Coppola family

The Coppola family (/ˈkoʊpələ/ KOH-pə-lə, Italian: [ˈkɔppola]) is an Italian-American family of filmmakers and performing artists. The family originates from Agostino "August" Coppola (1882–1946) and Maria Zasa (1887–1974), both immigrants to the United States from Bernalda in the region of Basilicata, who married on January 25, 1908. They had seven children, Archimedes, Carmine, Pancrazzo, Mario, Anton, Edward and Clarence; two of these, Anton and Carmine, had music careers in the 20th century.

Third and fourth generation family members, including Francis Ford Coppola, Talia Shire, Sofia Coppola, Jason Schwartzman and Nicolas Cage, are descended from Carmine Coppola. Over five decades, they have earned multiple Academy Awards wins and nominations, with seven out of nine members of the extended family topping the list of Oscar-winning families.

Francis Ford Coppola, a son of Carmine, co-founded the film production company American Zoetrope with fellow filmmaker George Lucas and cemented his career by directing the gangster film The Godfather (1972), regarded by many critics as one of the greatest films ever made. He is a prominent figure of the New Hollywood era and was a dominant force in the Hollywood film industry in the 1970s and 1980s, and his descendants have independently continued the family legacy.