Sofia Coppola Net Worth

Sofia Coppola's Quotes

• On taking her stage name, "Domino", at the age of 11: "I thought it was glamorous."
• "You're considered superficial and silly if you are interested in fashion, but I think you can be substantial and still be interested in frivolity." - when discussing the topic of her movie, Marie Antoinette (2006).
• That's the way I work: I try to imagine what I would like to see.
• [on Marie Antoinette (2006)] All I can say is that I set out to challenge myself with each movie, and having to do a period film was a huge challenge. How to do it in a fresh way, and from the point of view of a strange girl in a strange world? If you attempt something new, it's always a risk.
• I was going to art school and trying different things. I was interested in a lot of, mostly visual arts. I didn't know what I wanted to do and then I made a short film and felt like it was a combination of all these interests of mine with design and photography and music. But it was really when I read the book The Virgin Suicides that made me wanna make a movie.

Interesting Facts about Sofia Coppola

1. Cousin of Jason Schwartzman and Robert Schwartzman.
2. Daughter of director Francis Ford Coppola and Eleanor Coppola (nee' Neil).
3. Cousin of Nicolas Cage, Marc Coppola, and Christopher Coppola.
4. Designer for street fashion label Milkfed, which she calls "a small T-shirt company".
5. Replaced Winona Ryder in the role of Mary Corleone in The Godfather: Part III (1990).
6. Sister of Roman Coppola and Gian-Carlo Coppola.
7. Is the first American woman and third woman overall to be nominated for the Best Director Academy Award.
8. In 2004 she became the first American woman ever nominated for a Best-Director Oscar. The two other past Oscar nominees were New Zealander Jane Campion and Italian Lina Wertmüller.
9. Sofia and her ex-husband Spike Jonze were the first married couple to both receive Best-Director Oscar nominations.
10. With her 2004 Oscar win for screenwriting, she joined her cousin Nicolas Cage in making their family, the Coppolas, the second family to have three generations of Oscar winners with her father, Francis Ford Coppola; grandfather, Carmine Coppola; cousin Nicolas Cage, and herself all winners. The first family is the Huston: Anjelica Huston, John Huston, and Walter Huston.
11. A friendship of many years with Quentin Tarantino blossomed into a serious relationship recently following Sofia's separation from her husband Spike Jonze.
12. Is one of a select few who have won both an Academy Award and a Razzie.
13. Niece of Talia Shire, David Shire, Jack Schwartzman, and August Coppola.
14. Studied photography at Mills College in Oakland, California, just east of San Francisco, and painting at the California Institute of the Arts (Cal-Arts) in Valencia, California, just north of Los Angeles.
15. Designer Marc Jacobs named The Sofia Bag after her.
16. Is one of two "Star Wars" cast members to direct a castmate in a movie. Frank Oz directed Ian McDiarmid in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) and Terence Stamp in Bowfinger (1999). Coppola directed Hayden Christensen in The Virgin Suicides (1999) and Rose Byrne in Marie Antoinette (2006).
17. Has stated that her favorite band is The Chemical Brothers.
18. Her father is of Italian descent; her mother is of British Isles ancestry.
19. Her first appearance on film was as the baby in the baptism sequence in The Godfather (1972), which became the inspiration for a scene in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005), in which Chancellor Palpatine declares the formation of the Empire while Anakin Skywalker kills the separatist leaders. Coppola appeared earlier in the Star Wars series, as the handmaiden Sache in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999).
20. Friend of Zoe R. Cassavetes.