Robert Coppola Schwartzman (born December 24, 1982) is an American filmmaker, director, screenwriter, actor and musician. Schwartzman is best known for directing ''Dreamland'', ''The Unicorn'', and ''The Argument'', acting in his cousin Sofia Coppola's projects ''

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'' and ''The Virgin Suicides'', as well as starring in ''The Princess Diaries'' and as the lead vocalist of the rock/

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band Rooney.

Early life

Schwartzman was born in

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(

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Coppola) and film producer

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. His paternal grandparents were

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, while his mother is an Italian-American

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. His older brother,

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, is also an actor and musician. His paternal half-siblings are Stephanie and cinematographer

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, while his maternal half-brother is Matthew Shire. As a member of the Coppola family, many of his relatives are also involved in the entertainment industry—he is the nephew of filmmaker

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and opera conductor Anton Coppola; the cousin of actor Nicolas Cage and filmmakers Sofia Coppola, Roman Coppola, and

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; and the grandson of Coppola family matriarch Italia Coppola (née Pennino) and composer

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Career

Schwartzman attended Windward School in Los Angeles,

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and formed his band Rooney in his junior year of school in 1999. He left the band temporarily when he attended

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in New York City in 2001. Schwartzman wrote songs in his dorm room and flew home every month to perform new material for Rooney in his first semester at college. Most of the songs on the first Rooney album were written while in college. It was during this time that he realized that he wanted to go back to Los Angeles and pursue a professional career in music with Rooney. Shortly after he left school, he was signed to Geffen/Interscope records in early 2002. Rooney recorded their debut self-titled album in June 2002. They also were selected by Schwartzman's friend,

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, for the

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tribute album entitled ''

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'', which was released in early 2003. Rooney opened for

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during their headlining tour in the summer of 2002, it was their first national support slot. The next tour the band landed was with the band The Strokes. Rooney's album was finally released in May 2003 and has since sold approximately 500,000 copies. The band had a cameo appearance in an episode of '' The O.C.'', " The Third Wheel". Their song "Blueside" was featured on the '' Tiger Woods PGA Tour'' 2004 soundtrack, and their song "I'm Shakin'" was featured on an episode of the daytime soap opera ''

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''. On November 16, 2004, the band issued their first DVD, ''Spit & Sweat''. The hour-long documentary features interviews with the band and live performances from Los Angeles. The DVD also includes the videos for "Blueside", "I'm Shakin'", "If It Were Up to Me", and "Popstars", which was released as a never-before-seen video. Following their 2006 summer tour, the band began the recording sessions for their second album. Three songs from previous sessions ("Don't Come Around Again", "Paralyzed", and "Tell Me Soon"), were kept for their new album, '' Calling the World''. On March 6, 2007, the single " When Did Your Heart Go Missing?" was released on their MySpace account. The single also was used in commercials for the TV show ''

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''. The album was released to stores July 17, 2007, and debuted at #42 on the ''Billboard'' Top 100 Albums chart. Schwartzman released his first solo album, ''Double Capricorn'', on October 25, 2011. All profits from the sale of the album will be donated to the Tibetan Healing Fund, to help build a new birthing center. He scored the 2013 film ''Palo Alto'' with Dev Hynes of Blood Orange. In 2016, Schwarzmann wrote and directed '' Dreamland'', starring

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and

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. It had its world premiere at the

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on April 14, 2016. It was released in a

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and through

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on November 11, 2016. In 2018, he directed '' The Unicorn'' starring Lauren Lapkus and

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. It had its world premiere at

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on March 10, 2018.

Utopia Media

In 2018, Robert co-founded Utopia Media, a "filmmaker first" distribution company. In 2020, Utopia Media announced the launch of Altavod, a platform for filmmakers to more easily distribute and profit from their films. Altavod originally launched in partnership with Unanimous Media’s documentary ''Jump Shot'', a documentary that uncovered the inspiring true story of the forgotten basketball legend who developed, pioneered, and popularized the modern-day jump shot.

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served as an executive producer on the film, which was distributed by Aspiration Media. In 2020, Utopia Media released a 4K restoration of the 1980s cult-classic ''Rad'' by director Hal Needham. It starred Schwartzman's mother,

, and was executive produced by his father,

.The film made its belated Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD debut in May 2020, from Vinegar Syndrome and Utopia Distribution.

Filmography

Director

* '' Dreamland'' (2016) * '' The Unicorn'' (2018) * '' The Argument'' (2020)

Composer

* Rooney - '' Rooney'' (released May 20, 2003) * Rooney - '' Calling the World'' (released July 17, 2007) * Ben Lee - '' Ripe'' co-writer (song "Sex Without Love", 2007) *

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- '' Don't Forget'' co-writer (song "Party", 2008) * Rooney - '' Iron Man: Armored Adventures'' Theme Song (released March 29, 2009) * Rooney - ''Wild One EP'' (released November 27, 2009 only through private band distribution but later released on Amazon.com February 3, 2010 and was soon available at other online-only media outlets; iTunes, Zune) * Rooney - '' Eureka'', excluding track 4 (released June 8, 2010) *SoloBob - Fantastic 15 (released via Amazon.com July 27, 2010) *Robert Schwartzman - Double Capricorn (released October 25, 2011) * We the Kings - '' Sunshine State of Mind'' co-writer (song "Friday is Forever", 2011) *StarSystem -Pleasure District EP (released October 8, 2013) * Rooney - ''Washed Away'' (released May 6, 2016)

Misc

Rooney: Spit and Sweat
as Himself
A New Princess (The Making of the Princess Diaries)
as Himself
Solobob
as Himself

Producer

* Clique Girls "Incredible" - 2008 * Clique Girls "Clique Girlz EP" - 2008 * Clique Girls "Then I Woke Up/Heaven Is Place on Earth" - 2008

References

External links

*
Rooney official siteRobert Schwartzman official site
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