Roman François Coppola
(born April 22, 1965) is an American director, screenwriter, producer and the son of
Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola (; ; born April 7, 1939) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is considered one of the major figures of the New Hollywood filmmaking movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Coppola is the recipient of five ...
and
Eleanor Coppola. For the 2012 film ''
Moonrise Kingdom'', he and co-writer
Wes Anderson
Wesley Wales Anderson (born May 1, 1969) is an American filmmaker. His films are known for their eccentricity and unique visual and narrative styles. They often contain themes of grief, loss of innocence, and dysfunctional families. Cited by s ...
were nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
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. 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
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.
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.
Early life
Roman Coppola is the son of documentary filmmaker, artist, and writer
Eleanor Coppola (née Neil) and director
Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola (; ; born April 7, 1939) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is considered one of the major figures of the New Hollywood filmmaking movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Coppola is the recipient of five ...
.
Career
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
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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
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''; and his sister
Sofia Coppola
Sofia Carmina Coppola (; born May 14, 1971) is an American filmmaker and actress. The youngest child and only daughter of filmmakers Eleanor and Francis Ford Coppola, she made her film debut as an infant in her father's acclaimed crime drama film ...
's ''
The Virgin Suicides'' and ''
Marie Antoinette
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''.
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
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' 2001 debut album, ''
Is This It'', as well as "
12:51" for ''
Room on Fire''. His other music videos include clips for
Daft Punk
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,
Lilys,
Moby
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,
The Presidents of the United States of America,
Ween
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,
Green Day
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, and
Fatboy Slim
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. His music video for
Phoenix's "Funky Squaredance" was invited into the permanent collection at the New York
Museum of Modern Art
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It plays a major role in developing and collecting modern art, ...
. He has also been a supporter of cousin
Jason Schwartzman's musical side project, Coconut Records.
He also directed a commercial for ''
Levi's White Tab'' in 1997.
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
Carlos Irwin Estévez (born September 3, 1965), known professionally as Charlie Sheen, is an American actor. He has appeared in films such as ''Platoon'' (1986), ''Wall Street'' (1987), '' Young Guns'' (1988), '' The Rookie'' (1990), '' The Th ...
starred as the title character, a graphic designer dealing with a break-up. The cast also included
Bill Murray
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and
Jason Schwartzman.
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Charlie Sheen Heading Back to the Big Screen! Reviews for the film tended toward the negative.
In 2009, he directed series of commercials for the T-Mobile MyTouch 3G mobile phone line.
In 2015, he directed a
State Farm
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Overview
State Farm is the largest property and casualty insurance provider, and the la ...
commercial.
Directors Bureau special projects
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, Directors Bureau.
His company, Pacific Tote Company, a line of beach bags. The bags are handmade in
California
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and known for their signature multicolor designs.
Filmography
Feature films
Additional directing credits
Acting credits
Television
Short films
Music videos
Commercials and promotional videos
References
External links
Roman Coppola StudioThe Directors BureauThe Directors Bureau Special Projects*
*
The Darjeeling Limited Interview with Roman Coppola
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1965 births
American film directors of Italian descent
American music video directors
Roman
Living people
Tisch School of the Arts alumni
People from Neuilly-sur-Seine
American male screenwriters
Advertising directors