Sofia Coppola made her feature film directing debut with The Virgin Suicides in 1999. The movie - starring Kirsten Dunst and Danny DeVito - was a film adaptation of the Jeffrey Eugenides novel. Coppola said she felt the story's author understood the 'teenage experience' and attributes her career in film to the movie (pictured: Kirsten Dunst in The Virgin Suicides)

The theme of loss in The Virgin Suicides was personal to Coppola - who had lost her older brother in 1986. Despite her father's fame and notoriety in the directing world - she secured the rights and adapted the screenplay herself (pictured: Kirsten Dunst in The Virgin Suicides)

Coppola highlighted the representation of teenagers 'lazing around' in The Virgin Suicides - something she related to but thought was rarely seen in films in a relatable way. The psychological romantic drama was shot in Toronto and premiered at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival (pictured: Hanna R. Hall in The Virgin Suicides)

Coppola's second feature film was Lost in Translation - a 2003 starring Bill Murray. The romantic-comedy-drama earned Coppola an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay as well as three Golden Globes. Coppola became the third female director to be nominated for an Academy Award, and only the second to win (pictured: Bill Murray on the set of Lost in Translation

Coppola's films often deal with themes of loneliness, wealth, privilege, isolation, youth, femininity and adolescence in America. She is pictured here, asleep,  on the set of Versailles that she used for Marie Antoinette. 'I had never worked with so many crew, actors, costumes, and locations,' Coppola wrote in the image's caption in Archive

Coppola collaborated with Kirsten Dunst again in 2006 on Marie Antoinette, in which Dunst took the title role. Coppola said she was initially drawn to Marie Antoinette's character because she was innocent and caring - but found herself in a situation that was outside of her control, so she wanted to present Antoinette as a heroine. The Guardian wrote 'Sofia Coppola's presentation of Marie's life has a sisterly, unjudging intimacy' (pictured: Kirsten Dunst on camera in Marie Antoinette) 

The 2006 historical drama premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and received boos from the audience, and also a standing ovation at the end. The movie won an Academy Award for Best Costume Design and three BAFTA Awards nominations (pictured: Behind the scenes pictures of Coppola's Marie Antoinette) 

Coppola wrote and directed Somewhere (2006) starring Stephen Dorff and Elle Fanning as a father-daughter duo. The film explored the theme of boredom among Hollywood stars and depicted a parent-child relationship that Coppola related to on a personal level because of her famous father (pictured: Sofia Coppola on the set of Somewhere with Madison Clapp and Elle Fanning) 

Coppola worked with Elle Fanning again in 2017 in The Beguiled - a remake of the 1971 gothic psychological thriller. The movie starred Fanning alongside Nicole Kidman and Kirsten Dunst, a regular face in Coppola's films. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and made Coppola the first American woman to ever win the Best Director award at the festival. She cited her fascination with the South as inspiration for the film, which was set in Virginia during the Civil War (pictured: Elle Fanning on the set of The Beguiled) 

In 2023 - Coppola released Priscilla, starring Cailee Spaeny as the titular character. The movie is based on Priscilla Presley's 1985 memoir Elvis and Me and tells the largely untold story of Priscilla's experience with Elvis's wild fame. The film was distributed by A24 and starred Jacob Elordi alongside Spaeny as Elvis Presley (pictured: Cailee Spaeny in Priscilla) 

'I hope that they see her perspective, see what her life was like, and learn from her experience,' Coppola said about Priscilla. 'To peek into this mysterious icon and just to learn her story was interesting. I was surprised by how relatable her story was.' Priscilla Presley herself attended the launch of Coppola's book (pictured: Cailee Spaeny on camera in Priscilla)