Director Eleanor Coppola attends a special screening of Paris Can Wait in New York in 2014. Brent N. Clarke/Invision/AP hide caption toggle caption Brent N. Clarke/Invision/AP Obituaries Filmmaker and Coppola family matriarch Eleanor Coppola dies at 87 April 13, 2024 • The documentarian was known for chronicling the movie-making process of family members Francis Ford Coppola and Sofia Coppola.