Sofia Coppola opens up about the unlikely path that led her to write and direct her debut feature, ‘The Virgin Suicides’ (1999), and the creative risks she took to make it happen. Subscribe here for more @TheAcademyChannel videos ►► http://bit.ly/SubscribeToAO Subscribe here for more @Oscars videos ►► http://osca.rs/subscribeyt This conversation was filmed at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on June 1, 2025. Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation.