Roman Coppola
| Roman Coppola | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Roman François Coppola April 22, 1965 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |
| Occupation | Actor, director, producer, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Parent(s) |
Francis Ford Coppola Eleanor Coppola |
| Family |
Gian-Carlo Coppola (brother) Sofia Coppola (sister) Jason Schwartzman (cousin) Robert Schwartzman (cousin) Nicolas Cage (cousin) Marc Coppola (cousin) Christopher Coppola (cousin) Gia Coppola (niece) |
Roman François Coppola (born April 22, 1965) is 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. In 2016, he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Comedy for Amazon Studios' Mozart in the Jungle.
Coppola serves as president of the pioneering San Francisco-based film company American Zoetrope. He is also founder and owner of The Directors Bureau, an award-winning commercial and music video production company.
Roman Coppola is the son of set decorator/artist Eleanor Coppola (née Neil) and director Francis Ford Coppola. He was born in the American Hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine, while his father was in Paris helping write the screenplay of Is Paris Burning?. As a boy, he had minor, uncredited roles in both The Godfather and The Godfather Part II. He attended New York University Tisch School of the Arts.
Coppola began his directing career by overseeing in-camera visual effects and second unit direction for 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 Francis Ford Coppola'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.
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