In the movie world, how is Nicholas Kim Coppola better known?
"of director Sofia Coppola, actor (and lead singer of his own band Rooney) Robert Schwartzman, and actor (and former Phantom Planet drummer) Jason Schwartzman. Coppola's two brothers are Marc Coppola and actor Nicolas Cage. He was featured on a ""Cats 101"" episode on Animal Planet with his pet Burmese cat Otto. Coppola studied music composition at the University of Redlands from 1979 to 1980; he also attended San Francisco Art Institute, earning a BS in Film/Cinema/Video Studies in 1985. Coppola is the president of Christopher R. Coppola Productions (CRC Productions). In 2006, Coppola launched a digital film festival, PAH-FEST –"
"Nicolas Cage Nicolas Kim Coppola (born January 7, 1964), known professionally as Nicolas Cage, is an American actor, director and producer. During his early career, Cage starred in a variety of films such as ""Valley Girl"" (1983), ""Racing with the Moon"" (1984), ""Birdy"" (1984), ""Peggy Sue Got Married"" (1986), ""Raising Arizona"" (1987), ""Moonstruck"" (1987), ""Vampire's Kiss"" (1989), ""Wild at Heart"" (1990), ""Fire Birds"" (1990), ""Honeymoon in Vegas"" (1992), and ""Red Rock West"" (1993). Cage received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance as an alcoholic Hollywood writer in ""Leaving Las Vegas"" (1995) before"
"Francis Ford Coppola Francis Ford Coppola (; born April 7, 1939) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and film composer. He was a central figure in the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking. After directing ""The Rain People"" (1969), he co-wrote the 1970 film ""Patton"", earning the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay along with co-writer Edmund H. North. His directorial prominence was cemented with the release in 1972 of ""The Godfather"", a film which revolutionized movie-making in the gangster genre, earning praise from both critics and the public before winning three Academy Awards—including his second Oscar (Best Adapted Screenplay,"
"a Golden Globe award, Screen Actors Guild award and many more awards for ""Leaving Las Vegas"". He has received nominations by the Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild and BAFTA for his films ""Adaptation"", ""Honeymoon in Vegas"" and ""Moonstruck."" He has also won and been nominated for many other awards. Nicolas Cage Nicolas Kim Coppola (born January 7, 1964), known professionally as Nicolas Cage, is an American actor, director and producer. During his early career, Cage starred in a variety of films such as ""Valley Girl"" (1983), ""Racing with the Moon"" (1984), ""Birdy"" (1984), ""Peggy Sue Got Married"" (1986), ""Raising Arizona"""
"I plan to begin a process of making one personal movie after another and if something leads me back to look at that, which I'm sure it might, I'll see what makes sense to me."" Francis Ford Coppola Francis Ford Coppola (; born April 7, 1939) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and film composer. He was a central figure in the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking. After directing ""The Rain People"" (1969), he co-wrote the 1970 film ""Patton"", earning the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay along with co-writer Edmund H. North. His directorial prominence was cemented with"
"Roman Coppola Roman François Coppola (born April 22, 1965) is 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. In 2016, his television series ""Mozart in the Jungle"" won the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Comedy. Coppola serves as president of the San Francisco-based film company American Zoetrope. He is also founder and owner of The Directors Bureau, a commercial and music video production company. Roman Coppola is the son of set decorator/artist Eleanor Coppola (née Neil) and"
"While notorious for its lengthy and strenuous production, the film is widely acclaimed for its vivid depiction of the Vietnam War. It won the Palme d'Or at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival, making Coppola one of only eight filmmakers to win two Palme d'Or awards. While a number of Coppola's ventures in the 1980s and 1990s were critically lauded, he has never quite achieved the same commercial success with films as in the 1970s. His most well-known films released since the start of the 1980s are the dramas ""The Outsiders"" and ""Rumble Fish"" (both 1983), the crime-drama ""The Cotton Club"""
"cousin of director Sofia Coppola, Robert Schwartzman, actor and lead singer of the band Rooney, and actor and former Phantom Planet drummer Jason Schwartzman. Coppola's brother is actor Nicolas Cage. Coppola is married to actress Elizabeth Seton Brindak. They have two children; Natasha Coppola-Shalom, who is an actress, and Cayley Coppola. Coppola entered the film industry at a young age thanks to his family. He first appeared in ""Apocalypse Now"" (1979) where he was also in the casting department. Coppola acted in 11 other films and two episodes of ""Law & Order"". He worked as a DJ at KLOS 95.5"
"Sam Coppola Sam Coppola (July 31, 1932 – February 5, 2012) was an American actor. He appeared in almost 70 films, beginning in 1968, but may be best remembered for his role as Dan Fusco, owner of the Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, hardware and paint store, in ""Saturday Night Fever"", who gave John Travolta's character sage but salty advice in the classic 1977 film. Later in his career, Coppola made a brief but memorable appearance on ""The Sopranos"" as the idiosyncratic family therapist of Jennifer Melfi. Coppola was a cop in ""Serpico"" (1973), starring Al Pacino, and a detective in ""Fatal"
"played the hobo Vladimir in a 2005 off-Broadway production of ""Waiting for Godot"" and an aging real estate salesman, Aaronow, in a 2000 production of ""Glengarry Glen Ross"" at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton. Coppola died February 5, 2012 from an aneurysm, and was predeceased by his wife, Helen. He is survived by his children, Jason Coppola of Brooklyn and Samantha Coppola of Bogota, and three grandchildren. Sam Coppola Sam Coppola (July 31, 1932 – February 5, 2012) was an American actor. He appeared in almost 70 films, beginning in 1968, but may be best remembered for his role as"
"Gia Coppola Gian-Carla ""Gia"" Coppola (born January 1, 1987) is an American film director, screenwriter, and actress. She is a granddaughter of Francis Ford Coppola, the daughter of Gian-Carlo Coppola and the niece of Roman Coppola and Sofia Coppola. Coppola is the daughter of Gian-Carlo Coppola and Jacqui de la Fontaine. Her father died in a speed boating accident while her mother was pregnant with her. The credits of the 1996 film ""Jack"", directed by her grandfather Francis Ford Coppola, include the dedication ""for gia 'When you see a shooting star...'"" (with her name stylized in lower case). She was"
"director Francis Ford Coppola. He was born in the American Hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine, while his father was in Paris helping write the screenplay of ""Is Paris Burning?"" As a boy, he had minor, uncredited roles in both ""The Godfather"" and ""The Godfather Part II"". He attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Coppola began his directing career by overseeing in-camera visual effects and second unit direction for ""Bram Stoker’s Dracula"", which garnered a BAFTA Award nomination for Visual Effects. He has continued to do second unit direction throughout his career, including Francis Ford Coppola's ""Jack"", ""The Rainmaker"", ""Youth"
"(1984), the crime-drama ""The Godfather Part III"" (1990), and the horror film ""Bram Stoker's Dracula"" (1992). Coppola was born in Detroit, Michigan, to father Carmine Coppola (1910–1991), a flautist with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and mother Italia Coppola (née Pennino; 1912–2004). Coppola is the middle of three children: his older brother was August Coppola, his younger sister is actress Talia Shire. Born into a family of Italian immigrant ancestry, his paternal grandparents came to the United States from Bernalda, Basilicata. His maternal grandfather, popular Italian composer Francesco Pennino, immigrated from Naples, Italy. Coppola received his middle name in honor of"
"beach bags. The bags are handmade in California and known for their signature multicolor designs. Roman Coppola Roman François Coppola (born April 22, 1965) is 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. In 2016, his television series ""Mozart in the Jungle"" won the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Comedy. Coppola serves as president of the San Francisco-based film company American Zoetrope. He is also founder and owner of The Directors Bureau, a commercial and music video"
"and a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005). Francis Ford Coppola ('67) was the director of the gangster film trilogy ""The Godfather"" and the Vietnam War film ""Apocalypse Now"" and Dustin Lance Black is the Academy Award-winning screenwriter of the film Milk. Meb Keflezighi ('98) is the winner of the 2014 Boston Marathon. UCLA also boasts an excellent military background, with hundreds of alumni serving their nation. Carlton Skinner was a U.S. Navy Commander who racially integrated the service at the end of World War II on the . He was also the first civilian governor of Guam. Francis B."
"Gian-Carlo Coppola Gian-Carlo Coppola (September 17, 1963 – May 26, 1986) was an American film producer. Coppola was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of set decorator/artist Eleanor Coppola (née Neil) and famed film director Francis Ford Coppola. As the eldest Coppola sibling, he was the older brother to Roman and Sofia. Gian-Carlo was close friends and once a couple with Tracy Reiner, daughter of director Penny Marshall. Gian-Carlo began his professional filmmaking career at the age of 16, working closely with his father. Like his brother and sister, Gian-Carlo—known to his family and friends as Gio—often featured in"
"Christopher Coppola Christopher V. Coppola (born January 25, 1962) is a film director and producer. Coppola was born in Los Angeles County, California. His father, the late August Coppola, was a professor of literature, while his mother, Joy Vogelsang, is a dancer and choreographer; the two divorced in 1976. His mother suffered from chronic depression. Coppola's mother is of German descent and his father is Italian American, with his paternal grandparents being Carmine Coppola and Italia Pennino, an actress. Through his father, Coppola is the nephew of director Francis Ford Coppola and actress Talia Shire, as well as the cousin"
"Marc Coppola (actor) Marc ""The Cope"" Coppola is an American actor and DJ working for KGB-FM in San Diego, California and WAXQ and WLTW in New York City. Marc's father, August Coppola, was a professor of literature, while his mother, Joy Vogelsang, is a dancer and choreographer; the two divorced in 1976. Coppola's mother was of German and Polish descent, and his father was an Italian American, with his paternal grandparents being Carmine Coppola, a composer and flutist, and Italia Pennino, an actress. Through his father, Coppola is the nephew of director Francis Ford Coppola and actress Talia Shire, the"
"Trevor Coppola Trevor Coppola is an actor, musician from Santa Monica, California. The films he has acted in include ""Little Blue Pill"", ""The Hunchback"", ""Matilda"", ""The Bank Job"", ""Lucky Numbers"" and ""3:10 to Yuma"" and ""Vikingdom"". As a musician, he is a cellist and classically trained singer. Coppola was born in Santa Monica, California. He graduated from UCLA and holds a degree in English literature. He is a singer and a musician. In the early 1990s he had a part in the television series ""Love & War"". 1995 marked the beginning of his film acting career with a minor role."
"Brown to serve on the California Arts Council. Christopher Coppola Christopher V. Coppola (born January 25, 1962) is a film director and producer. Coppola was born in Los Angeles County, California. His father, the late August Coppola, was a professor of literature, while his mother, Joy Vogelsang, is a dancer and choreographer; the two divorced in 1976. His mother suffered from chronic depression. Coppola's mother is of German descent and his father is Italian American, with his paternal grandparents being Carmine Coppola and Italia Pennino, an actress. Through his father, Coppola is the nephew of director Francis Ford Coppola and"
"To avoid the appearance of nepotism as Coppola's nephew, he changed his name early in his career to Nicolas Cage, inspired in part by the Marvel Comics superhero Luke Cage. Since his film debut with a minor role in ""Fast Times at Ridgemont High"" (1982), opposite Judge Reinhold and Sean Penn, Cage has appeared in a wide range of films, both mainstream and offbeat. He auditioned for the role of Dallas Winston in his uncle's film ""The Outsiders"", based on S.E. Hinton's novel, but lost to Matt Dillon. He was also in Coppola's films ""Rumble Fish"" and ""Peggy Sue Got"
"quality. Their producers generally did not claim any artistic merit for their work, but such films were very profitable. The only director in this field to go on to mainstream and critical success is Francis Ford Coppola, who began his career writing and directing a pair of nudie comedies in 1962, ""Tonight for Sure"" and ""The Bellboy and the Playgirls"". In Michael Powell's controversial British film ""Peeping Tom"", released in 1960, a model (Pamela Green) lies back on a bed waiting to be photographed by the killer in a key scene. She undoes her top briefly exposing one of her"
"$40 million, making it the 9th highest-grossing film of the year worldwide. The film won Academy Awards for Costume Design, Makeup and Sound Editing. Coppola's next project was ""Jack"", which was released on August 9, 1996. It starred Robin Williams as Jack Powell, a ten-year-old boy whose cells are growing at four times the normal rate, so at the age of ten he looks like a 40-year-old man. With Diane Lane, Brian Kerwin and Bill Cosby, ""Jack"" also featured Jennifer Lopez, Fran Drescher and Michael McKean in supporting roles. Although a moderate box-office success, grossing $58 million domestically on an"
"for members only. Launched in June 2000, the culmination of more than four years work, it brings together departments for screenwriters, directors, producers and other filmmaker artists, plus new departments for other creative endeavours. Filmmaker members can workshop a wide range of film arts, including music, graphics, design and film and video. Coppola, with his family, expanded his business ventures to include winemaking in California's Napa Valley, when in 1975 he purchased the former home and adjoining vineyard of Gustave Niebaum in Rutherford, California using proceeds from the first movie in the ""Godfather"" trilogy. His winery produced its first vintage"
"Mikey Coppola Michael J. Coppola (born in May 18, 1946), also known as ""Mikey Cigars"", is an American mobster and captain in the Genovese crime family. He has been a key figure in the Genovese crime family New Jersey faction. It is unknown if he is related to Michael ""Trigger Mike"" Coppola, who was also a member of the Genovese family. He made national headlines when he went into hiding for 11 years to avoid a possible murder conviction. Michael Coppola has been working for the Genovese family since the 1960s. He became a made man in the late 1970s"
"in 1962. While staying in Rome, Italy, she sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (with certain portions addressed to then-U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy) detailing the criminal activities of the Luciano crime family as well as a letter to the incarcerated Coppola before committing suicide by taking an overdose of sleeping pills. Following his release from Atlanta Federal Prison in 1963, Coppola was unable to regain his previous power and lived in obscurity until his death at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts three years later. Michael ""Trigger Mike"" Coppola Michael ""Trigger Mike"" Coppola (July 2, 1900,"
"Nickolas Perry Nickolas Perry (born December 3, 1967) is an American film director, writer, editor, photographer, and film instructor who began his career working as a camera assistant and assistant director on independent films in San Francisco before becoming Francis Ford Coppola's editing assistant on ""Bram Stoker's Dracula"". In 1995, Perry wrote and directed ""Must Be the Music"", a short film starring Milo Ventimiglia and Michael Saucedo as gay teens on a Friday night out in Los Angeles. The film premiered at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival and was later distributed as part of Strand Releasing's ""Boys Life 2"". The"
"screenplay. The film recouped its expenses and later became a cult film among horror buffs. It was on the sets of ""Dementia 13"" that he met his future wife Eleanor Jessie Neil. In 1965, Coppola won the annual Samuel Goldwyn Award for the best screenplay (""Pilma, Pilma"") written by a UCLA student. This secured him a job as a scriptwriter with Seven Arts. In between, he co-wrote the scripts for ""This Property Is Condemned"" (1966) and ""Is Paris Burning?"" (1966). However, with fame still eluding him and partly out of desperation, Coppola bought the rights to the David Benedictus novel"
"Rutherford, California, a rural area in Napa Valley, and graduated from St. Helena High School in 1989. She later attended Mills College and the California Institute of the Arts. At 15, she interned with Chanel. After dropping out of college, Coppola started a clothing line called ""Milkfed"", which is now sold exclusively in Japan. Among extensive Hollywood family are her aunt Talia Shire, and her first cousins Nicolas Cage and Jason Schwartzman. Coppola's acting career, marked by frequent criticisms of nepotism and negative reviews, began while she was an infant, as she made background appearances in seven of her father's"
"Tom Coppola Thomas Wilkinson Coppola (born June 6, 1945) is a pianist and arranger, known for being a principal member of the group Air. He also formed Evans and Coppola with vocalist Lucianne Evans and performs with the Tom Coppola Trio. Tom Coppola began working as a musician in Manhattan in the 1960s, where he met Googie Coppola and Air was formed. Air's self-titled first album was released in 1971. The band's best known album, ""Shine the Light of Love"" was released in 1980. Subsequently, the group went on permanent hiatus. He worked for NBC as a music producer on"
"and mouthed the words, ""It's O.K.,"" to his wife after the verdict. Coppola was then taken into custody already serving time for his original fugitive sentence in the Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn. On December 18, 2009 Judge John Gleeson sentenced Coppola to 16 years in prison. He is currently serving his time at the United States Penitentiary, Atlanta and his projected release date is March 4, 2024. Mikey Coppola Michael J. Coppola (born in May 18, 1946), also known as ""Mikey Cigars"", is an American mobster and captain in the Genovese crime family. He has been a key figure in"
"to win any of these awards, the only film in the trilogy not to do so. In 1992, Coppola directed and produced ""Bram Stoker's Dracula"". Adapted from Bram Stoker's novel, it was intended to be more faithful to the book than previous film adaptations. Coppola cast Gary Oldman in the film's title role, with Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder and Anthony Hopkins in supporting roles. The movie became a box-office hit, grossing $82,522,790 domestically, making it the 15th highest-grossing film of the year. It fared even better overseas grossing $133,339,902 for a total worldwide gross of $215,862,692 against a budget of"
"1960, Coppola enrolled in UCLA Film School for graduate work in film. There he directed a short horror film called ""The Two Christophers"", inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's ""William Wilson"", and ""Ayamonn the Terrible"", a film about a sculptor's nightmares coming to life, before directing the experimental softcore comedy ""Tonight for Sure"" in 1962. At UCLA, Coppola met Jim Morrison. He later used Morrison's song ""The End"" in ""Apocalypse Now"". The company that hired him for ""Tonight for Sure"" brought him back to re-cut a German film titled ""Mit Eva fing die Sünde an"" directed by Fritz Umgelter. He added"