
Roman Coppola
Personal Info
Known for
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1965-04-22 (60 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
Acting
(2024)
(2018)
Isle of Dogs
as Igor (voice)
(2016)
The Family Whistle
as Self
(2015)
(2012)
Die Again, Undead One
as Roman Coppola
(2011)
Fight for Your Right Revisited
as Café Patron
(2009)
Fantastic Mr. Fox
as Squirrel Contractor (voice)
(2007)
Coda: Thirty Years Later
as Self
(2007)
(2007)
(2005)
(2004)
(2004)
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
as Self
(2000)
(1999)
Torrance Rises
as Self
(1999)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
as Senate Guard (uncredited)
(1996)
(1991)
(1974)
The Godfather Part II
as Sonny Corleone as a Boy (uncredited)
(1972)
The Godfather
as Boy on Street Who Attended Funeral (uncredited)
(1966)
You're a Big Boy Now
as Baby Boy in Carriage (uncredited)
Crew
(2025)
The Phoenician Scheme
Story, Executive Producer
(2024)
Megalopolis
Second Unit Director
(2024)
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
Director of Photography
(2024)
The Last Showgirl
Thanks
(2023)
The Swan
Director of Photography
(2023)
Priscilla
Second Unit Director, Executive Producer
(2023)
Fairyland
Executive Producer
(2023)
Asteroid City
Story, Executive Producer
(2021)
The French Dispatch
Story, Executive Producer
(2020)
On the Rocks
Executive Producer
(2020)
Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special
Director, Executive Producer
(2018)
Isle of Dogs
Story
(2017)
The Beguiled
Executive Producer
(2016)
Paris Can Wait
Thanks
(2015)
(2015)
(2015)
A Very Murray Christmas
Assistant Director, Executive Producer
(2013)
The Bling Ring
Producer
(2013)
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III
Director, Writer, Producer
(2013)
Castello Cavalcanti
Producer
(2013)
Here Comes the Night Time
Director
(2012)
Moonrise Kingdom
Writer
(2012)
(2012)
On the Road
Producer
(2012)
Die Again, Undead One
Director, Writer
(2011)
From a Mess To The Masses
Additional Photography
(2010)
Somewhere
Producer
(2009)
Tetro
Second Unit Director
(2007)
Youth Without Youth
Second Unit Director
(2007)
The Darjeeling Limited
Writer, Producer, Second Unit Director
(2006)
Marie Antoinette
Second Unit Director
(2006)
Adicolor Red
Director
(2004)
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Second Unit Director
(2003)
The Work of Director Spike Jonze
Director
(2003)
Lost in Translation
Thanks, Other
(2002)
The Strokes: MTV $2 Bill Concert
Director
(2001)
CQ
Director, Writer
(2001)
(2000)
The Virgin Suicides
Second Unit Director
(1999)
D.A.F.T.
Director
(1999)
Torrance Rises
Cinematography
(1998)
Lick the Star
Second Unit Director of Photography
(1998)
Free Tibet
Cinematography
(1997)
The Rainmaker
Second Unit Director
(1996)
Jack
Second Unit Director
(1996)
Bed, Bath and Beyond
Cinematography
(1992)
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Second Unit Director, Visual Effects
(1991)
The Linguini Incident
Thanks
(1990)
The Spirit of '76
Story, Executive Producer
(1990)
Clownhouse
Executive Producer
(1983)
The Black Stallion Returns
Sound Recordist, Production Assistant
(1983)
Rumble Fish
Associate Producer