Sofia Coppola

Sofia Coppola is one the highly known female directors in the film industry today. She has directed films such as "The Virgian Suicides," "Lost in Translation," and "Marie Antoinette." If you'll notice, two of those three films have women main characters. It seems that Sofia Coppola like to have strong women characters in them. She is both a writer and director. As an auteur she likes to create these female characters and whether or not they are strong or weak, she films it so that we sympathize with the woman. She has overcome that of what some male directors can not accomplish. With "Lost In Translation," she won the oscar for best original screenplay. After taking a screenwriting class, I watched this film and I believe it is really not well written. I could write all about what works and what doesn't work with the film. Just like what Bell Hooks wrote, "It doesn't have to be a great movie to write about." After seeing "Pulp Fiction" she wrote about it all night even though she hated it. I could write the pros and cons on how this film won an oscar, but ultimately it will not change the outcome.

When Sofia shoots she usually sticks to short long days of filming. Time Magazine states that she has a "poignantly romantic visual style so distinctive as her own." I believe that Sofia Coppola has proven her status amongst the many famous male directors including her father, Francis Ford Coppola. Usually when you hear that a director is a woman, people don't expect too much out of the film. The discriminate them because of their gender. But when you hear the name Sofia Coppola, people recognize her and her movies. They look right past her sexual orientation. But even though she has surpassed the cliche woman perspective, I think it is still very difficult for a woman to break into this industry and be compared to great male directors as an equal.