Editing Francis Ford Coppola (section)

=== Family ===
{{see also|Coppola family}}
In 1963, Coppola married writer and documentary filmmaker [[Eleanor Coppola|Eleanor Jessie Neil]]. She went on to co-direct ''[[Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse]]''. Together they had three children, [[Gian-Carlo Coppola]], [[Roman Coppola]], and [[Sofia Coppola]], all of whom became filmmakers. Gian-Carlo died in 1986 at the age of 22 due to a speedboating accident. He had one child, [[Gia Coppola]], also a filmmaker. [[Nicolas Cage]] and [[Jason Schwartzman]] are Coppola's nephews. He had an extramarital affair with [[Melissa Mathison]]—who would later write ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]''—that began when she was his assistant on ''The Godfather Part II'' and lasted through the making of ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'', nearly leading to Coppola's divorce.<ref>{{cite book
	| last = Wasson
	| first = Sam
	| date = 2003
	| title = The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story
	| quote = [Eleanor Coppola] had discovered [Francis] was having an affair, several affairs; there was, for starters, Playboy Bunny Linda Carpenter... There was the kids' former babysitter, his assistant on Godfather II, Melissa Mathison. They had been seeing each other since then.
	| location = New York
	| publisher = Harper
	| page = 178
	| isbn = 9780063037847
}}</ref>

Eleanor Coppola died on April 12, 2024, at the age of 87.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Coyle |first1=Jake |last2=Bahr |first2=Lindsey |title=Eleanor Coppola, matriarch of a filmmaking family, dies at 87 |url=https://apnews.com/article/eleanor-coppola-dead-d1174964d8fef8a1b63ced6a9387f62b |website=[[Associated Press]] |date=April 12, 2024 |access-date=April 12, 2024 |archive-date=April 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240413003101/https://apnews.com/article/eleanor-coppola-dead-d1174964d8fef8a1b63ced6a9387f62b |url-status=live }}</ref>