Person Details

Birthday: 1965-04-22 02:21:28

Aliases: Roman François Coppola

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Neuilly-sur-Seine, France

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Movie Involvements: 68

TV Involvements: 2


Most Famous Work

Biography

Roman François Coppola (April 22, 1965) is the son of Francis Ford Coppola and an American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, and entrepreneur. With the 2012 film Moonrise Kingdom, he and co-writer Wes Anderson were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. His television series Mozart in the Jungle won the 2016 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy. In 2019, Coppola was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Coppola serves as president of the San Francisco-based film company American Zoetrope. He is also the founder and owner of The Directors Bureau, a commercial and music video production company. Coppola began his directing career by overseeing in-camera visual effects and second unit direction for Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker’s Dracula, which garnered a BAFTA Award nomination for Visual Effects. He has continued to do second unit direction throughout his career, including his father's Jack, The Rainmaker, Youth Without Youth, and Tetro; collaborator Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou and The Darjeeling Limited; and his sister Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides and Marie Antoinette. In the 1990s, Coppola established himself as an influential music video and commercial director. Through his production company, The Directors Bureau, he directed all four music videos for The Strokes' 2001 debut album, Is This It, as well as "12:51" for Room on Fire. His other music videos include clips for Daft Punk, Lilys, Moby, The Presidents of the United States of America, Ween, Green Day, and Fatboy Slim. His music video for Phoenix's "Funky Squaredance" was invited into the permanent collection at the New York Museum of Modern Art. He has also been a supporter of cousin Jason Schwartzman's musical side project, Coconut Records. His first feature film, CQ, premiered at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival and was well-received critically. Set in Paris in 1969, CQ centers on a young film editor trying to juggle his personal and professional life while simultaneously juggling a science fiction adventure and his own personal art film. Coppola's second feature, A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III, debuted in 2012 at the Rome Film Festival. Charlie Sheen starred as the title character, a graphic designer dealing with a break-up. The cast also included Bill Murray and Jason Schwartzman. Reviews for the film tended toward the negative. Coppola is also an inventor and entrepreneur, responsible for the Photobubble Company, Pacific Tote Company, and a number of projects through the "Special Projects" arm of his production company.

Most Famous Work

Priscilla
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7

Priscilla

(2023) Executive Producer
Mozart in the Jungle
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8

Mozart in the Jungle

(2014) Creator
Bram Stoker's Dracula
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7

Bram Stoker's Dracula

(1992) Visual Effects
Asteroid City
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7

Asteroid City

(2023) Story
Marie Antoinette
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7

Marie Antoinette

(2006) Second Unit Director
The Virgin Suicides
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7

The Virgin Suicides

(1999) Second Unit Director
The Bling Ring
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5

The Bling Ring

(2013) Producer
Isle of Dogs
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8

Isle of Dogs

(2018) Story

Acting

Production

Directing

Camera

Year Role Movie/Tv
2023 Director of Photography
1998 Second Unit Director of Photography
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Crew

Creator

Year Role Movie/Tv
2014 Creator
Year Role Movie/Tv

Visual Effects

Year Role Movie/Tv
1992 Visual Effects
Year Role Movie/Tv

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