August Coppola
| August Coppola | |
|---|---|
| Born | August Floyd Coppola February 16, 1934 Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | October 27, 2009 (aged 75) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Educator, author, film executive |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | PhD |
| Alma mater | UCLA, Hofstra University |
| Spouse | Joy Vogelsang (1960-1976) Marie Thenevin (1981-1986) Martine Chevallier (?-2009) |
| Children |
Marc Coppola Christopher Coppola Nicolas Cage |
August Floyd Coppola (February 16, 1934 – October 27, 2009) was an American academic, author, film executive and advocate for the arts. He was the father of actor Nicolas Cage.
August Coppola was the son of composer and flutist Carmine Coppola (1910-1991) and Italia Pennino (1912-2004), a lyricist and matriarch of the Coppola family. His siblings are film director Francis Ford Coppola and actress Talia Shire; his uncle is composer Anton Coppola. August Coppola married German-American dancer Joy Vogelsang in 1960; they had three sons: Marc, Christopher, and Nicolas. Among his nieces and nephews are director Sofia Coppola and actor Jason Schwartzman.
Coppola and Vogelsang divorced in 1976. He married Marie Thenevin on April 16, 1981. That marriage ended in 1986. His last marriage was to Martine Chevallier, an actress with the Comédie-Française in Paris.
Coppola received his undergraduate degree at UCLA and his graduate degree at Hofstra University, where his thesis Ernest Hemingway: The Problem of In Our Time was published in 1956. Coppola earned his doctorate at Occidental College in 1960.
He taught comparative literature at Cal State Long Beach in the 1960s and '70s and served as a trustee of the California State University system before moving to San Francisco in 1984. He then served as Dean of Creative Arts at San Francisco State University. In this role, Coppola earned a reputation of being a champion of the arts on the campus and in the community, and for promoting diversity within the student body of the arts school.
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