Roman Coppola

Roman Coppola is one of those guys who could have easily coasted on the family name and nobody would have blinked — son of Francis Ford Coppola, brother of Sofia Coppola, born just outside Paris, basically marinated in cinema from birth. But what I actually find fascinating about him is that he carved out a genuinely distinct creative lane for himself: he's become Wes Anderson's go-to collaborator, co-writing The Darjeeling Limited and Moonrise Kingdom, and his fingerprints are all over some of the most visually distinctive films of the past two decades. Running The Directors Bureau, helming music videos, producing through American Zoetrope — he's the kind of craftsman who makes everyone around him look better without necessarily grabbing the spotlight himself. There's something quietly impressive about thriving in the shadow of legends without being swallowed by it.

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Name (English)

Roman Coppola

Name (Japanese)

ロマン・コッポラ

Reading

ろまん・こっぽら

Born

April 22, 1965 (age 61)

Origin

Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Occupation

actor / film director / film producer / screenwriter

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Snake

University

New York University Tisch School of the Arts

• Official sitehttps://www.romancoppolastudio.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%20Coppola
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%83%E3%83%9D%E3%83%A9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q245808

Tags

• Hauts-de-Seine
• actor
• film director
• film producer

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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