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.

Works

The Phoenician Scheme

Dark tale of espionage following a strained father-daughter relationship within a family business.

Release Date: 2025-05-29

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

The Last Showgirl

When the glittering Las Vegas revue she has headlined for decades announces it will soon close, a glamorous showgirl must reconcile with the decisions she’s made and the community she has built as she plans her next act.

Release Date: 2024-12-13

Department: Crew

Job: Thanks

Vote Count: 21

Megalopolis

Genius artist Cesar Catilina seeks to leap the City of New Rome into a utopian, idealistic future, while his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero, remains committed to a regressive status quo, perpetuating greed, special interests, and partisan warfare. Torn between them is socialite Julia Cicero, the mayor’s daughter, whose love for Cesar has divided her loyalties, forcing her to discover what she truly believes humanity deserves.

Release Date: 2024-09-25

Department: Directing

Job: Second Unit Director

Vote Count: 680

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More

Four tales unfold in Wes Anderson's anthology of short films adapted from Roald Dahl's beloved stories, "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar", "The Swan", "The Rat Catcher", and "Poison".

Release Date: 2024-03-14

Department: Camera

Job: Director of Photography

Vote Count: 87

Priscilla

When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley at a party, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a vulnerable best friend.

Release Date: 2023-10-27

Department: Directing

Job: Second Unit Director

Vote Count: 834

The Swan

Two large, ignorant bullies ruthlessly pursue a small, brilliant boy in this young adult Roald Dahl short story.

Release Date: 2023-09-27

Department: Camera

Job: Director of Photography

Vote Count: 393

Asteroid City

In an American desert town circa 1955, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.

Release Date: 2023-06-08

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Vote Count: 1999

Fairyland

A young girl recounts growing up in San Francisco in the '70s and '80s with her gay dad, activist and author Steve Abbott.

Release Date: 2023-01-20

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Vote Count: 3

The French Dispatch

The staff of an American magazine based in France puts out its last issue, with stories featuring an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student riots, and a kidnapping resolved by a chef.

Release Date: 2021-10-21

Department: Writing

Job: Story

Vote Count: 2643

Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special

Faced with a holiday cheer crisis, the North Pole knows there's only one person who can save the day: Santa's great friend Mariah Carey. The Queen of Christmas creates a fabulous and star-studded spectacular to make the whole world merry!

Release Date: 2020-12-03

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 68

On the Rocks

Faced with sudden doubts about her marriage, a young New York mother teams up with her larger-than-life playboy father to tail her husband.

Release Date: 2020-10-02

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Vote Count: 696

Isle of Dogs

In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island used as a garbage dump. The outcasts must soon embark on an epic journey when a 12-year-old boy arrives on the island to find his beloved pet.

Release Date: 2018-03-23

Department: Writing

Job: Story

Character: Igor (voice)

Vote Count: 4953

The Beguiled

During the Civil War, at a Southern girls’ boarding school, young women take in an injured enemy soldier. As they provide refuge and tend to his wounds, the house is taken over with sexual tension and dangerous rivalries, and taboos are broken in an unexpected turn of events.

Release Date: 2017-06-23

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Vote Count: 2156

Paris Can Wait

Anne is at a crossroads in her life. Long married to a successful, driven but inattentive movie producer, she unexpectedly finds herself taking a car trip from Cannes to Paris with Jacques, a business associate of her husband. What should be a seven-hour drive turns into a carefree two-day adventure replete with diversions involving picturesque sights, fine food and wine, humor, wisdom and romance - reawakening Anne's senses and giving her a new lust for life.

Release Date: 2016-09-12

Department: Crew

Job: Thanks

Vote Count: 236

The Family Whistle

The famed Coppola family of filmmakers and musicians descends from Agostino Coppola, a poor immigrant from an impoverished village in Southern Italy. Interviews and archival footage portray how the family history has inspired these artists, and how they continue to renew their ties to the land of their origin.

Release Date: 2016-05-19

Character: Self

A Very Murray Christmas

Bill Murray worries no one will show up to his TV show due to a massive snowstorm in New York City. Through luck and perseverance, guests arrive at Gotham’s Carlyle Hotel to help him — dancing and singing in holiday spirit.

Release Date: 2015-12-04

Department: Directing

Job: Assistant Director

Vote Count: 423

Practical Magicians: A Collaboration Between Father and Son

Journalist and critic F. X. Feeney talks with the Coppolas about the production with specific details and interpretations of the original story.

Release Date: 2015-10-08

Department: Crew

Job: Thanks

Character: Self

Reflections in Blood: Francis Ford Coppola and Bram Stoker’s Dracula

Francis Ford Coppola expanding his love of the film.

Release Date: 2015-10-08

Department: Crew

Job: Thanks

Mozart in the Jungle

In the tradition of Anthony Bourdain's "Kitchen Confidential" and Gelsey Kirkland's "Dancing on my Grave" comes an insider’s look into the secret world of classical musicians. From her debut recital at Carnegie Recital Hall to the Broadway pits of "Les Miserables" and "Miss Saigon," Blair Tindall has played with some of the biggest names in classical music for twenty-five years. Now in "Mozart in the Jungle," Tindall exposes the scandalous rock and roll lifestyles of the musicians, conductors, and administrators who inhabit the insular world of classical music.

Release Date: 2014-02-06

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Episode Count: 40

Vote Count: 225

Castello Cavalcanti

In 1955 in Italy, race car driver Jed Cavalcanti suffers a mishap during the Molte Miglia rally and finds himself in a small town with a few familial surprises.

Release Date: 2013-11-12

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Vote Count: 285

Here Comes the Night Time

Release Date: 2013-09-29

Department: Directing

Job: Director

The Bling Ring

Inspired by actual events, a group of fame-obsessed teenagers use the Internet to track celebrities' whereabouts in order to rob their homes.

Release Date: 2013-06-12

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Vote Count: 3029

A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III

Charles Swan III, a successful graphic designer, has it all: fame, money and devilish charm that have provided him with a seemingly perfect life. But when a perplexing beauty named Ivana suddenly ends their relationship, Charles is left heartbroken. With the support of his loyal intimates - Kirby, Saul, and his sister, Izzy – Charles begins a delirious journey of self-reflection to try and come to terms with a life without Ivana. "A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III" is an unconventional melodrama told in a bold and playful style.

Release Date: 2013-02-08

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 97

Die Again, Undead One

Release Date: 2012-11-30

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Character: Roman Coppola

Cousin Ben Troop Screening

Cousin Ben hosts a screening of Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom to the troops.

Release Date: 2012-06-19

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 111

On the Road

Dean and Sal are the portrait of the Beat Generation. Their search for "It" results in a fast paced, energetic roller coaster ride with highs and lows throughout the U.S.

Release Date: 2012-05-22

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Vote Count: 845

Moonrise Kingdom

Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore – and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in more ways than anyone can handle.

Release Date: 2012-05-16

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 5896

From a Mess To The Masses

From a Mess to the Masses follows the band Phoenix and their loyal team members on their quest to find meaning in our chaotic world through music. The journey is an abstract and emotional ride. It highlights the need for constant movement, artistically and historically, in order to remain anchored amidst the surrounding disorder. Through their story, their words, and the music they have created together, From a Mess to the Masses uncovers the beauty of the creative process and its incredible power to bring people together.

Release Date: 2011-10-31

Department: Camera

Job: Additional Photography

Vote Count: 1

Fight for Your Right Revisited

Fight for Your Right Revisited stars Danny McBride, Seth Rogen, and Elijah Wood as the "young" Beastie Boys from the past and Jack Black, John C. Reilly, and Will Ferrell as the "old" Beastie Boys from the future. The story begins where the video for "Fight for Your Right (1987)" ended. It features music from the band's album Hot Sauce Committee Part Two.

Release Date: 2011-04-22

Character: Café Patron

Vote Count: 88

Somewhere

After withdrawing to the Chateau Marmont, a passionless Hollywood actor reexamines his life when his eleven-year-old daughter surprises him with a visit.

Release Date: 2010-09-03

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Vote Count: 746

Fantastic Mr. Fox

The Fantastic Mr. Fox, bored with his current life, plans a heist against the three local farmers. The farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with the sly fox, seek revenge against him and his family.

Release Date: 2009-10-23

Character: Squirrel Contractor (voice)

Vote Count: 5512

Tetro

Bennie travels to Buenos Aires to find his long-missing older brother, a once-promising writer who is now a remnant of his former self. Bennie's discovery of his brother's near-finished play might hold the answer to understanding their shared past and renewing their bond.

Release Date: 2009-06-11

Department: Directing

Job: Second Unit Director

Vote Count: 180

Coda: Thirty Years Later

A behind-the-scenes look at the trials and tribulations of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola directing his first film in ten years, Youth Without Youth (2007).

Release Date: 2007-12-09

Character: Self

Vote Count: 5

Youth Without Youth

Professor of language and philosophy Dominic Matei is struck by lightning and ages backwards from 70 to 40 in a week, attracting the world and the Nazis. While on the run, the professor meets a young woman who has her own experience with a lightning storm. Not only does Dominic find love again, but her new abilities hold the key to his research.

Release Date: 2007-10-26

Department: Directing

Job: Second Unit Director

Vote Count: 222

Method and Madness: Visualizing 'Dracula'

Behind the scenes of the 1992 masterpiece with director Francis Ford Coppola.

Release Date: 2007-10-02

Character: Self

Vote Count: 2

In Camera: The Naïve Visual Effects of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'

Director Francis Ford Coppola and production staff reveal the secrets behind the 1992 masterpiece.

Release Date: 2007-10-02

Character: Self

Vote Count: 5

The Darjeeling Limited

Three American brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other -- to become brothers again like they used to be. Their "spiritual quest", however, veers rapidly off-course (due to events involving over-the-counter pain killers, Indian cough syrup, and pepper spray).

Release Date: 2007-09-07

Department: Directing

Job: Second Unit Director

Vote Count: 3600

Adicolor Red

Advertisement for Adidas' 2006 Adicolor line. This was made for the colour red by Roman Coppola and IDEALOGUE.

Release Date: 2006-07-04

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Marie Antoinette

The retelling of France’s iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 15 to her reign as queen at 19 and ultimately the fall of Versailles.

Release Date: 2006-05-24

Department: Directing

Job: Second Unit Director

Vote Count: 2754

Danger: Diabolik - From Fumetti to Film

Famous comic book artist Stephen R. Bissette, creator of DC Comic Book character "The Swamp Thing" and co-creator of the comic character "Constantine" teaches film appreciation and the art of comic book illustration in rural Vermont. Bissette is a life-long fan of DANGER: DIABOLIK and in "From Fumetti to Film," Bissette gives us a guided tour of how, in his own words, DANGER: DIABOLIK was "...the best adaptation of comic book to feature film bar none." His concepts of how the apparent 2-dimensional world of comic book illustrations were faithfully, but imaginatively re-interpreted by director Mario Bava are enhanced with side by side comparisons of the original comic book images laid next to film clips. Other films and television adaptations of comic books in that era were less successful, according to Bissette.

Release Date: 2005-06-14

Character: Self

Vote Count: 2

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Renowned oceanographer Steve Zissou has sworn vengeance upon the rare shark that devoured a member of his crew. In addition to his regular team, he is joined on his boat by Ned, a man who believes Zissou to be his father, and Jane, a journalist pregnant by a married man. They travel the sea, all too often running into pirates and, perhaps more traumatically, various figures from Zissou's past, including his estranged wife, Eleanor.

Release Date: 2004-12-10

Department: Directing

Job: Second Unit Director

Vote Count: 2908

Mario Bava: Operazione paura

Mario Bava Operazione Paura", hosted by Joe Dante, is an hommage of the Master of the Terror, the italian director Mario Bava

Release Date: 2004-04-30

Character: Self

Vote Count: 1

Lost on Location: Behind the Scenes of 'Lost in Translation'

Behind the scenes documentary shot during the making of Sofia Coppola's Lost In Translation (2003)

Release Date: 2004-02-03

Character: Self

Vote Count: 5

The Work of Director Spike Jonze

When you experience The Work of Director Spike Jonze, you enter a world where anything can happen and frequently does. From the innovative director of Being John Malkovich and Adaptation., this superior compilation of music videos, documentaries, interviews, and early rarities offers abundant proof that Jonze is the real deal--a filmmaker ablaze with fresh ideas and fresh ways of filming them. Featuring The Beastie Boys, Bjork, Weezer, The Pharcyde, Fatboy Slim and many others.

Release Date: 2003-10-20

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 24

Lost in Translation

Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.

Release Date: 2003-09-18

Department: Crew

Job: Thanks

Vote Count: 7430

The Strokes: MTV $2 Bill Concert

The seminal live performance by The Strokes, performing on a brightly lit-stage before an intimate audience at Zoetrope Studios in Los Angeles.

Release Date: 2002-02-02

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 3

Green Day: International Supervideos!

A collection of Green Day music videos from Dookie (1994) to Warning (2000).

Release Date: 2001-11-13

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 3

CQ

A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and a new-found infatuation with the sci-fi film's starlet.

Release Date: 2001-05-12

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 66

The Making of The Virgin Suicides

While Sofia Coppola directed her first feature, her mother, the artist and filmmaker Eleanor Coppola, was there to document the experience.

Release Date: 2000-12-19

Character: Self

Vote Count: 4

The Virgin Suicides

A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents.

Release Date: 2000-04-21

Department: Directing

Job: Second Unit Director

Vote Count: 3309

D.A.F.T.: A Story About Dogs, Androids, Firemen and Tomatoes

Daft Punk's D.A.F.T. - A Story About Dogs, Androids, Firemen and Tomatoes was released in 1999. It includes music videos for "Around the World", "Da Funk" and "Fresh", "Burnin'" and "Revolution 909".

Release Date: 2000-03-28

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 1

D.A.F.T.

A strange combination of techno and New Wave music, the French duo Daft Punk caused an international dance sensation with their catchy hit "Around The World." This fantastic French import showcases the fact that the duo's innovation carries over to the video realm from the musical one. D.A.F.T. features their first four famous videos -- "Da Funk," "Around The World," "Burnin," and "Revolution 909."

Release Date: 1999-11-15

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 9

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Anakin Skywalker, a young slave strong with the Force, is discovered on Tatooine. Meanwhile, the evil Sith have returned, enacting their plot for revenge against the Jedi.

Release Date: 1999-05-19

Character: Senate Guard (uncredited)

Vote Count: 14803

Torrance Rises

A mockumentary chronicling the Torrance Community Dance Group (from Fatboy Slim's "Praise You" video) on their road to the MTV Video Music Awards.

Release Date: 1999-01-01

Department: Crew

Job: Cinematography

Character: Self

Vote Count: 5

Lick the Star

A clique of school girls devise a secret plan that they code-name "Lick the Star".

Release Date: 1998-10-01

Department: Camera

Job: Second Unit Director of Photography

Vote Count: 71

Free Tibet

A film about the Tibetan Freedom Concert in San Francisco in 1996.

Release Date: 1998-09-11

Department: Crew

Job: Cinematography

The Rainmaker

When Rudy Baylor, a young attorney with no clients, goes to work for a seedy ambulance chaser, he wants to help the parents of a terminally ill boy in their suit against an insurance company. But to take on corporate America, Rudy and a scrappy paralegal must open their own law firm.

Release Date: 1997-11-18

Department: Directing

Job: Second Unit Director

Vote Count: 1327

Jack

Jack Powell suffers from an affliction that makes him grow four times faster than normal, so the 10 year old boy looks like a 40 year old man. After years of being tutored at home, Jack convinces his overprotective parents to send him to public school. The children don't know what to make of Jack, but with the help of his fifth-grade teacher, he makes an effort to win them over.

Release Date: 1996-08-09

Department: Directing

Job: Second Unit Director

Vote Count: 1271

Bed, Bath and Beyond

Dominique is desperate to to play the title role in her husband Jean Claude's bio-pic "No Sunrise for Selena," but why won't Jean Claude cast his voluptuous British bombshell wife as the beloved Tejano pop star? Could it be the influence of his Latina temptress of a maid, Isobelle? Somewhere among big houses and bad shoes, bulimic husbands and waxers with whips is... Bed Bath and Beyond.

Release Date: 1996-01-06

Department: Crew

Job: Cinematography

Character:

Vote Count: 2

Bram Stoker's Dracula

In 19th century England, Count Dracula travels to London and meets Mina Harker, a young woman who appears as the reincarnation of his lost love.

Release Date: 1992-11-13

Department: Directing

Job: Second Unit Director

Vote Count: 5235

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors' health, war near the filming locations, and more — which plagued the filming of Apocalypse Now, increasing costs and nearly destroying the life and career of Francis Ford Coppola.

Release Date: 1991-11-27

Character: Self

Vote Count: 372

The Linguini Incident

A waitress, a barman and an underwear designer try to rob the New York restaurant where two of them work.

Release Date: 1991-05-01

Department: Crew

Job: Thanks

Vote Count: 19

The Spirit of '76

Future Americans decide to time travel to 1776 to ask the founding fathers for the solutions to their problems. A glitch in the time machine changes their destination to 1976. Still believing themselves to be in 1776, the time travellers attempt to study this "ideal" civilization. 70's jokes, props and stars abound.

Release Date: 1990-10-12

Department: Writing

Job: Story

Vote Count: 12

Clownhouse

Three teenage brothers are terrorized by a trio of escaped mental patients disguised as clowns.

Release Date: 1990-04-21

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Vote Count: 179

Rumble Fish

Rusty James, an absent-minded street thug, struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation and longs for the days when gang warfare was going on.

Release Date: 1983-10-09

Department: Production

Job: Associate Producer

Vote Count: 681

The Black Stallion Returns

"Black" is a stunning fire-and-silk stallion celebrated the world over. But to his young American owner, Alec Ramsay, he's much more. So, when the amazing animal is stolen, Alec will stop at nothing to get him back. Alec finally unravels the mystery of Black's theft...only to discover that he must overcome even greater odds to reclaim his beloved horse.

Release Date: 1983-03-25

Department: Sound

Job: Sound Recordist

Vote Count: 56

The Godfather Part II

In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.

Release Date: 1974-12-20

Character: Sonny Corleone as a Boy (uncredited)

Vote Count: 12714

The Godfather

Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.

Release Date: 1972-03-14

Character: Boy on Street Who Attended Funeral (uncredited)

Vote Count: 21061

You're a Big Boy Now

Post-teen virgin moves to New York City, falls for a cold-hearted beauty, then finds true love with a loyal lass.

Release Date: 1966-12-09

Character: Baby Boy in Carriage (uncredited)

Vote Count: 41