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Sofia Coppola

Nominated for best director for the 2004 Academy Awards for Lost In Translation, Sofia Coppola is only third woman to achieve that honor. She also directed the Virgin Suicides and Marie Antoinette.

Marie Antoniette

Kirsten Dunst wears lavish costumes and eats a lot of cake in Sofia Coppola's biopic about the doomed queen.

Lost In Translation

Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation, starring Bill Murray and Scarlett Johannson as an odd couple stranded in a luxurious Tokyo hotel, is a hilariously funny and touching gem of a movie.

Sofia Coppola's Ad Campaigns

Sofia Coppola followed up the lavish Marie Antoniette with a baby, an ad campaign with her famous father, and finally, by making her own commercial for Christian Dior. Watch the ad.

"Lost In Translation" Takes Top Prize at 2003 NYFCO Awards

The first of the critic's groups to announce their awards for the season, New York Film Critics Online picked their winners for 2003 at the Walter Reade Theater yesterday. Your guides joined Stephanie Zacharek (Salon.com), David Edelstein (Slate), Armond White (New York Press), and others to pick the best of 2003. Sofia Coppola's "Lost in Translation" emerged as the year's strongest film.

Sofia Coppola At The 2003 Venice Film Festival

News of Sofia Copollo's film at the 2003 Venice Film Festival.

"Lost In Translation" Movie Trailer

Watch the trailer of Sofia Coppola's wonderful film starring Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson, two lost souls and kindred spirits who meet in a Toyko hotel.

Sofia Coppola: Women.com Interview

Coppola talks about directing "The Virgin Suicides," marriage, career influences, and dealing with movie critics.

Life With Sofia

Site dedicated to the director of "Lick the Star" and "The Virgin Suicides", Sofia Coppola.

Film.com Interviews: Sofia Coppola

Sofia talks about how, despite the fact that her famous name may have helped open a few doors, "you have to go out and do it yourself."

THE GOD'S DAUGHTER

SPLICEDwire interviewed Sofia Coppola on March 30, 2000 in San Francisco

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