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Why do we love Sofia? Only the third woman nominated for the Best Director Academy Award, and the first American woman to be so honored, Sofia Coppola was born into Hollywood aristocracy. In fact, her first "job" was in her father's Academy Award-winning classic The Godfather, as the (male) infant in the infamous baptism/bloodbath sequence. Though her subsequent acting jobs would be greeted with less than praise (to put it mildly. She was "awarded" a Razzie for Worst Actress in 1990's The Godfather, Part III), it was in writing and directing films that Sofia found her niche. While she might have gotten plenty of directing advice from her father and her (now-estranged) husband, Sofia's 2000 debut, The Virgin Suicides, which she both directed and adapted the screenplay, displayed her own unique voice and style. Her follow-up film, Lost in Translation, has brought her a shower of awards and nominations from critics' groups, craft guilds, and the almighty Academy. Both of Sofia's films to date have shown a remarkable sensitivity to young women's lives, exploring the way the world views them and the way they see themselves.
On February 29, Sofia joined her father Francis, her grandfather Carmine, and her cousin Nicolas Cage as an Academy Award winner, taking home Oscar for her screenplay for Lost in Translation.
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Biography:
Born - May 14, 1971
New York, New York
Achievements:
Lost in Translation, (2003)
76th Academy Awards
- Nominated, Best Picture
- Nominated, Best Director
- Won, Best Original Screenplay
Awards and Nominations
- Won, Golden Athena, Athens International Film Festival
- Nominated, Best Picture, BAFTA (British Academy Awards)
- Nominated, Best Screenplay, BAFTA
- Nominated, David Lean Award for Direction, BAFTA
- Won, Best Director, Boston Society of Film Critics
- Nominated, Best Director, Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
- Nominated, Best Writer, Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
- Won, Best Screenplay, Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
- Nominated, Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures, Directors Guild of America
- Nominated, Outstanding Directorial Achievement in International Film, Directors Guild of Great Britain
- Nominated, Screen International Award, European Film Awards
- Won, Best Screenplay, Golden Globe Awards
- Nominated, Best Director, Golden Globe Awards
- Won, Best Screenplay, Original, Golden Satellite Awards
- Nominated, Best Director, Golden Satellite Awards
- Won, Best Feature, Independent Spirit Awards
- Won, Best Director, Independent Spirit Awards
- Won, Special Achievement Award for Writing, Directing, and Producing, National Board of Review
- Won, Best Director, New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- Won, Best Screenplay, Original, Online Film Critics Society Awards
- Nominated, Best Director, Online Film Critics Society Awards
- Won, Best Director, Seattle Film Critics Awards
- Won, Best Screenplay, Original, Seattle Film Critics Awards
- Won, Best Screenplay, Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
- Won, Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen, Writers Guild of America
The Virgin Suicides, (2000)
Awards and Nominations
- Nominated, Best Debut, Empire Awards UK
- Nominated, Best Director, Sierra Awards, Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
- Nominated, Best Screenplay, Adapted, Sierra Awards, Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
- Nominated, Best Female Newcomer, Sierra Awards, Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
- Won, Best New Filmmaker, MTV Movie Awards
- Won, Best Director, Young Hollywood Awards
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In her own words -- On becoming a director:
"I guess it was subconsciously. I really didn't know what I wanted to do. I went to art school and tried a bunch of different things, but I knew I wanted to do something in the visual arts. And I'd always been around my dad's film sets, so the interest was there. But I didn't have the guts to say, 'I want to be a director,' especially coming from that family. When I read [The Virgin Suicides], I thought I knew exactly how it should be as a film. I did a short film, and that was when I first realized that [directing] was actually something I knew how to do, which surprised me."
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