Director's Style - Sofia Coppola

Sofia Coppola

SOFIA COPPOLA,
May 14, 1971

Sofia Coppola's first foray into film-making was her short film Lick The Stars (1998) in which a group of teenage girls try to poison the boys in their school through their lunches. Unusual plots like this are common in Coppola's films such as in Lost in Translation (2003) which is her most famous film to date. Coppola's films often feature sad, emotionally distant teenagers such as in The Bling Ring (2013) and The Virgin Suicides (1999). These films often have a dreamlike quality to them, achieved with experimenting with high-key lighting and focus pulling.