‘Every writer needs a muse; mine was Bill Murray’ — List of Sofia Coppola Oscar nominations, wins
Posted: August 2026
List of Oscar nominations and wins for Sofia Coppola. Sofia Coppola has been nominated for 3 Academy Awards, in 3 categories, and won 1. Sofia Coppola is the first woman to be nominated for writing, directing and producing a film in the same year. Year indicates year/period for which films were eligible for awards consideration, not year of ceremony. Sources: Oscars.org, Internet Movie Database, Wikipedia
2003: Lost in Translation (Best Picture) (shared with Ross Katz) — lost to The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh). Other nominees: Seabiscuit (Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Gary Ross), Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Samuel Goldwyn Jr., Peter Weir, Duncan Henderson), Mystic River (Robert Lorenz, Judie Hoyt, Clint Eastwood)
2003: Lost in Translation (Best Director) — lost to Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King). Other nominees: Clint Eastwood (Mystic River), Fernando Meirelles (City of God), Peter Weir (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World)
WON: 2003: Lost in Translation (Best Original Screenplay) — Other nominees: Finding Nemo (Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, David Reynolds), In America (Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan), Dirty Pretty Things (Steven Knight), The Barbarian Invasions (Denys Arcand)
