10 Films That Saved Directors From 'Movie Jail'

It is a sad but simple fact that women in Hollywood are much more likely to end up in Movie Jail -whether it be actresses who are deemed to have an 'expiry date' or female directors who are not offered the same opportunities as men - and Sofia Coppola is the ultimate example of this.

Despite being daughter to one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, Francis Ford Coppola, her early career suffered due to being constantly cast in her father's films, which was met with cries of nepotism.

This peaked when Sofia was cast in The Godfather Part III as Michael Corleone's daughter, which was a performance (rather unfairly) universally slated by critics and earned her two Golden Raspberry Awards for Worst Supporting Actress and Worst New Star. Despite stating she was often acting as a favour to her father, and forced to replace a Winona Ryder who dropped out of the movie at the last minute, Coppola was already in Movie Jail in her 20s.

Even after Sofia Coppola moved away from acting, her directorial debut The Virgin Suicides failed to set the box office alight, not to mention the malicious and unfounded rumours that her then-husband Spike Jonze had actually directed it.

It was the Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson drama Lost in Translation which earned Coppola an Oscar nomination for Best Director and cemented her reputation as one of the great directors working today.