Roman Coppola

Roman Coppola

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.

Production

2025

Fairyland

Executive Producer

2025

Marc by Sofia

Executive Producer

2025

The Phoenician Scheme

Executive Producer

2024

A Century in Sound

Executive Producer

2023

Priscilla

Executive Producer

2023

Asteroid City

Executive Producer

2021

2020

2020

On the Rocks

Executive Producer

2017

The Beguiled

Executive Producer

2015

A Very Murray Christmas

Executive Producer

2014

Mozart in the Jungle

Executive Producer

2013

2013

2013

2012

On the Road

Producer

2010

Somewhere

Producer

2007

1990

The Spirit of '76

Executive Producer

1990

Clownhouse

Executive In Charge Of Production

1983

Rumble Fish

Associate Producer

1983

The Black Stallion Returns

Production Assistant

Directing

2025

Let's Write

Co-Director

2024

Megalopolis

Second Unit Director

2023

Priscilla

Second Unit Director

2020

2015

A Very Murray Christmas

Assistant Director

2013

2009

Tetro

Second Unit Director

2007

Youth Without Youth

Second Unit Director

2007

The Darjeeling Limited

Second Unit Director

2006

Marie Antoinette

Second Unit Director

2004

2002

2001

2001

CQ

Director

2000

The Virgin Suicides

Second Unit Director

1997

The Rainmaker

Second Unit Director

1996

Jack

Second Unit Director

1992

Bram Stoker's Dracula

Second Unit Director

Acting

2025

2024

2018

Isle of Dogs

Igor (voice)

2016

2011

2009

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Squirrel Contractor (voice)

2007

2007

2004

2000

1999

1999

1991

1979

Apocalypse Now

Francis de Marais

1974

The Godfather Part II

Sonny Corleone as a Boy (uncredited)

1972

The Godfather

Boy on Street Who Attended Funeral (uncredited)

1966

You're a Big Boy Now

Baby Boy in Carriage (uncredited)

Writing

Crew

2024

2016

2003

2003

1999

Torrance Rises

Cinematography

1998

Free Tibet

Cinematography

1991

Camera

2025

Marc by Sofia

Director of Photography

2024

2023

The Swan

Director of Photography

1998

Lick the Star

Second Unit Director of Photography

Creator

Visual Effects

1992

Bram Stoker's Dracula

Visual Effects

Sound

1983

Infos

Full Name
Roman Coppola
Gender
Male
Date of Birth
4/22/1965
Also Known As

Roman François Coppola