Eleanor Coppola, ‘Hearts of Darkness’ director, dies at 87
by Jake Coyle and Lindsey Bahr
Apr 15, 2024
3 minutes
Eleanor Coppola, the Emmy award-winning director has died aged 87, her family announced in a statement.
Coppola documented the making of some of her husband Francis Ford Coppola’s iconic films, including the infamously tortured production of Apocalypse Now.
Her family said she died on Friday at home in Rutherford, California.
Eleanor, who grew in Orange County, California, met Francis while working as an assistant art director on his directorial debut, the -produced 1963 horror film . Within months of dating, Eleanor
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