🎬 Actors & Filmmakers

The Coppola Family

One of the most extensive filmmaking dynasties in American cinema, radiating from director Francis Ford Coppola through his children, nephew, and grand-nephew.

Founder
Francis Ford Coppola

Director, Screenwriter, Producer · b. 1939

Director behind some of the most acclaimed American films of the 1970s, and patriarch of a sprawling filmmaking family.

Notable Works

  • The Godfather
  • The Godfather Part II
  • Apocalypse Now
  • The Conversation
daughter
Sofia Coppola

Director, Screenwriter · b. 1971

Francis's daughter, an Oscar-winning writer-director known for a distinctive, dreamlike visual style.

Notable Works

  • Lost in Translation
  • The Virgin Suicides
  • Marie Antoinette
son
Roman Coppola

Director, Screenwriter, Producer · b. 1965

Francis's son, a director and frequent collaborator with Wes Anderson as a writer and producer.

Notable Works

  • CQ
  • Moonrise Kingdom (co-writer)
  • The Darjeeling Limited (co-writer)
nephew
Nicolas Cage

Actor · b. 1964

Son of Francis's brother August Coppola; changed his surname to Cage early in his career to build an identity independent of the family name…

Notable Works

  • Leaving Las Vegas
  • Face/Off
  • National Treasure
grand-nephew
Jason Schwartzman

Actor, Musician · b. 1980

Son of actress Talia Shire, Francis's sister; grand-nephew of the Coppola filmmaking line and a frequent Wes Anderson collaborator.

Notable Works

  • Rushmore
  • Asteroid City
  • Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
sister
Talia Shire

Actress · b. 1946

Francis's sister, an Academy Award-nominated actress best known for playing Adrian Pennino across six Rocky films and Connie Corleone in The…

Notable Works

  • Rocky
  • The Godfather
  • The Godfather Part II