Sofia Coppola
Sofia Coppola is a highly acclaimed director who made history as the first American woman to win the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and the second woman to win Best Director at Cannes.
Director
May 14, 1971
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New York, New York
Sofia Coppola, an American writer, director, and actress, is widely recognized for her critically acclaimed film Lost in Translation, which garnered her an Academy Award nomination for Best Director. Notably, she was the first American woman to receive the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and the second woman to secure the Best Director award at the Cannes Film Festival. Her impressive body of work also includes The Virgin Suicides, Marie Antoinette, and The Beguiled, with a total of eight films directed.