Sofia Coppola

thumb|Sofia Coppola Sofia Carmina Coppola (born May 14, 1971) is an American filmmaker and former actress. She has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, a Golden Lion, and a Cannes Film Festival Award as well as nominations for three BAFTA Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award. Her parents are filmmakers Eleanor and Francis Ford Coppola. Quotes I just feel like I have a feminine point of view and I'm happy to put that out there. We certainly have enough masculine ones. Sofia Coppola, interviewed in "Sofia Coppola: 'I never felt I had to fit into the majority view'", The Guardian (July 2, 2017). It’s always a lot of pressure showing anything you’ve made, and I knew that film [The Beguild] was more obnoxious. But it’s still nerve-racking coming back. Sofia Coppola: ‘I never felt I had to fit into the majority view’, The Guardian (July 2, 2017). I never thought I would be a film-maker. It wasn’t something I ever planned, despite the fact I loved hanging around on sets. That’s how I learned to do it. At a young age, I was really into fashion and clothes although I felt frustrated at art school. Sofia Coppola, in "Sofia Coppola on making The Virgin Suicides", The Guardian (January 25, 2018). Across all my films, there is a common quality: there is always a world and there is always a girl trying to navigate it. That's the story that will always intrigue me. Sofia Coppola, reflecting on the recurring themes of her films, quoted in "Behind the scenes with Sofia Coppola: memories from a life in film", The Guardian (August 27, 2023). Quotes about Sofia Coppola Sofia is soft-spoken, but she's firm. (...) She knows what she wants. Kirsten Dunst, quoted in "I don't like being told what to do", The Guardian (October 13, 2003). I grew up with three very strong women - my mother and two sisters. So I was surrounded at an early age by these incredibly strong women. Sofia is a bit like that and she allows you as an actor to play and explore. She is only the second woman director I have worked with [the other was Liv Ullman, on Miss Julie] but she was great at setting a particular mood. Colin Farrell, interviewed in "Conversation with Sofia Coppola, Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman about The Beguiled", Eye for Film (May 24, 2017). She has a razor-sharp vision and she knows exactly what she wants. You feel that when you watch her movies, because when you turn on a Sofia Coppola movie, you absolutely know it's one of her films. Cailee Spaeny, interviewed in "Priscilla's Cailee Spaeny On Why Sofia Coppola Is Like 'An Iron Fist In A Silk Glove'", (November 2, 2023). External links nm0001068 Category:1971 births Category:Living people Category:Film directors from New York City Category:Actresses from New York City Category:Women born in the 1970s Category:Academy Award winners Category:Screenwriters from New York City