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 the third director to have two nominations for Best Picture in the same year. Victor Fleming was the first in 1939 with "Gone with the Wind" and "The Wizard of Oz"; Alfred Hitchcock repeated the feat the next year with "Foreign Correspondent" and "Rebecca". Since Coppola, two other directors have done the same: Herbert Ross in 1977 with "The Goodbye Girl" and "The Turning Point", and Steven Soderbergh in 2000 with "Erin Brockovich" and "Traffic". Coppola, however, is the only one to have produced the pictures. Following the success of "The Godfather", "The Conversation" and "The Godfather Part II", Coppola