Coppola was a cop in ""Serpico"" (1973), starring Al Pacino, and a detective in ""Fatal"
"Christopher Coppola Christopher V. Coppola (born January 25, 1962) is a film director and producer. Coppola was born in Los Angeles County, California. His father, the late August Coppola, was a professor of literature, while his mother, Joy Vogelsang, is a dancer and choreographer; the two divorced in 1976. His mother suffered from chronic depression. Coppola's mother is of German descent and his father is Italian American, with his paternal grandparents being Carmine Coppola and Italia Pennino, an actress. Through his father, Coppola is the nephew of director Francis Ford Coppola and actress Talia Shire, as well as the cousin"
"Gian-Carlo Coppola Gian-Carlo Coppola (September 17, 1963 – May 26, 1986) was an American film producer. Coppola was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of set decorator/artist Eleanor Coppola (née Neil) and famed film director Francis Ford Coppola. As the eldest Coppola sibling, he was the older brother to Roman and Sofia. Gian-Carlo was close friends and once a couple with Tracy Reiner, daughter of director Penny Marshall. Gian-Carlo began his professional filmmaking career at the age of 16, working closely with his father. Like his brother and sister, Gian-Carlo—known to his family and friends as Gio—often featured in"
"$40 million, making it the 9th highest-grossing film of the year worldwide. The film won Academy Awards for Costume Design, Makeup and Sound Editing. Coppola's next project was ""Jack"", which was released on August 9, 1996. It starred Robin Williams as Jack Powell, a ten-year-old boy whose cells are growing at four times the normal rate, so at the age of ten he looks like a 40-year-old man. With Diane Lane, Brian Kerwin and Bill Cosby, ""Jack"" also featured Jennifer Lopez, Fran Drescher and Michael McKean in supporting roles. Although a moderate box-office success, grossing $58 million domestically on an"
"Gia Coppola Gian-Carla ""Gia"" Coppola (born January 1, 1987) is an American film director, screenwriter, and actress. She is a granddaughter of Francis Ford Coppola, the daughter of Gian-Carlo Coppola and the niece of Roman Coppola and Sofia Coppola. Coppola is the daughter of Gian-Carlo Coppola and Jacqui de la Fontaine. Her father died in a speed boating accident while her mother was pregnant with her. The credits of the 1996 film ""Jack"", directed by her grandfather Francis Ford Coppola, include the dedication ""for gia 'When you see a shooting star...'"" (with her name stylized in lower case). She was"
"beach bags. The bags are handmade in California and known for their signature multicolor designs. Roman Coppola Roman François Coppola (born April 22, 1965) is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, and entrepreneur. With the 2012 film ""Moonrise Kingdom"", he and co-writer Wes Anderson were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. In 2016, his television series ""Mozart in the Jungle"" won the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Comedy. Coppola serves as president of the San Francisco-based film company American Zoetrope. He is also founder and owner of The Directors Bureau, a commercial and music video"
"Brown to serve on the California Arts Council. Christopher Coppola Christopher V. Coppola (born January 25, 1962) is a film director and producer. Coppola was born in Los Angeles County, California. His father, the late August Coppola, was a professor of literature, while his mother, Joy Vogelsang, is a dancer and choreographer; the two divorced in 1976. His mother suffered from chronic depression. Coppola's mother is of German descent and his father is Italian American, with his paternal grandparents being Carmine Coppola and Italia Pennino, an actress. Through his father, Coppola is the nephew of director Francis Ford Coppola and"
"To avoid the appearance of nepotism as Coppola's nephew, he changed his name early in his career to Nicolas Cage, inspired in part by the Marvel Comics superhero Luke Cage. Since his film debut with a minor role in ""Fast Times at Ridgemont High"" (1982), opposite Judge Reinhold and Sean Penn, Cage has appeared in a wide range of films, both mainstream and offbeat. He auditioned for the role of Dallas Winston in his uncle's film ""The Outsiders"", based on S.E. Hinton's novel, but lost to Matt Dillon. He was also in Coppola's films ""Rumble Fish"" and ""Peggy Sue Got"
"Pietro Antonio Coppola Pietro Antonio Coppola (11 December 1793 – 13 November 1876) was an Italian composer and conductor. Born in Castrogiovanni, he was trained by his father and at the Naples Conservatory. He is chiefly known for his many operas, of which his most famous, ""Nina pazza per amore"", premiered at the Teatro Valle in Rome in February 1835. While his works have rarely been performed after the 19th century, during his lifetime they enjoyed success in major opera houses in Italy, France, Portugal, and Spain. As a conductor he was particularly active at the Teatro Nacional de São"
"Mikey Coppola Michael J. Coppola (born in May 18, 1946), also known as ""Mikey Cigars"", is an American mobster and captain in the Genovese crime family. He has been a key figure in the Genovese crime family New Jersey faction. It is unknown if he is related to Michael ""Trigger Mike"" Coppola, who was also a member of the Genovese family. He made national headlines when he went into hiding for 11 years to avoid a possible murder conviction. Michael Coppola has been working for the Genovese family since the 1960s. He became a made man in the late 1970s"
"Carlos in Lisbon. He died in Catania at the age of 82. Pietro Antonio Coppola Pietro Antonio Coppola (11 December 1793 – 13 November 1876) was an Italian composer and conductor. Born in Castrogiovanni, he was trained by his father and at the Naples Conservatory. He is chiefly known for his many operas, of which his most famous, ""Nina pazza per amore"", premiered at the Teatro Valle in Rome in February 1835. While his works have rarely been performed after the 19th century, during his lifetime they enjoyed success in major opera houses in Italy, France, Portugal, and Spain. As"
"In March 2016, Coppola announced that her next feature would be an adaptation of Jean Nathan's ""The Secret Life of the Lonely Doll"", a biopic on Dare Wright, author of the children's book ""The Lonely Doll"". Jessica Lange and Naomi Watts were both attached to star in the project. Gia Coppola Gian-Carla ""Gia"" Coppola (born January 1, 1987) is an American film director, screenwriter, and actress. She is a granddaughter of Francis Ford Coppola, the daughter of Gian-Carlo Coppola and the niece of Roman Coppola and Sofia Coppola. Coppola is the daughter of Gian-Carlo Coppola and Jacqui de la Fontaine."
"Frank Puglia Frank Puglia (9 March 1892 – 25 October 1975) was an Italian film actor. Puglia had small, but memorable roles in films including ""Casablanca"" (a Moroccan rug merchant), ""Now, Voyager"" and ""The Jungle Book"". He was originally cast as the undertaker, Bonasera, in Francis Ford Coppola's movie ""The Godfather"" (1972), even participating in Marlon Brando's screen test, but he fell ill before filming could begin. He was replaced by Sicilian actor Salvatore Corsitto. Born in Linguaglossa, Catania, Sicily, the actor started his career as a teen on stage in Italian operas. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1907."
"Italia Coppola Italia Pennino Coppola (December 12, 1912 – January 21, 2004) was the matriarch of the Coppola family. Born in New York City, she was one of six children of Anna (née Giaquinto) (1879-?) and composer Francesco Pennino (1880-1952), both of Naples, Italy. Her father was a composer of Italian songs, an importer of Italian films and a movie theater owner. She was born in an apartment over the family's Empire Theater in Brooklyn. She was the wife of Carmine Coppola and the mother of academic August Coppola, filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola and actress Talia Shire, as well as"
"Alicia Coppola Alicia Coppola (born April 12, 1968) is an American television and film actress. Coppola began her career as a hostess on the MTV game show ""Remote Control"". In 1991, she joined the cast of the soap opera ""Another World"" playing the vixen Lorna Devon, the long-lost daughter of popular character Felicia Gallant. She played the role until 1994. Her better-known TV jobs include a recurring role on ""Trinity"" (1998–99), a starring role on the American remake of the British comedy ""Cold Feet"" (1999), and top billing on the TNT drama ""Bull"" (2000). She played Leesa in a 1999"
"are now entirely organically grown. George Altamura, a real estate developer announced in 2003 that he had partnered with several people, including Francis Ford Coppola, in a project to restore the Uptown Theater in downtown Napa, California in order to create a live entertainment venue. Coppola is also the owner of Francis Ford Coppola Presents, a lifestyle brand under which he markets goods from companies he owns or controls. It includes films and videos, resorts, cafes, a literary magazine, a line of pastas and pasta sauces called Mammarella Foods and a winery. The Francis Ford Coppola Winery near Geyserville, California,"
"While notorious for its lengthy and strenuous production, the film is widely acclaimed for its vivid depiction of the Vietnam War. It won the Palme d'Or at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival, making Coppola one of only eight filmmakers to win two Palme d'Or awards. While a number of Coppola's ventures in the 1980s and 1990s were critically lauded, he has never quite achieved the same commercial success with films as in the 1970s. His most well-known films released since the start of the 1980s are the dramas ""The Outsiders"" and ""Rumble Fish"" (both 1983), the crime-drama ""The Cotton Club"""
"work rather than allowing them to have a real childhood. Sofia Coppola Sofia Carmina Coppola (; born May 14, 1971) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and former actress. She is the daughter of director, producer, and screenwriter Francis Ford Coppola, and made her film debut as an infant in her father's acclaimed crime drama film, ""The Godfather"" (1972). She later appeared in a supporting role in ""Peggy Sue Got Married"" (1986) and portrayed Mary Corleone, the daughter of Michael Corleone, in """" (1990). The latter film earned her much derision and critical backlash, effectively ending her acting career. Coppola"
"delayed, until its eventual release in September 2013. Francis Ford Coppola is making the film for which he will always be remembered—an adaptation of ""Dracula"" starring Marlon Brando as Dracula and Martin Sheen as Jonathan Harker. (It is a variation of ""Apocalypse Now"", complete with all the famous quotes and mishaps during filming, albeit in Romania instead of the Philippines.) The film crew is befriended by a young-looking vampire, who leaves with them when they return to America. ""Coppola's Dracula"" won the International Horror Guild Award for Best Long Fiction, and was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best"
"in 1962. While staying in Rome, Italy, she sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (with certain portions addressed to then-U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy) detailing the criminal activities of the Luciano crime family as well as a letter to the incarcerated Coppola before committing suicide by taking an overdose of sleeping pills. Following his release from Atlanta Federal Prison in 1963, Coppola was unable to regain his previous power and lived in obscurity until his death at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts three years later. Michael ""Trigger Mike"" Coppola Michael ""Trigger Mike"" Coppola (July 2, 1900,"
"Frank Coppola (mobster) Frank Coppola (born Francesco Paolo Coppola), known as Frank Three Fingers (1899 in Partinico – 26 April 1982 in Aprilia), was an Italian-American mobster and crime boss. Frank Coppola was born in Partinico, Sicily, Italy in 1899. In 1926 he emigrated clandestinely to the United States and settled in Detroit. He worked as a laborer and then as a seller of fruit and vegetables, before entering the mob. He was known as Frank Three Fingers because he lacked two, the left ring finger and little finger after his fingers had slipped inside the door of a safe"
"Nick Loren Nick Loren (born December 14, 1970) is an American actor, singer-songwriter, producer, and professional stunt double. He has been the professional stunt double for John Travolta and an accredited actor in over 17 films including ""From Paris with Love"", ""Old Dogs"", ""Wild Hogs"", ""Hairspray"", ""A Love Song for Bobby Long"", ""Be Cool"", ""Swordfish"", and ""Face/Off"". Loren has been featured on ""Entertainment Tonight"", ""The Insider"", ""The Hollywood Reporter"", AdAge.com, , ""Dateline NBC"", ""Eye on LA"", as well as many morning shows and magazines. In February 1996 Loren met actor John Travolta while working as a stand-in on the set"
"to win any of these awards, the only film in the trilogy not to do so. In 1992, Coppola directed and produced ""Bram Stoker's Dracula"". Adapted from Bram Stoker's novel, it was intended to be more faithful to the book than previous film adaptations. Coppola cast Gary Oldman in the film's title role, with Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder and Anthony Hopkins in supporting roles. The movie became a box-office hit, grossing $82,522,790 domestically, making it the 15th highest-grossing film of the year. It fared even better overseas grossing $133,339,902 for a total worldwide gross of $215,862,692 against a budget of"
"Cosima Coppola Cosima Coppola (born October 17, 1983) is an Italian dancer and actress of cinema, theatre and television. Cosima Coppola was born in Taranto, Apulia, but she grew in Fragagnano. When she was 19 years old, she moved to Rome to work as a dancer. In 2003, she started to study recitation. Her television debut was on the soap opera ""Un Posto al Sole"". After, she has had roles in several television mini-series, like ""Carabinieri 4"" (2005), ""Il sangue e la rosa"" (2008), ""Il falco e la colomba"" (2009), ""Viso d'angelo"" (2011), ""Rodolfo Valentino – La leggenda"" (2014), ""Furore"