Roman Coppola

ROMAN COPPOLA

Date of Birth: 1966

The son of acclaimed director Francis Ford Coppola, Roman was born with a proverbial camera in his hand. With much of his family in the film industry -- cousin actors Nicolas Cage, Jason Schwartzman and Marc Coppola, sister actress/director Sofia Coppola and grandfather film composer Carmine Coppola -- Roman had film running in his veins. His father felt it was important that family help one another out, so Roman began working on his father's films as a teenager.

Working on sound for the film The Outsiders (1983), followed by a stint as an associate producer on Rumblefish (1983), Coppola added to his hands on experience with a formal education at NYU Film School. Following graduation, he went right back into film -- producing five feature films.

With the industry at his beck and call, Coppola tested the water in a number of other jobs, including acting, writing, visual effects and directing. Although he earned his first award nomination for his efforts on Dracula's (1992) special effects, directing was what really caught his eye.

He moved into the field, directing music videos and working with such artists as Moby, Daft Punk and Wyclef, as well as the Grammy-nominated "Walking Contradiction" for Green Day and the notorious "Peaches" for The Presidents of the United States. In 1999 he earned three MTV Music Video Awards for directing Fat Boy Slim's "Praise You".

In 1996, Roman established a commercial and music video production company called The Director's Bureau with Mike Mills, through which he has directed commercials for companies that includrf Levis, Coca-Cola, Adidas, and The Gap.

CQ marks the feature film directorial debut of Roman Coppola, who also wrote the screenplay.

Filmography (director):

CQ (2002)

Filmography (writer):

CQ (2002)
The Spirit of '76 (1990)

Filmography (producer):

The Spirit of '76 (1990)
Clownhouse (1988)
Rumble Fish (1983)

Filmography (actor):

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) (uncredited)
Gunfighter (1998)
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)
Apocalypse Now (1979) (scenes deleted)
The Godfather: Part II (1974) (uncredited)