Anton Coppola to Opera Tampa and the music world at large, and specifically for extraordinary work in the cultivation and care of the operatic art form. Coppola himself was recipient of the award in 2012, the year of his retirement. Anton Coppola Antonio Francesco Coppola (born March 21, 1917) is an American opera conductor and composer. He is the uncle of film director Francis Ford Coppola and actress Talia Shire, as well as the grand-uncle of Nicolas Cage, Sofia Coppola, Gian-Carlo Coppola, Jason Schwartzman and Robert Schwartzman, and is the younger brother of American composer and musician Carmine Coppola. Coppola started his
Nicolas Winding Refn Nicolas Winding Refn Nicolas Winding Refn (; ; born 29 September 1970) is a Danish film director, screenwriter and producer. He is known for directing the crime dramas "Bleeder" (1999) and the "Pusher" films (1996–2005), the fictionalised biographical film "Bronson" (2008), the dramatic adventure film "Valhalla Rising" (2009), the neo-noir crime film "Drive" (2011), the thriller "Only God Forgives" (2013), and the psychological horror film "The Neon Demon" (2016). In 2008, Refn co-founded the Copenhagen-based production company Space Rocket Nation. Refn was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, and raised partly in New York, United States. Refn's parents are Danish film director