Roman Coppola

Roman Coppola

  • Birthday: 1965-04-22
  • Place of birth: Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
  • Also know as: Roman François Coppola

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.

Filmography

The Family Whistle

2016

As Himself

Torrance Rises

1999

As Self

Fight for Your Right Revisited

2011

As Café Patron

You're a Big Boy Now

1966

As Baby Boy in Carriage (uncredited)

Fantastic Mr. Fox

2009

As Squirrel Contractor (voice)

The Making of The Grand Budapest Hotel

2014

As Self - Special Photography Unit

Isle of Dogs

2018

As Igor (voice)

The Godfather

1972

As Boy on Street Who Attended Funeral (uncredited)

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

1999

As Senate Guard (uncredited)

The Godfather Part II

1974

As Sonny Corleone as a Boy (uncredited)

Production

Lick the Star

1998

As Second Unit Director of Photography

The Swan

2023

As Director of Photography

Lost in Translation

2003

As Thanks

Bed, Bath and Beyond

1996

As Cinematography

Torrance Rises

1999

As Cinematography

The Linguini Incident

1991

As Thanks

Paris Can Wait

2016

As Thanks

CQ

2001

As Director

A Very Murray Christmas

2015

As Assistant Director

Die Again, Undead One

2012

As Director

D.A.F.T.

1999

As Director

Here Comes the Night Time

2013

As Director

The Darjeeling Limited

2007

As Second Unit Director

Bram Stoker's Dracula

1992

As Second Unit Director

The Rainmaker

1997

As Second Unit Director

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

2004

As Second Unit Director

The Virgin Suicides

1999

As Second Unit Director

Priscilla

2023

As Second Unit Director

Megalopolis

0000

As Second Unit Director

Tetro

2009

As Second Unit Director

Youth Without Youth

2007

As Second Unit Director

Marie Antoinette

2006

As Second Unit Director

Jack

1996

As Second Unit Director

Prada: Candy

2013

As Director

The Darjeeling Limited

2007

As Producer

The Bling Ring

2013

As Producer

Somewhere

2010

As Producer

Castello Cavalcanti

2013

As Producer

The Beguiled

2017

As Executive Producer

On the Rocks

2020

As Executive Producer

Rumble Fish

1983

As Associate Producer

The French Dispatch

2021

As Executive Producer

Clownhouse

1989

As Executive Producer

Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special

2020

As Executive Producer

Fairyland

2023

As Executive Producer

A Very Murray Christmas

2015

As Executive Producer

Asteroid City

2023

As Executive Producer

Priscilla

2023

As Executive Producer

The Black Stallion Returns

1983

As Production Assistant

The Spirit of '76

1990

As Executive Producer

The Black Stallion Returns

1983

As Sound Recordist

Bram Stoker's Dracula

1992

As Visual Effects

The Darjeeling Limited

2007

As Screenplay

CQ

2001

As Writer

Moonrise Kingdom

2012

As Writer

The Spirit of '76

1990

As Story

Isle of Dogs

2018

As Story

The French Dispatch

2021

As Story

Asteroid City

2023

As Story

The Phoenician Scheme

0000

As Writer

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