Francis Ford Coppola’s Wife, Filmmaker Eleanor Coppola, Dead at 87

Eleanor Coppola — the filmmaker and spouse of famed director Francis Ford Coppola — has died … in keeping with a press release made by her household.

The matriarch of the well-known movie household handed away Friday at her house in Rutherford, CA … a small city in Napa Valley. They didn’t give a reason behind dying.

Eleanor met Francis in 1962 whereas working as an assistant artwork director on his first film, “Dementia 13” … and the couple began courting.

Eleanor bought pregnant shortly thereafter, married Coppola in Las Vegas and gave beginning to their first son, Gian-Carlo.

The couple had two extra youngsters … producer Roman Coppola and director Sofia Coppola — establishing a real dynasty in filmmaking.

And, Eleanor caught with filmmaking too … taking pictures behind-the-scenes footage of a lot of her husband’s tasks — together with “Apocalypse Now” which she became the 1991 documentary “Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse.”

Eleanor later mentioned she was simply attempting to maintain herself busy whereas taking pictures the footage … and, she occurred to seize a really disastrous manufacturing the place lead actor Martin Sheen had a coronary heart assault, and a building crew member died.

Later in life, Eleanor bought into narrative filmmaking … directing “Paris Can Wait” in 2016 and “Love Is Love Is Love” in 2020.

She’s survived by Francis, Roman, Sofia and her many grandchildren.

Eleanor was 87.