the coppola family tree
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Kal-el CaGe2005-
Kal-el is the Krypton birth name given
to Superman in the comics; his dad was to play the Man of Steel in
a Tim Burton film.
ChRisTinaFulTon
1967-Actress, singer
Has sparred with Nic over back taxes and the Hollywood Hills
home in which she raised their child.
pasCale Coppola2011-
Is precocious in Arquette’s arms in Charles Swan III.
Gia Coppola 1987-Writer, Director, stylist
Has worked with Zac Posen and Opening Ceremony. Wrote and directed Palo Alto
Stories, an indie film out this year, and helms music videos for cousin Robert.
MaTThew shiRe
1975-screenWriter
Wrote for the TBS animated
series Neighbors From Hell.
august and nicolas: barry king/sygma/corbis. weston and christina: paul redmond/getty images. alice kim: malcolm taylor/getty images. roman and wes anderson: michael buckner/getty images. thomas mars: tim mosenfelder/getty images. spike jonze: neilson barnard/getty images. sofia and eleanor: evan agostini/getty images. carmine and italia: jim smeal/getty images. francis and roman: courtesy of subject. jason and brady: steve jennings/getty images. roman, francis and gian-carlo: ron galella/getty images. gia: charley gallay/getty images. robert and talia: kevin winter/getty images.
w. huston: hulton archive/getty images. j. huston: ©bettman/corbis. a. huston: neilson barnard/getty images. barrymores: rolls press/popperfoto/getty images. a. newman: 20th century fox/courtesy everett collection. r. newman: scott kirkland/picturegroup/ap images. t. newman: ap photo/matt sayles.
danny shiRe1992-
His illness inspired Conn to become a national celebrity spokesperson for Autism Speaks.
The CoppolaFamily Tree
HOW many fOlks can say tHat tHeir gr andfatHer , fatHer, sister, cousin and uncle have won Oscars and their aunt and cousin have been nominated? Roman Coppola can, and now he’s nominated for his own Academy Award for best original screenplay (with Wes Anderson) for Moonrise Kingdom. This latest in a long line of Coppola kudos (they and the Hustons are the only families with Oscars over three genera-tions) prompted THR to follow a lineage that has its roots in Italy, runs through New York, Napa and Hollywood and has wound its way through film, fashion, music, radio and academia. “With our family, I always say it’s not six degrees of separation, it’s like three,” says cin-ematographer John Schwartzman, an Oscar nominee for Seabiscuit. “We could form a studio. We certainly have enough people.” — MIKE BARNES
Joy VoGelsanG1935-
DAncer, choreogrApherShe and August divorced in
1976. Her youngest son, Nicolas, moved from L.A. to live with
uncle Francis and aunt Eleanor in Napa when he was in 12th grade.
auGusT Coppola1934-2009
literAture professorAs an exec at American Zoetrope, he helped his brother’s company with the acclaimed restoration and rerelease of the 1927 silent
film Napoleon. A theater on the campus of employer San Francisco
State is named in his honor.
JenniFeRFuRChes
1980- singer
songWriter Her musician
name is Spring Summer; Roman
directs her music videos.
RoMy CRoqueT
2006-
CosiMa CRoqueT
2010-
daVid shiRe 1937-composer, songWriter
Shared original song Oscar for “It Goes Like It Goes” (from
Norma Rae); also worked on Saturday Night Fever. Married to Talia from 1970 to 1978 and
scored her pic One Night Stand years after they divorced.
FRanCisFoRd Coppola
1939-Director, Writer,
proDucer“I made a very wise move when I was a
young guy,” he said as he received the Thalberg in 2010. “I told my wife, ‘If I ever go away [on a
film] for more than two weeks, I want to take the kids out of school
… I’m taking them with me,’ and we always
did. We had the family together for all of
those adventures.”
ThoMasMaRs
1977-musiciAn
The Frenchman, who fronts the alt-rock band
Phoenix, married Sofia in 2011.
Gian-CaRlo Coppola1963-86Actor
Died in a speedboat accident on Chesapeake Bay while Francis
was filming Gardens of Stone nearby. Actor Griffin O’Neal
(Ryan’s son), who was driving the boat, was replaced in the movie.
JaCqui de la
FonTaine1967-
costumeDesigner,
stylistWas 19 and two
months pregnant when Gian-Carlo
was killed.
peTeR GeTTy
1965- getty oil heirHe was dating Lauren Hutton when he met
de la Fontaine, whom he
married in 2000. Their nasty divorce was
finalized in 2010.
wesTon CaGe
1990-Actor, musiciAn
He appeared with dad in Lord of War and
wrote and performed the title song for Nic’s
Drive Angry.
lisa MaRie pResley 1968-singer-songWriter
The former wife of musician Danny Keough and Michael Jackson married Nic, a big Elvis fan, in August 2002;
they filed for divorce after 107 days of marriage.
paTRiCia aRqueTTe 1968-Actress
Nic’s wife from 1995 to 2001, she plays Charlie Sheen’s sister in former cousin-in-law Roman’s new film A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III.
niKKi williaMs1988-
singerThe South Africa native came
out with her first single in 2012, titled “Kill, F—, Marry.”
aliCe KiM CaGe 1984-
Married Nic in 2004 after they met when she served his table
at a sushi restaurant in L.A.
niColas CaGe1964-
ActorThe veteran of more than 70 films and an Oscar winner for Leaving
Las Vegas, Francis’ nephew changed his name because,
as he once said, “Nicolas Coppola was a frightened boy who
had to reinvent himself in order to fulfill his dreams.”
naTasha Coppola-shaloM
1990-Actress
Trained in London, she just booked a role in the film
The Wake-Up Call.
Cayley Coppola
2003-Has Johnson
& Johnson commercials
on her résumé.
Bailey Coppola
1995-Actor
Attends a pool party in aunt
Sofia’s Bling Ring.
dexTeR Coppola
2009-
JohnsChwaRTzMan
1960-cinemAtogrApher
Beat Francis and George Lucas at a late-night game of Risk, so they
had to write him letters of recommendation to
USC’s film school.
sTephanieKuhlMann
1965-Art Dept. coorD.
Has worked for four-time Oscar nominee
Bo Welch on such films as Edward
Scissorhands, Men in Black and The Birdcage.
MaRC Coppola
1957-Actor, rADio DJ
Plays a dad in cousin Sofia’s upcoming The Bling Ring and has appeared in Nic’s
Leaving Las Vegas, uncle Francis’ Jack and aunt Talia’s One Night Stand. “The Cope” DJs for classic-rock Clear
Channel stations.
elizaBeThseTon
1962-Actress
Has a role in the upcoming Netflix series Orange Is the New Black
from Jenji Kohan.
ChRisTopheR Coppola
1962-Director, proDucer, Writer
Wrote and directed Palmer’s Pick-Up, which has aunt Talia in drag; launched PAH Fest, a new-
media film festival, in 2006.
adRiennesTouT-Coppola
1961-Actress,
screenWriterWrote her husband’s The
Creature of the Sunny Side Up Trailer Park, starring Lynda Carter.
didiConn
1951-Actress
Played squeaky-voiced Frenchy in
Grease; married to Shire since 1984.
JudiTh sChwaRTzMan
1935-Loved to entertain
at the family home in Brentwood.
aMandaFuRChes
1981-Actress, DAncer
Appeared in 2011’s The Woods,
said to be the first film to premiere
at Sundance using Kickstarter
for financing.
walTeR BRindaK1955-
executive proDucerWorks for DDB Worldwide overseeing
commercials in NYC.
JaCK sChwaRTzMan1932-94
Attorney, proDucerHelped clients like William
Friedkin work outside the studio system; produced Never Say Never Again, the final Sean
Connery Bond film. Married to Talia from 1980 until his death.
CaRMine Coppola
1910-91composer
The NYC native did the Godfather films,
Apocalypse Now and The Black
Stallion. His brother, Anton, retired in April
as Opera Tampa’s conductor at age 95.
iTalia Coppola
1912-2004lyricist, Actress
Born in Brooklyn, she body-doubled as Mama Corleone in a casket in Godfather:
Part II. Her image graces Francis’ line
of Mammarella sauces and pasta.
Talia shiRe 1946-Actress, Director
Sylvester Stallone killed off her character Adrian during the 16 years between Rocky V and Rocky Balboa: “I told her, ‘Talia, you’re the heart and soul of this movie, but you’re just here in spirit.’ ”
GRaCeKuhlMann
1999-
haRRisonKuhlMann
1996-
JasonsChwaRTzMan
1980-Actor, musiciAnAfter Kingdom, he’s
back with cousin Roman in Charles Swan III and in the upcoming Saving
Mr. Banks, shot by half-brother John.
RoBeRTsChwaRTzMan
1982-musiciAn, Actor
Appeared in The Princess Diaries and
did songs for Bad Teacher and Easy A. The ex-frontman of Rooney,
he’s now a solo act.
BRadyCunninGhaM
1980-fAshion Designer
Art and design director of the boutique
TenOverSix, with a store on Melrose Avenue.
daRinKuhlMann
1964-proDucer,
postproDuctionexec
Has a Western in development titled
Barren Land.
MaRlowesChwaRTzMan
2010-
luCysChwaRTzMan
1998-
JaCK sChwaRTzMan
1994-
annsChwaRTzMan
1965-proDuction DesignerWhen John introduced
Ann to his sister, the women realized they
knew each other from their work on Ed Wood.
soFia Coppola1971-
Director, screenWriter,proDucer
The Oscar-winning Lost in Translation writer-director has
The Bling Ring, produced by Roman, coming out this year. She has been in front of the camera
in her dad’s films The Godfather, Rumble Fish and Peggy Sue Got Married and with cousin Jason in brother Roman’s CQ.
RoMan Coppola
1965-screenWriter, proDucer,
DirectorHe served as second-unit
director on sister Sofia’s Lost in Translation and The Virgin
Suicides and dad’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula; borrowed the Zeiss super-speed lenses Francis used on Rumble Fish
for Charles Swan III. He and Sheen met when Sheen’s
dad, Martin, starred in Francis’ Apocalypse Now.
eleanoR Coppola1936-
Writer, DocumentAriAnAn Emmy-winning co-director
of Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse, she
met Francis when he was directing Roger Corman’s Dementia 13 and
she was an assistant to the art director. They married in 1963.
▲ Robert and mom Talia at Roman’s The Darjeeling Limited premiere in 2007.
▼ Brady and Jason were married in 2009.
◄ Carmine was an acclaimed flautist, and Italia is said to have been a spectacular cook.
► Sofia and mom
Eleanor in 2004.
▲ Weston and mom Christina in 2008.
Nic and dad August
at the Moonstruck
premiere in 1987.
Francis and Roman
circa 1970. The
director hosted huge
family gatherings in
Napa to watch silent
films. Everyone
dressed to the nines
— “not unlike the
wedding scene from
The Godfather,”
recalls Marc Coppola.
▲ Roman withfrequent collaborator
Anderson (he’s like family!) at Cannes.
▼ Gian-Carlo (left), with Francis and Roman, in January 1986, four months before his death.
These clans deserve to take a bow at Academy Awards time, too3 More Fabled oscar FaMilies
FrancisFord
coppola5 oscar wins
14 nominationsplus the Thalberg
award
The hustonsJohn won screenplay and direct-ing Oscars for The Treasure of the
Sierra Madre (1948) as dad Walter earned the supporting actor prize. John worked the family mojo again
by guiding daughter Anjelica to an Oscar in Prizzi’s Honor (1985).
The BarrymoresStage legend Ethel got her Oscar
for None But the Lonely Heart (1944) among four noms from 1944
to 1949. Brother John (Drew’s grandfather) starred in the silents, and other brother Lionel was mean Mr. Potter in It’s a Wonderful Life.
The newmansThey’re the Coppolas of film music. Thomas (Skyfall) is up for his first Oscar on his 11th career nom. His
father, Alfred, earned nine trophies and 45 noms (and composed the
Fox logo theme), and cousin Randy has two Oscars and 20 noms.
Key
➺ The core family has eight Oscars and 24 nominations, while its extended members encompass even more awards and an extraordinary influence in the arts
spiKe Jonze 1969-Director, proDucer, screenWriter
Earned an Oscar nom for helming Being John Malkovich and directed
Adaptation, starring then-cousin-in-law Nic (the actor’s second nom). Married to
Sofia from 1999 to 2003.
Alfred, Randy and ThomasLionel, Ethel and JohnWalter, John and Anjelica
mArrieD / couple
DivorceD / sepArAteD
chilDren
siblings
oscAr Winner oscAr nominee
DirectDescenDAntof cArmineAnD itAliAcoppolA
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