- In the Godfather films, Diane Keaton plays an American Protestant who marries into a large Italian Catholic family. This is not unlike Eleanor herself, who married into the Coppola family. In fact, Keaton has said that her performance was inspired by Eleanor.
- She met Francis Ford Coppola while working as an assistant art director on Dementia 13 (1963).
- At the age of 80 Eleanor Coppola made her narrative feature debut with Paris Can Wait (2016). She isn't the oldest person to direct a first feature: That distinction belongs to Japanese director Takeo Kimura, who was 90 when his narrative debut feature Dreaming Awake (2008) was released.
- Daughter-in-law of Carmine Coppola and Italia Coppola, mother of Gian-Carlo Coppola, Roman Coppola and Sofia Coppola, sister-in-law of Anton Coppola and Talia Shire.
- Release of her book, "Notes on a Life". (2007)
- Grandmother of Gia Coppola.
- Has Irish ancestry.
- Sister-in-law of August Coppola.
- Older sister of Bill Neil.
- She visited Buenos Aires, Argentina, with her husband Francis Ford Coppola. (June 2007)
- She was best-known for her 1991 documentary film Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse as well as other documentaries chronicling the films of her husband and children.
- In 2020, Coppola released her second feature film, Love Is Love Is Love, a set of intertwined love stories about three couples.
- Coppola penned two successful books. Her first book, Notes on the Making of Apocalypse Now, recorded the film's journey from 1976 to 1979. Her detailed note-taking continued in other areas of her life as she collected and wrote about her life's major events. With notes covering a 30 year time span, she went on to write the book Notes on a Life.
- Copppla was an American documentary film director, screenwriter, and artist.
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