Roman Coppola
Writing
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
Writing12
movieCQ
2001
Writer
Acting26
movieMegadoc
2025
Self
movieIsle of Dogs
2018
Igor (voice)
movieDie Again, Undead One
2012
Roman Coppola
movieFight for Your Right Revisited
2011
Café Patron
movieFantastic Mr. Fox
2009
Squirrel Contractor (voice)
movieStar Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999
Senate Guard (uncredited)
movieApocalypse Now
1979
Francis de Marais
movieThe Godfather Part II
1974
Sonny Corleone as a Boy (uncredited)
movieThe Godfather
1972
Boy on Street Who Attended Funeral (uncredited)
movieYou're a Big Boy Now
1966
Baby Boy in Carriage (uncredited)
Production24
movieBreeder
2026
Executive Producer
movieMarc by Sofia
2026
Executive Producer
movieFairyland
2025
Executive Producer
movieThe Phoenician Scheme
2025
Executive Producer
movieA Century in Sound
2024
Executive Producer
moviePriscilla
2023
Executive Producer
movieAsteroid City
2023
Executive Producer
movieThe French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
2021
Executive Producer
movieMariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special
2020
Executive Producer
movieOn the Rocks
2020
Executive Producer
movieThe Beguiled
2017
Executive Producer
movieA Very Murray Christmas
2015
Executive Producer
tvMozart in the Jungle
2014
Executive Producer
movieCastello Cavalcanti
2013
Producer
movieThe Bling Ring
2013
Producer
movieOn the Road
2012
Producer
movieSomewhere
2010
Producer
movieThe Darjeeling Limited
2007
Producer
movieThe Spirit of '76
1990
Executive Producer
movieClownhouse
1990
Executive In Charge Of Production
movieRumble Fish
1983
Associate Producer
movieThe Black Stallion Returns
1983
Production Assistant
Untitled Wes Anderson Film
Executive Producer
Directing23
movieMegalopolis
2024
Second Unit Director
moviePriscilla
2023
Second Unit Director
movieA Very Murray Christmas
2015
Assistant Director
movieDie Again, Undead One
2012
Director
movieTetro
2009
Second Unit Director
movieYouth Without Youth
2007
Second Unit Director
movieThe Darjeeling Limited
2007
Second Unit Director
movieAdicolor Red
2006
Director
movieMarie Antoinette
2006
Second Unit Director
movieThe Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
2004
Second Unit Director
movieCQ
2001
Director
movieThe Virgin Suicides
2000
Second Unit Director
movieD.A.F.T.
1999
Director
movieThe Rainmaker
1997
Second Unit Director
movieJack
1996
Second Unit Director
movieBram Stoker's Dracula
1992
Second Unit Director
Glimpses of the Moon
Second Unit Director
Crew9
movieParis Can Wait
2016
Thanks
movieLost in Translation
2003
Thanks, Other
movieTorrance Rises
1999
Cinematography
movieFree Tibet
1998
Cinematography
Bed, Bath and Beyond
1996
Cinematography
Camera5
movieMarc by Sofia
2026
Director of Photography
movieThe Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
2024
Director of Photography
movieThe Swan
2023
Director of Photography
From a Mess To The Masses
2011
Additional Photography
movieLick the Star
1998
Second Unit Director of Photography
Creator1
tvMozart in the Jungle
2014
Creator
Sound1
movieThe Black Stallion Returns
1983
Sound Recordist
Visual Effects1
movieBram Stoker's Dracula
1992
Visual Effects