Eleanor Coppola, née Neil (May 2, 1936 – April 12, 2024), was an American documentary filmmaker, director, and writer. She is best known for the 1991 documentary *Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse*, which chronicles the chaotic and troubled production of the film *Apocalypse Now*, directed by her husband, Francis Ford Coppola. For her direction of this film, Eleanor Coppola won an Emmy Award, earning widespread critical acclaim for her ability to capture the tensions and challenges of the creative process. The film was based on her memoir *Notes on the Making of Apocalypse Now*, published in 1979. Her career as a director of narrative feature films began late in life with the films *Paris Can Wait* (2016) and *Love Is Love Is Love* (2020). Her work offered an intimate and unique perspective on the behind-the-scenes of filmmaking and on the dynamics of one of Hollywood's most influential families.