Gia Coppola
| Gia Coppola | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Gian-Carla Coppola January 1, 1987 Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Occupation | Film director, actress, screenwriter |
| Years active | 2013-present |
| Parent(s) |
Gian-Carlo Coppola Jacqui Getty |
| Relatives |
Francis Ford Coppola (grandfather) Eleanor Neil (grandmother) Christopher Coppola (uncle) Nicolas Cage (cousin) Jason Schwartzman (cousin) Robert Schwartzman (cousin) Sofia Coppola (aunt) Roman Coppola (uncle) Talia Shire (aunt) |
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. Her father died in a speed boating accident while her mother was pregnant with her.
The credits of the 1996 film Jack, directed by her grandfather Francis Ford Coppola, include the dedication "for gia 'When you see a shooting star...'" (with her name stylized in lower case). She was close in age to the characters in the film at the time.
Peter Getty, son of Gordon Getty, became her step-father when he married her mother in 2000. They separated in 2009. Coppola grew up in both Los Angeles and the Coppola family vineyard in Napa Valley. Coppola spent much of her childhood on the sets of her aunt Sofia Coppola's films. Coppola worked as a staff assistant in the costume department in Sofia Coppola's Somewhere, and as a creative consultant in Francis Ford Coppola's Twixt.
Coppola dropped out of high school (Archer School for Girls) and subsequently earned her GED. After attending community college, Coppola studied photography at Bard College in New York. After attending Bard College, Coppola stated that she "felt a little burnt out on taking pictures after years of churning out so many for classes". This resulted in her turning to film as a medium of interest.
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