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Roman Coppola

Known For
Writing

Known Credits
26

Gender
Male

Birthday
April 22, 1965 (61 years old)

Place of Birth
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France

Roman 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.

Known For

Production

2026Breeder...Executive Producer
2026Marc by Sofia...Executive Producer
2025Fairyland...Executive Producer
2025The Phoenician Scheme...Executive Producer
2024A Century in Sound...Executive Producer
2023Priscilla...Executive Producer
2023Asteroid City...Executive Producer
2021The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun...Executive Producer
2020Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special...Executive Producer
2020On the Rocks...Executive Producer
2017The Beguiled...Executive Producer
2015A Very Murray Christmas...Executive Producer
2014Mozart in the Jungle...Executive Producer
2013Castello Cavalcanti...Producer
2013The Bling Ring...Producer
2013A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III...Producer
2012On the Road...Producer
2010Somewhere...Producer
2007The Darjeeling Limited...Producer
1990The Spirit of '76...Executive Producer
1990Clownhouse...Executive In Charge Of Production
1983Rumble Fish...Associate Producer
1983The Black Stallion Returns...Production Assistant
Untitled Wes Anderson Film...Executive Producer

Camera

2026Marc by Sofia...Director of Photography
2024The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More...Director of Photography
2023The Swan...Director of Photography
2011From a Mess To The Masses...Additional Photography
1998Lick the Star...Second Unit Director of Photography

Writing

2025The Phoenician Scheme...Story
2023Asteroid City...Story
2021The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun...Story
2018Isle of Dogs...Story
2013A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III...Writer
2012Die Again, Undead One...Writer
2012Cousin Ben Troop Screening...Writer
2012Moonrise Kingdom...Writer
2007The Darjeeling Limited...Writer
2001CQ...Writer
1990The Spirit of '76...Story
Untitled Wes Anderson Film...Writer

Crew

2024The Last Showgirl...Thanks
2016Paris Can Wait...Thanks
2015Practical Magicians: A Collaboration Between Father and Son...Thanks
2015Reflections in Blood: Francis Ford Coppola and Bram Stoker’s Dracula...Thanks
2003Lost in Translation...Thanks
2003Lost in Translation...Other
1999Torrance Rises...Cinematography
1998Free Tibet...Cinematography
1996Bed, Bath and Beyond...Cinematography
1991The Linguini Incident...Thanks

Directing

2024Megalopolis...Second Unit Director
2023Priscilla...Second Unit Director
2020Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special...Director
2015A Very Murray Christmas...Assistant Director
2013Here Comes the Night Time...Director
2013A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III...Director
2012Die Again, Undead One...Director
2009Tetro...Second Unit Director
2007Youth Without Youth...Second Unit Director
2007The Darjeeling Limited...Second Unit Director
2006Adicolor Red...Director
2006Marie Antoinette...Second Unit Director
2004The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou...Second Unit Director
2003The Work of Director Spike Jonze...Director
2002The Strokes: MTV $2 Bill Concert...Director
2001Green Day: International Supervideos!...Director
2001CQ...Director
2000The Virgin Suicides...Second Unit Director
1999D.A.F.T....Director
1997The Rainmaker...Second Unit Director
1996Jack...Second Unit Director
1992Bram Stoker's Dracula...Second Unit Director
Glimpses of the Moon...Second Unit Director

Creator

2014Mozart in the Jungle...Creator

Visual Effects

1992Bram Stoker's Dracula...Visual Effects

Sound

1983The Black Stallion Returns...Sound Recordist

Acting

2025Eleanor Coppola: Art is All Around Usas Himself
2025The Making of Hearts of Darknessas Self
2025Megadocas Self
2024Lumière, Le Cinéma!as Self
2018Isle of Dogsas Igor (voice)
2016The Family Whistleas Self
2015Practical Magicians: A Collaboration Between Father and Sonas Self
2012Die Again, Undead Oneas Roman Coppola
2011Fight for Your Right Revisitedas Café Patron
2009Fantastic Mr. Foxas Squirrel Contractor (voice)
2007Coda: Thirty Years Lateras Self
2007In Camera: The Naïve Visual Effects of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'as Self
2007Method and Madness: Visualizing 'Dracula'as Self
2005Danger: Diabolik - From Fumetti to Filmas Self
2004Mario Bava: Operazione pauraas Self
2004Lost on Location: Behind the Scenes of 'Lost in Translation'as Self
2002On the Set of CQas Self
2000The Making of The Virgin Suicidesas Self
1999Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menaceas Senate Guard (uncredited)
1999Torrance Risesas Self
1996Bed, Bath and Beyondas
1991Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypseas Self
1979Apocalypse Nowas Francis de Marais
1974The Godfather Part IIas Sonny Corleone as a Boy (uncredited)
1972The Godfatheras Boy on Street Who Attended Funeral (uncredited)
1966You're a Big Boy Nowas Baby Boy in Carriage (uncredited)