August Coppola
August Coppola | |
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Los Angeles, California , U.S. | |
| Occupation | Educator, author, film executive |
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| Spouse | Joy Vogelsang
(m. 1960; div. 1976)Marie Thenevin
(m. 1981; div. 1986)Martine Chevallier (m. 1996) |
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August Floyd Coppola (February 16, 1934 – October 27, 2009) was an American academic, author, film executive, and advocate for the arts. He was the brother of director Francis Ford Coppola and actress Talia Shire, and the father of actor Nicolas Cage, radio DJ Marc Coppola and director Christopher Coppola.
Early life and family
August Coppola was the son of composer and flautist
Education and work
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
Coppola also worked in film, like many other members of his family. He was an executive at his brother's American Zoetrope film studio, where he was involved in the revival of Abel Gance's 1927 silent film Napoléon.[1] He was the founder and president of the San Francisco Film and Video Arts Commission,[2] and served on the jury of the 36th Berlin International Film Festival in 1986.[3] Also, Coppola served as chairman and CEO of Education First!, an organization seeking Hollywood studio support for educational programs.
Coppola also worked as an advocate for art appreciation among the
Coppola was the author of the romantic novel The Intimacy (1978).
Personal life
Coppola married German-American dancer Joy Vogelsang (1935–2021) in 1960;[6] they had three sons: Marc, Christopher, and Nicolas.[7] 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's final home was in Los Angeles, where he died of a heart attack on October 27, 2009, at age 75.
Legacy
The 150-seat August Coppola Theater on the San Francisco State University campus is named in his honor.[8] Francis Ford Coppola dedicated his 1983 film Rumble Fish to him.[9]
Nicolas Cage partially based his idea for the film The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010) and his character Balthazar on his father August Coppola.[10][11][12] The closing credits read "With Memories of Dr. August Coppola".[13]
See also
- Coppola family tree
References
- ^ "August Coppola dies at 75." Los Angeles Times obituary.
- ^ Ganahl, Jane (September 17, 1997). "SFSU names screening room after ex-dean Coppola". SFGate.
- ^ "Berlinale: 1986 Juries". berlinale.de. Retrieved January 14, 2011.
- ^ LaSalle, Mick (August 1, 1999). "WHERE ARE THEY NOW? / August Coppola Writes Quietly in Savannah". SFGate.
- ^ Asimov, Nanette (November 4, 2009). "August Coppola, arts educator, dies at 75". SFGate.
- PopCulture.com, June 20, 2021
- ^ Noland, Claire (November 3, 2009). "August Coppola, professor, director's sibling". Boston.com – via The Boston Globe.
- ^ "August Coppola". IMDb.
- ISBN 9780813146713.
- ^ Wei, Liu (September 10, 2010). "Cage feels the magic in The Sorcerer's Apprentice". China Daily. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
- Dallas Morning News. July 13, 2010. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
- ^ Lowman, Rob (July 14, 2010). "Cage's occult interests led to film". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
- ^ "The Sorcerer's Apprentice: Credits" (PDF). ChicagoSciFi.com. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
External links
- August Coppola at IMDb
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