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.…

Movies & TV Shows

1. The Godfather (1972) — Boy on Street Who Attended Funeral (uncredited)
2. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) — Senate Guard (uncredited)
3. The Godfather Part II (1974) — Sonny Corleone as a Boy (uncredited)
4. Apocalypse Now (1979) — Francis de Marais
5. Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) — Squirrel Contractor (voice)
6. Isle of Dogs (2018) — Igor (voice)
7. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991) — Self
8. Fight for Your Right Revisited (2011) — Café Patron
9. You're a Big Boy Now (1966) — Baby Boy in Carriage (uncredited)
10. Lumière, Le Cinéma! (2024) — Self
11. Megadoc (2025) — Self
12. Lost on Location: Behind the Scenes of 'Lost in Translation' (2004) — Self
13. Torrance Rises (1999) — Self
14. Coda: Thirty Years Later (2007) — Self
15. In Camera: The Naïve Visual Effects of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' (2007) — Self
16. The Making of The Virgin Suicides (2000) — Self
17. Danger: Diabolik - From Fumetti to Film (2005) — Self
18. Bed, Bath and Beyond (1996)
19. Mario Bava: Operazione paura (2004) — Self
20. Method and Madness: Visualizing 'Dracula' (2007) — Self
21. On the Set of CQ (2002) — Self
22. Practical Magicians: A Collaboration Between Father and Son (2015) — Self
23. The Family Whistle (2016) — Self
24. Die Again, Undead One (2012) — Roman Coppola
25. Eleanor Coppola: Art is All Around Us (2025) — Himself
26. The Making of Hearts of Darkness (2025) — Self

Directed

1. A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III (2013) — Director
2. CQ (2001) — Director
3. Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special (2020) — Director
4. The Work of Director Spike Jonze (2003) — Director
5. D.A.F.T. (1999) — Director
6. Green Day: International Supervideos! (2001) — Director
7. The Strokes: MTV $2 Bill Concert (2002) — Director
8. Here Comes the Night Time (2013) — Director
9. Adicolor Red (2006) — Director
10. Die Again, Undead One (2012) — Director