Sofia Coppola the top prize at the Venice Film Festival. In 2013, she directed the satirical crime film "The Bling Ring", based on the crime ring of the same name. At the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, Coppola became the second woman (and the first American woman) in the festival's history to win the Best Director award, for the drama film "The Beguiled". Sofia Coppola was born in New York City, the youngest child and only daughter of set decorator/artist Eleanor Coppola (née Neil) and director Francis Ford Coppola. Her father is of Italian descent. She was raised on her parents' farm in
Justin Anderson (film director) and is set to be his first feature film as a director. In 2016, he shot a short film entitled "The Idyll" based on the short story "Idylle" by Guy de Maupassant. It features French actress Emma de Caunes and Scottish actor Dougray Scott. Justin Anderson (film director) Justin Anderson (born 23 March 1967) is a British film director and screenwriter. Anderson trained as a painter at the Slade School of Fine Art in London, where he won the John Ruskin Prize for painting. He then worked as an assistant for Scottish artist Bruce McLean before continuing his studies at