Eleanor Coppola, acclaimed for her Emmy-winning documentary Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse has left the world mourning at the age of 87.

As per the reports of Variety, the filmmaker passed away on Friday, April 12, at her home in Rutherford.

Her family verified her passing in a statement provided to the Associated Press.

With her ground-breaking documentary, which showcased her husband Francis Ford Coppola's turbulent 238-day production of Apocalypse Now, Coppola's filmmaking legacy will live on forever.

She entered the field of filmmaking at the time of making her husband’s Vietnam War epic by capturing the behind-the-scenes challenges and chaos that prolonged the project's production.

Apocalypse Now, a much-awaited sequel to The Godfather: Part II, encountered several obstacles and problems at that period.

It was forced to take twice as long to produce in the Philippines as originally scheduled—five months instead of two.

The movie had a lot of problems, from Martin Sheen replacing Harvey Keitel to typhoons damaging the scenes. A heart attack that sent Sheen to the hospital compounded the difficulties.

During the challenges, Coopla recorded behind-the-scenes footage, which later formed the core of the 1991 documentary Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse.

Twelve years after the Apocalypse, she released When the documentary did eventually make it to the big screen, it received a lot of positive reviews and eight Oscar nominations.

Eleanor Coppola is survived by her husband, their children, Sofia and Roman, and three grandchildren.