Roman Coppola

Born: 1965-04-22

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.


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as Boy on Street Who Attended Funeral (uncredited)
Released: 1972-03-14

Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime...

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Fantastic Mr. Fox

as Squirrel Contractor (voice)
Released: 2009-10-23

The Fantastic Mr. Fox, bored with his current life, plans a heist against the three local...

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The Godfather Part II

as Sonny Corleone as a Boy (uncredited)
Released: 1974-12-20

In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily...

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as Senate Guard (uncredited)
Released: 1999-05-19

Anakin Skywalker, a young slave strong with the Force, is discovered on Tatooine. Meanwhile, the...

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as Igor (voice)
Released: 2018-03-23

In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs...

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Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

as Self
Released: 1991-11-27

A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors' health, war near the...

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Fight for Your Right Revisited

as Café Patron
Released: 2011-04-22

Fight for Your Right Revisited stars Danny McBride, Seth Rogen, and Elijah Wood as the "young"...

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You're a Big Boy Now

as Baby Boy in Carriage (uncredited)
Released: 1966-12-09

Post-teen virgin moves to New York City, falls for a cold-hearted beauty, then finds true love...

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Lost on Location: Behind the Scenes of 'Lost in Translation'

as Self
Released: 2004-02-03

Behind the scenes documentary shot during the making of Sofia Coppola's Lost In Translation (2003)

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Torrance Rises

as Self
Released: 1999-01-01

A mockumentary chronicling the Torrance Community Dance Group (from Fatboy Slim's "Praise You"...

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The Family Whistle

as Self
Released: 2016-05-19

The famed Coppola family of filmmakers and musicians descends from Agostino Coppola, a poor...

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The Making of The Virgin Suicides

as Self
Released: 2000-12-19

While Sofia Coppola directed her first feature, her mother, the artist and filmmaker Eleanor...

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Method and Madness: Visualizing 'Dracula'

as Self
Released: 2007-10-02

Behind the scenes of the 1992 masterpiece with director Francis Ford Coppola.

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In Camera: The Naïve Visual Effects of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'

as Self
Released: 2007-10-02

Director Francis Ford Coppola and production staff reveal the secrets behind the 1992 masterpiece.

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Danger: Diabolik - From Fumetti to Film

as Self
Released: 2005-06-14

Famous comic book artist Stephen R. Bissette, creator of DC Comic Book character "The Swamp...

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Practical Magicians: A Collaboration Between Father and Son

as Self
Released: 2015-10-08

Journalist and critic F. X. Feeney talks with the Coppolas about the production with specific...

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Mario Bava: Operazione paura

as Self
Released: 2004-04-30

Mario Bava Operazione Paura", hosted by Joe Dante, is an hommage of the Master of the Terror,...

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