Sofia Coppola works alone.
Lost in Translation (film) . It stars Bill Murray as aging actor Bob Harris , who befriends college graduate Charlotte ( Scarlett Johansson ) in a Tokyo hotel . Sofia Coppola . In 2010 , with the drama Somewhere , she became the first American woman ( and fourth American filmmaker ) to win the Golden Lion , the top prize at the Venice Film Festival . In 2017 , Coppola directed The Beguiled , a remake of the 1971 Western film of the same name , starring Nicole Kidman , Elle Fanning and Kirsten Dunst . Somewhere (film) . The film follows Johnny Marco ( played by Stephen Dorff ) , a newly famous actor , as he recuperates from a minor injury at the Chateau Marmont , a well-known Hollywood retreat . The film explores ennui among Hollywood stars , the father -- daughter relationship and offers an oblique comedy of show business , particularly Hollywood film-making and the life of a `` star '' .