The Coppola Family

Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola was born to Carmine and Italia Coppola on April 7, 1939 in Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.  He was born of Italian Immigrant ancestry as his paternal grandparents had immigrated to USA from Bernalda,  Basilicata. Francis Coppola directed great movies such as, The Godfather and Apocalypse Now. His daughter Sophia is known for producing, The Virgin Suicides and Lost in Translation. The Coppola family is sometimes referred to as cinema royalty on account of the family contribution to the movie industry. Exactly how talented the Coppola family is, is event through its cinematic lineage of achievement..  Coppola’s lineal descendants have together, have been nominated for a total of 23 Academy Awards, and won nine of them including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Screenplay, Best Director and Best Original Score