Gian-Carlo Coppola Gian-Carlo Coppola Gian-Carlo Coppola (September 17, 1963 – May 26, 1986) was an American film producer. Coppola was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of set decorator/artist Eleanor Coppola (née Neil) and famed film director Francis Ford Coppola. As the eldest Coppola sibling, he was the older brother to Roman and Sofia. Gian-Carlo was close friends and once a couple with Tracy Reiner, daughter of director Penny Marshall. Gian-Carlo began his professional filmmaking career at the age of 16, working closely with his father. Like his brother and sister, Gian-Carlo—known to his family and friends as Gio—often featured in
Gian-Carlo Coppola film "Palo Alto". Francis Ford Coppola subsequently dedicated 1988's "" to his son. A scene in Francis Ford Coppola's 2011 film "Twixt" shows the death of a character as being similar to his son's death. At the Inglenook winery, owned by Eleanor and Francis in Napa, California, there is a 12-acre vineyard named the 'Gio vineyard,' after Gian-Carlo by the workers, which was planted in 1988. Eleanor Coppola's touring art installation, 'Circle of Memory,' commemorates the life of Gian-Carlo and has been exhibited in San Diego, Oakland, Sante Fe, Montpellier, Salzburg, Stockholm, and Oslo. Gian-Carlo Coppola Gian-Carlo Coppola (September 17,