Gia Coppola
Gia Coppola
Gian-Carla "Gia" Coppolais 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 Sofia Coppola...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth1 January 1987
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
appreciation hard movies
I have so much appreciation for movies because I understand how hard it is to make one.
love people
I love working with other people and bouncing ideas off them.
kids nice skin
So many of the kids on television have really nice clothes, perfect skin and hair.
deals great subject teenage universal
The teenage years are such a great subject because everything is heightened and on the surface, and it deals with universal emotions that we face even as we get older.
classes ended taking year
I got my GED my senior year and ended up taking community college classes before I transferred to Bard.
act broke trying
As a first-time director, you act a lot like a teenager. I made decisions because I was hotheaded. My skin broke out. I was trying to understand who I am.
allowed bad freedom house outside
In California, where you're allowed to drive at 16, you get so much freedom with that. It's a freedom to get outside of your parents' house and to do bad things.
bad
I wanted to be a ballet dancer. I was bad - I'm not very coordinated. But I always wished I could have been a dancer.
dad mean personal possession save
If I were to save one possession in a fire, it would have to be my dad's camera, an old, broken Nikon. I always keep it with me - his personal things mean a lot.
mix people
Most people think of Las Vegas, and they think of extravagance. But it's really a mix between fantasy and laziness.
next sit worked
I really learned a lot when I worked on my grandpa's film 'Twixt' and got to be with him start to finish and sit next to him every day. That was my film school.
letting trying
The hardest thing on 'Palo Alto' was letting go because I kept working on it, trying to make it better.
across country drove inspiring life twice
After college, I drove across the country twice with friends. It was one of the most fascinating experiences of my life. I find it really inspiring seeing the country that way.
hard
I'm always really impressed when a movie can function like a novel does - that's so hard to do.