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Sofia Coppola

Sofia Coppola grew up in Northern California. After doing costume design on two feature films, she studied Fine Art at California Institute of the Arts.

She then wrote and directed the short film Lick the Star (which world-premiered at the Venice International Film Festival), followed by the feature The Virgin Suicides. Ms. Coppola wrote the screenplay for the latter film, adapting it from Pulitzer Prize winner Jeffrey Eugenides' novel of the same name. The movie starred Kirsten Dunst, Josh Hartnett, James Woods, and Kathleen Turner. A world premiere at the Cannes International Film Festival, The Virgin Suicides subsequently earned her the MTV Movie Award for Best New Filmmaker.

Ms. Coppola's next film, Lost in Translation, was her first with Focus Features, and screened at the Toronto, Venice, and Telluride Film Festivals. The movie brought her the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay as well as Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Picture (in her capacity as producer). Lost in Translation stars Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson won BAFTA Awards for Best Actor and Best Actress, respectively, among many other honors that the cast and crew received worldwide.

Her third feature as writer/director, Marie Antoinette, was based in part on Antonia Fraser's biography Marie Antoinette: The Journey, and world-premiered at the Cannes International Film Festival. The movie, which Ms. Coppola also produced, starred Kirsten Dunst in the title role. The film's costume designer, Milena Canonero, won an Academy Award for her work on the picture.


Note: This profile was written in or before 2011.
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Sofia Coppola Facts

Birth Name Sofia Carmina Coppola
OccupationDirector, Screenwriter, Producer
BirthdayMay 12, 1971 (52)
SignTaurus
BirthplaceNew York, New York, USA
Awards2004 Academy Awards: Best Original Screenplay (for Lost in Trainslation)
2004 Golden Globe Awards: Best Screenplay (for Lost in Translation)
2001 MTV Movie Awards: Best New Filmmaker (for The Virgin Suicides)

Selected Filmography

Marie Antoinette
Lost in Translation
The Virgin Suicides
The Bling Ring
Somewhere
American Beauty / The Virgin Suicides
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