Christopher R. Coppola (born January 25, 1962) is an American filmmaker and member of the

Coppola family The Coppola family ( , ) is an Italian-American family of filmmakers and performing artists. The family originates from Bernalda in the region of Basilicata. Agostino "August" Coppola (1882–1946) immigrated to the United States circa 1905. ...

Early life

Coppola was born in

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. His father,

August Coppola August Floyd Coppola (February 16, 1934 – October 27, 2009) was an American academic, author, film executive, and advocate for the arts of the Coppola family. Early life and family August Coppola was the son of composer and flautist Carmine ...

, was a professor of literature, while his mother, Joy Vogelsang, was a dancer and choreographer. He was a nephew of

Francis Ford Coppola Francis Ford Coppola ( ; born April 7, 1939) is an American filmmaker. He is considered one of the leading figures of the New Hollywood and one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. List of awards and nominations received by Francis Ford Coppo ...

and

Talia Shire Talia Rose Shire (née Coppola; born April 25, 1946) is an American actress and member of the Coppola family. She is best known for her roles as Connie Corleone in The Godfather (film series), ''The Godfather'' trilogy and Adrian Pennino, Adrian ...

. Coppola studied music composition at the University of Redlands from 1979 to 1980; he also attended San Francisco Art Institute, earning a BFA in film in 1985.

Career

Coppola began filmmaking at an early age and has directed eight feature films and a number of television shows. He premiered his feature film ''Creature of the Sunnyside Up Trailer Park'' at the 2003

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. His television show ''Biker Chef'' premiered at the 2004 Oldenburg Film Festival in Germany. Coppola is the president of Christopher R. Coppola Productions (CRC Productions). In 2006, Coppola launched the digital film festival PAH-FEST (Project Accessible Hollywood) in

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. In addition to New Mexico, Coppola has taken PAH-FEST across the US, as well as Germany and Slovenia. Coppola's CRC Productions is also developing and producing content for alternative distribution and interactive platforms. In April 2013, Coppola was appointed by Governor Jerry Brown to serve on the California Arts Council. He also taught at San Francisco Art Institute starting in 2013, as tenure-track faculty.

Personal life

Through his father, Coppola is the nephew of

and

, as well as the cousin of

Sofia Coppola Sofia Carmina Coppola ( , ; born May 14, 1971) is an American filmmaker and former actress. She has List of awards and nominations received by Sofia Coppola, won an Academy Awards, Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, a Golden Lion, and a Can ...

Robert Schwartzman Robert Coppola Schwartzman (born December 24, 1982), also known as Robert Carmine, is an American filmmaker, actor, musician, and member of the Coppola family. He is best known as the lead vocalist of the Rock music, rock/Pop music, pop band Ro ...

, and Jason Schwartzman. Coppola's two brothers are

Nicolas Cage Nicolas Kim Coppola (born January 7, 1964), known professionally as Nicolas Cage, is an American actor and film producer. He is the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Nicolas Cage, various accolades, including an Academy A ...

and Marc Coppola.

Filmography

Director

*'' Dracula's Widow'' (1988) *'' Deadfall'' (1993) *''Gunfight at Red Dog Corral'' (1993) *''Clockmaker'' (1998) *''The Gunfighter'' (1999) *''Palmer's Pick Up'' (1999) *''Bel Air'' (2000) *'' G-Men from Hell'' (2000) *'' The Creature of the Sunny Side Up Trailer Park'' (2004) *''From Darkness to Light'' (2011) *''Sacred Blood'' (2015) *''Universe at Play'' (2017) (VR) *''Torch'' (2017) *''Paradise Found'' (TBA)

Producer

*''Deadfall'' (1993) (co-producer) *'' The Creature of the Sunny Side Up Trailer Park'' (2004)

References

External links

Christopher Coppola's homepage

Digivangelist
at ReelzChannel
PAH NATION – Project Accessible Hollywood
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Christopher Christopher is the English language, English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek language, Greek name Χριστόφορος (''Christophoros'' or ''Christoforos''). The constituent parts are Χριστός (''Christós''), "Jesus ...

American people of German descent American people of Italian descent Film directors from California People of Campanian descent People from Los Angeles County, California People of Lucanian descent San Francisco Art Institute alumni San Francisco Art Institute faculty University of Redlands alumni