Sofia Coppola on Filmmaking: A Talk and Q&A with Annette Insdorf

Apr 20, 2020

Join Academy Award-winning filmmaker Sofia Coppola as she discusses writing and directing feature films with 92Y Reel Pieces moderator Annette Insdorf.

Coppola, the writer/director of critically-acclaimed films including Lost in Translation, The Virgin Suicides and Marie Antoinette, discusses a range of topics: her filmmaking style; her conception for how a movie looks; how she works with collaborators such as editors and cinematographers; how she translates her ideas from script to screen; and her great love of movies.

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