Eleanor Coppola has died.

The 87-year-old award-winning filmmaker, who had been married to ‘The Godfather’ director Francis Ford Coppola since 1963, died on Friday (12.04.24) at dwelling in Rutherford, California, surrounded by her household.

No explanation for demise has been given.

Eleanor and Francis met whereas engaged on the set of his 1963 horror movie ‘Dementia 13’.

They went on to have three kids collectively, son Gian-Carlo – who died in a boating accident in 1986 on the age of twenty-two – son Roman, 58, and daughter Sofia, 55.

Eleanor gained an Emmy in 1992 for Excellent Particular person Achievement – Informational Programming – Directing for her behind the scenes documentary of her husband’s 1978 film ‘Apocalypse Now’.

Talking about ‘Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse’ in 1997, she instructed Deadline: “The start of the movie concept for me was actually documenting ‘Apocalypse Now’. I had no concept. I’d made some little artwork movies within the early ’70s, however after I received this digicam within the Philippines I used to be simply mesmerised, trying by the viewfinder. I actually responded to that, so I made totally different documentaries, as a result of I at all times liked to shoot.”

All three of her and Francis’ kids appeared in his films.

Gian-Carlo had been engaged on second-unit images earlier than his demise, Roman has directed a number of films and is president of his father’s movie firm, American Zoetrope and Sofia is the acclaimed filmmaker of flicks together with ‘Misplaced In Translation’ and ‘Priscilla’, which she devoted to her mom.

She skipped the New York Movie Competition for the screening of her movie ‘Priscilla’ to spend time along with her mom in October final yr.

In a press release learn by producer Youree Henley on the time, Sofia stated: “I’m so sorry to not be there with you, however I’m with my mom, to whom this movie is devoted.”