Claim: Sofia Coppola's father is an American director.

Sofia Carmina Coppola -LRB- -LSB- ˈkoʊpələ -RSB- ; born May 14 , 1971 -RRB- is an American screenwriter , director , producer and actress . Her father is director , producer and screenwriter Francis Ford Coppola . 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 2010 , with the drama Somewhere , she became the first American woman -LRB- and fourth American filmmaker -RRB- to win the Golden Lion , the top prize at the Venice Film Festival .   In 2017 , Coppola directed The Beguiled , a remake of the 1971 Western film of the same name , starring Nicole Kidman , Elle Fanning and Kirsten Dunst . The film premiered at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival , where Coppola became the second woman -LRB- and the first American woman -RRB- in the festival 's history to win the Best Director award .