Sofia Coppola Nuda

Sofia Coppola Nuda Perhaps it makes sense that a woman whose earliest memory was the set of Apocalypse Now would grow up to direct a dark fable about five adolescent girls who unapologetically and unceremoniously kill themselves, but for Sofia Coppola, the path to the director's chair was an uncertain one. Literally christened into a filmmaking career, the third child and only daughter of Francis Ford and Eleanor Coppola was born in Manhattan in the spring of 1971, during the production of her father's masterpiece, The Godfather. When it came time to shoot the baptism scene near the end of the film, the elder Coppola didn't have to look very far for an infant, and the epic became the impromptu actress' first, uncredited role. He would find another bit part for the tiny Sofia in The Godfather, Part II before her memorable experience on the tumultuous set of Apocalypse -- recorded in the documentary of the making of the film, 1991's Hearts of Darkness. Coppola continued to pop up in her father's films in the early 1980s and even ventured outside of the clan for a spot in 1987's Anna. It wasn't until father and daughter collaborated on a segment in the 1989 anthology film New York Stories, however, that Sofia began to attract critical attention -- albeit of a disparaging ilk. She and Francis co-wrote the half-hour children's fantasy Life Without Zoe in an attempt to evoke the glamorous, candy-colored world of the classic Eloise children's tales; in her dual role as costume designer, the 17-year-old swathed the film's lead characters in lavish designer jewelry and threads. Unfortunately, the Coppola portion of the film almost universally bewildered critics, who found it too trifling for adults and too baffling for children. Now a high school graduate, Sofia retreated from the world of filmmaking and concentrated on fashion design, contributing her clothes sense to Spirit of '76 (1990), a Dazed and Confused-style comedy co-written by her brother Roman. ENTER HERE