Carmine Coppola Carmine Coppola Carmine Valentino Coppola (June 11, 1910 – April 26, 1991) was an American composer, flautist, editor, musical director, and songwriter who contributed original music to "The Godfather", "The Godfather Part II", "Apocalypse Now", "The Outsiders", and "The Godfather Part III", all directed by his son Francis Ford Coppola. Coppola was born in New York City, the son of Marie (née Zasa) and Agostino Coppola. His brother is opera conductor and composer Anton Coppola. He was the father of August Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola, and Talia Shire, and grandfather of Nicolas Cage, Sofia Coppola, Roman Coppola, Jason Schwartzman and
Sofia Coppola debut with the coming-of-age drama "The Virgin Suicides" (1999), based on the novel of the same name by Jeffery Eugenides. It was the first of her collaborations with actress Kirsten Dunst. In 2003, she received the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the comedy-drama "Lost in Translation" and became the third woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director. In 2006, Coppola directed the historical drama "Marie Antoinette", starring Dunst as the ill-fated French queen. In 2010, with the drama "Somewhere", Coppola became the first American woman (and fourth American filmmaker) to win the Golden Lion,