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Eleanor documented much of the chaos on "Apocalypse Now" in what would become one of the most famous making-of films about moviemaking, 1991's "Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse."
Eleanor Coppola, who documented the making of some of her husband Francis Ford Coppola's iconic films, including the infamously tortured production of “Apocalypse Now,” and who raised a family of filmmakers, has died. She was 87.
Eleanor Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola's longtime wife and the documentarian behind 'Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse,' is dead at 87.
Eleanor Coppola, who documented the making of some of her husband Francis Ford Coppola’s iconic films and raised a family of filmmakers, has died.
The couple had been married for 61 years at the time of her passing.