Sofia Coppola is a director.
The Best Director Award ( Prix de la mise en scène ) is an annual award presented at the Cannes Film Festival for best directing achievements in a feature film screened as part of festival 's official selection ( i.e. films selected for the competition program which compete for the festival 's main prize Palme d'Or ) . Lost in Translation is a 2003 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Sofia Coppola . Sofia Carmina Coppola ( [ ˈkoʊpələ ] ; born May 14 , 1971 ) is an American screenwriter , director , producer and actress . The film premiered at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival , where Coppola became the second woman ( and the first American woman ) in the festival 's history to win the Best Director award .