La vida personal y la carrera de Сhristopher Сoppola

CHRISTOPHER COPPOLA

CHISTOPHER´S FAMILY

Personal life

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 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.

Career

Coppola is the president of Christopher R. Coppola Productions (CRC Productions). In 2006, Coppola launched a digital film festival, PAH-FEST – "Project Accessible Hollywood" or "PAH" in New Mexico. In addition to New Mexico, Coppola has taken PAH-FEST to multiple cities and towns in the US, Germany and Slovenia. Coppola’s CRC Productions is also developing and producing content for alternative distribution and interactive platforms.

In addition to being a digital entrepreneur, 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 Toronto International Film Festival. His television show Biker Chef premiered at the 2004 Oldenburg Film Festival in Germany. A filmmaking endeavor is entitled The NeverEnding Movie, which is a digital online film that allows collaboration from filmmakers from all around the world.

Filmography

Director

• Van Darkholme's Deep Dark Dungeon (2008)

• Big Bad Voodoo Mamma (2007, in production)

• The Creature of the Sunny Side Up Trailer Park (2004)

• G-Men from Hell (2000)

• Bel Air (2000)

• Palmer's Pick Up (1999)

• Gunfight at Red Dog Corral (1993)

• Deadfall (1993)

• Dracula's Widow (1988)

PALMER`S PICK UP

A couple of suburban truck drivers are hired to drive from California to Florida to transport a box which contains Satan, preparing to launch Armageddon on an unsuspecting world on New Year's Day. Along the way, they run into a gay ex-con, a TV star and a set of conjoined twins, all trying to save the world as we know it.

DEADFALL

After with artist Joe Dolan accidentally kills his father Mike during a sting, he tries to carry out Mike's dying wish by recovering valuables that Mike's twin brother Lou stole from him years earlier. But Uncle Lou is also a confidence artist, and Joe is soon drawn into his increasingly dangerous schemes.

Dracula`s widow

Vanessa, is Dracula´s wife, who heads a gang of Satanists willing to help her get revenge on the descendants of the Harker and Van Helsing.

G-MEN FROM HELL

Two G-Men, returning from hell, must perform good deeds to save themselves from a doomed fate.

Producer

• The Creature of the Sunny Side Up Trailer Park (2004)

• Deadfall (1993) (co-producer)

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