August Coppola was born on 16 February 1934 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. August was married to Martine Chevallier, Marie J. Thenevin and Joy A. Vogelsang. August died on 27 October 2009 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Dean emeritus of San Francisco State University's Creative Arts
department where the 150-seat August Coppola Theatre was created in his
honor. The state-of-the-art facility is a self-contained film
production studio equipped with Dolby surround-sound, 16mm and 35mm
film and video projection capabilities