Gia Coppola In March 2016, Coppola announced that her next feature would be an adaptation of Jean Nathan's "The Secret Life of the Lonely Doll", a biopic on Dare Wright, author of the children's book "The Lonely Doll". Jessica Lange and Naomi Watts were both attached to star in the project. Gia Coppola Gian-Carla "Gia" Coppola (born January 1, 1987) is an American film director, screenwriter, and actress. She is a granddaughter of Francis Ford Coppola, the daughter of Gian-Carlo Coppola and the niece of Roman Coppola and Sofia Coppola. Coppola is the daughter of Gian-Carlo Coppola and Jacqui de la Fontaine.
Francis Ford Coppola to pay off his debts. (Zoetrope Studios finally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1990, after which its name was changed to American Zoetrope). Following the disastrous "One from the Heart", Coppola co-directed "Hammett" along with Wim Wenders in the same year. Although Coppola was not credited for his effort, according to one source, "by the time the final version was released in 1982, only 30 percent of Wenders' footage remained and the rest was completely reshot by Coppola, whose mere 'executive producer' credit is just a technicality." In 1983, he directed "The Outsiders", a film adaptation of the novel