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Eleanor Coppola

Directing Born May 4, 1936 Los Angeles, California, USA 12 credits

Biography

Eleanor Jessie Coppola (née Neil; May 4, 1936 – April 12, 2024) was an American documentary film director, screenwriter, and artist. She was married to director Francis Ford Coppola from 1963 until her death. She was best-known for her 1991 documentary film Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse as well as other documentaries chronicling the films of her husband and children.

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Full filmography

  • A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope (2004) as Self
  • Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991) as Self
  • Megadoc (2025) as Self
  • The Rain People (1969) as Gordon's Wife (uncredited)
  • The Making of The Virgin Suicides (2000) as Self
  • Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto (2014) as Self
  • Coda: Thirty Years Later (2007) as Self
  • On the Set of CQ (2002) as Self
  • Eleanor Coppola: Art is All Around Us (2025) as Herself
  • Ryska Alaska (1992) as Self
  • Tell Them We Were Here (2021) as Self
  • A Visit to China’s Miao Country (1996) as Narrator