The Coppola family () is an
Italian-American family of
filmmakers
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and
performing artists.
Family tree
Academy Awards
The lineal descendants of Carmine Coppola and Italia Pennino have been nominated 23 times for an Academy Award, winning 9 times in categories including
Best Picture,
Best Director,
Best Actor
Best Actor is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actors in a film, television series, television film or play.
The term most often refers to the ...
,
Best Original Screenplay,
Best Adapted Screenplay
This is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various film, festivals, and people's awards.
Best Actor/Best Actress
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, and
Best Original Score. In addition,
Talia Shire
Talia Rose Shire (née Coppola; born April 25, 1946) is an American actress who played roles as Connie Corleone in ''The Godfather'' films and Adrian Balboa in the ''Rocky'' series. For her work in ''The Godfather Part II'' and ''Rocky'', Shire ...
's ex-husband
David Shire,
's ex-husband
Spike Jonze
Adam H. Spiegel (born October 22, 1969), known professionally as Spike Jonze, is an American filmmaker, actor, musician, and photographer. His work includes commercials, film, music videos, skateboard videos and television.
Jonze began his ca ...
,
and
Nicolas Cage's ex-wife
Patricia Arquette
Patricia Tiffany Arquette (born April 8, 1968) is an American actress. She made her feature film debut as Kristen Parker in '' A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors'' (1987). Her other notable films include '' True Romance'' (1993), '' Ed ...
are also Academy Award winners. Talia Shire's late husband Jack Schwartzman is also the father of Oscar nominee
John Schwartzman
John Leonard Schwartzman, A.S.C. (born October 18, 1960) is an American cinematographer, best known for his work on ''Jurassic World'', ''The Amazing Spider-Man'', '' The Rock'' and ''Seabiscuit'', for which he received an Oscar nomination for ...
by a previous marriage.
References
Bibliography
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Coppola, Francis Ford (2012-12-08). Back to Bernalda.
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International Herald Tribune
The ''International Herald Tribune'' (''IHT'') was a daily English-language newspaper published in Paris, France for international English-speaking readers. It had the aim of becoming "the world's first global newspaper" and could fairly be said ...
Style Magazine), December 8, 2012. Retrieved from http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/15/back-to-bernalda/.
External links
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Coppola, Francis Ford (2012-12-08). Back to Bernalda.
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International Herald Tribune
The ''International Herald Tribune'' (''IHT'') was a daily English-language newspaper published in Paris, France for international English-speaking readers. It had the aim of becoming "the world's first global newspaper" and could fairly be said ...
Style Magazine), December 8, 2012. Retrieved from http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/15/back-to-bernalda/.
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