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 serv...
Known For
Complete Filmography

MONTBLANC: Let's Write
2025
Director, Producer
A short film by Wes Anderson, returning to the Montblanc Observatory High-Mountain Library on a literal, metaphorical, and poetic journey—one that cel...

The Phoenician Scheme
2025
Story, Executive Producer
Wealthy businessman Zsa-zsa Korda appoints his only daughter, a nun, as sole heir to his estate. As Korda embarks on a new enterprise, they soon becom...

The Last Showgirl
2024
Thanks
When the glittering Las Vegas revue she has headlined for decades announces it will soon close, a glamorous showgirl must reconcile with the decisions...

Lumière! The Adventure Continues
2024
as Self
The sequel to Lumière! L'aventure commence (Lumière! The Adventure Begins) reveals another hundred Lumière films, all immaculately restored, and aims ...

Megalopolis
2024
Second Unit Director
Genius artist Cesar Catilina seeks to leap the City of New Rome into a utopian, idealistic future, while his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero, remain...

MONTBLANC: 100 Years of Meisterstück
2024
Director, Producer
To mark a century since Meisterstück was first introduced in 1924, Montblanc partnered with American director and screenwriter Wes Anderson to create ...

A Century in Sound
2024
Executive Producer
A meditative atour of three different, fascinating and distinctive Japanese listening cafés that offer an immersive, musical sanctuary amidst the chao...

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
2024
Director of Photography
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 Swa...

Priscilla
2023
Second Unit Director, Executive Producer
When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley at a party, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely une...

The Swan
2023
Director of Photography
Two large, ignorant bullies ruthlessly pursue a small, brilliant boy in this young adult Roald Dahl short story.

Asteroid City
2023
Story, Executive Producer
In an American desert town circa 1955, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.
Fairyland
2023
Executive Producer
A young girl recounts growing up in San Francisco in the '70s and '80s with her gay dad, activist and author Steve Abbott.

The French Dispatch
2021
Story, Executive Producer
The staff of an American magazine based in France puts out its last issue, with stories featuring an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student ri...

Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special
2020
Director, Executive Producer
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 ...

On the Rocks
2020
Executive Producer
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.

Isle of Dogs
2018
as Igor (voice)
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 ...

Isle of Dogs
2018
Story
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 ...

The Beguiled
2017
Executive Producer
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 wound...

Paris Can Wait
2016
Thanks
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 ...

The Family Whistle
2016
as Self
The famed Coppola family of filmmakers and musicians descends from Agostino Coppola, a poor immigrant from an impoverished village in Southern Italy. ...

A Very Murray Christmas
2015
Assistant Director, Executive Producer
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 Go...

Practical Magicians: A Collaboration Between Father and Son
2015
as Self
Journalist and critic F. X. Feeney talks with the Coppolas about the production with specific details and interpretations of the original story.

Reflections in Blood: Francis Ford Coppola and Bram Stoker’s Dracula
2015
Thanks
Francis Ford Coppola expanding his love of the film.

Practical Magicians: A Collaboration Between Father and Son
2015
Thanks
Journalist and critic F. X. Feeney talks with the Coppolas about the production with specific details and interpretations of the original story.

Castello Cavalcanti
2013
Producer
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 ...

Here Comes the Night Time
2013
Director

The Bling Ring
2013
Producer
Inspired by actual events, a group of fame-obsessed teenagers use the Internet to track celebrities' whereabouts in order to rob their homes.

A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III
2013
Director, Writer, Producer
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 ...

Die Again, Undead One
2012
as Roman Coppola

Die Again, Undead One
2012
Director, Writer

Cousin Ben Troop Screening
2012
Writer
Cousin Ben hosts a screening of Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom to the troops.

On the Road
2012
Producer
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...

Moonrise Kingdom
2012
Writer
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...
From a Mess To The Masses
2011
Additional Photography
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...

Fight for Your Right Revisited
2011
as Café Patron
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. Reil...

Somewhere
2010
Producer
After withdrawing to the Chateau Marmont, a passionless Hollywood actor reexamines his life when his eleven-year-old daughter surprises him with a vis...

Fantastic Mr. Fox
2009
as Squirrel Contractor (voice)
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 t...

Tetro
2009
Second Unit Director
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 disco...
Coda: Thirty Years Later
2007
as Self
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 (...

Youth Without Youth
2007
Second Unit Director
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 Na...

In Camera: The Naïve Visual Effects of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
2007
as Self
Director Francis Ford Coppola and production staff reveal the secrets behind the 1992 masterpiece.

Method and Madness: Visualizing 'Dracula'
2007
as Self
Behind the scenes of the 1992 masterpiece with director Francis Ford Coppola.

The Darjeeling Limited
2007
Writer, Producer, Second Unit Director
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 wit...

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

Marie Antoinette
2006
Second Unit Director
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...

Danger: Diabolik - From Fumetti to Film
2005
as Self
Famous comic book artist Stephen R. Bissette, creator of DC Comic Book character "The Swamp Thing" and co-creator of the comic character "Constantine"...

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
2004
Second Unit Director
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...

Mario Bava: Operazione paura
2004
as Self
Mario Bava Operazione Paura", hosted by Joe Dante, is an hommage of the Master of the Terror, the italian director Mario Bava

Lost on Location: Behind the Scenes of 'Lost in Translation'
2004
as Self
Behind the scenes documentary shot during the making of Sofia Coppola's Lost In Translation (2003)

The Work of Director Spike Jonze
2003
Director
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...

Lost in Translation
2003
Thanks, Other
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...

The Strokes: MTV $2 Bill Concert
2002
Director
The seminal live performance by The Strokes, performing on a brightly lit-stage before an intimate audience at Zoetrope Studios in Los Angeles.

Green Day: International Supervideos!
2001
Director
A collection of Green Day music videos from Dookie (1994) to Warning (2000).

CQ
2001
Director, Writer
A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationshi...

The Making of The Virgin Suicides
2000
as Self
While Sofia Coppola directed her first feature, her mother, the artist and filmmaker Eleanor Coppola, was there to document the experience.

The Virgin Suicides
2000
Second Unit Director
A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents.

D.A.F.T.
1999
Director
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...

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999
as Senate Guard (uncredited)
Anakin Skywalker, a young slave strong with the Force, is discovered on Tatooine. Meanwhile, the evil Sith have returned, enacting their plot for reve...

Torrance Rises
1999
as Self
A mockumentary chronicling the Torrance Community Dance Group (from Fatboy Slim's "Praise You" video) on their road to the MTV Video Music Awards.

Torrance Rises
1999
Cinematography
A mockumentary chronicling the Torrance Community Dance Group (from Fatboy Slim's "Praise You" video) on their road to the MTV Video Music Awards.

Lick the Star
1998
Second Unit Director of Photography
A clique of school girls devise a secret plan that they code-name "Lick the Star".

Free Tibet
1998
Cinematography
A film about the Tibetan Freedom Concert in San Francisco in 1996.

The Rainmaker
1997
Second Unit Director
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...

Jack
1996
Second Unit Director
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 y...
Bed, Bath and Beyond
1996
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 volu...
Bed, Bath and Beyond
1996
Cinematography
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 volu...

Bram Stoker's Dracula
1992
Second Unit Director, Visual Effects
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.

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
1991
as Self
A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors' health, war near the filming locations, and more — which plagued the filming o...

The Linguini Incident
1991
Thanks
A waitress, a barman and an underwear designer try to rob the New York restaurant where two of them work.

The Spirit of '76
1990
Story, Executive Producer
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 t...

Clownhouse
1990
Executive Producer
Three teenage brothers are terrorized by a trio of escaped mental patients disguised as clowns.

Rumble Fish
1983
Associate Producer
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 w...

The Black Stallion Returns
1983
Sound Recordist, Production Assistant
"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 ama...

Apocalypse Now
1979
as Francis de Marais
At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." ...

The Godfather Part II
1974
as Sonny Corleone as a Boy (uncredited)
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 at...

The Godfather
1972
as Boy on Street Who Attended Funeral (uncredited)
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corl...

You're a Big Boy Now
1966
as Baby Boy in Carriage (uncredited)
Post-teen virgin moves to New York City, falls for a cold-hearted beauty, then finds true love with a loyal lass.
Untitled Wes Anderson Film
N/A
Writer
To be inspired by the work of Alfred Hitchcock.