/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000002833ee rename

American Zoetrope is a studio founded by Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas. Founded in 1969,...

American Zoetrope is a studio founded by Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas. Founded in 1969, American Zoetrope was an early adopter of digital filmmaking, including some of the earliest uses of HDTV. The studio has produced not only the films of Coppola (Apocalypse Now, The Black Stallion, Bram Stoker's Dracula, etc.) but also George Lucas's pre-Star Wars films, THX 1138 and American Graffiti, as well as many others by such cutting-edge directors as Jean-Luc Godard, Akira Kurosawa, Wim Wenders, and Godfrey Reggio (Koyaanisqatsi and Powaqqatsi). American Zoetrope's last release was the 2007 film Youth Without Youth, starring Tim Roth, and written, produced and directed by Coppola, marking his return to personal filmmaking. Coppola's next project, Tetro, began filming early 2008. Four films produced by American Zoetrope are included in the American Film Institute's Top 100 Films. American Zoetrope-produced films have received 15 Academy Awards and 68 nominations. Lost in Translation (2002), written and directed by Sofia Coppola, won 2003's Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Coppola named the studio after a zoetrope he was given in the late 1960s by the filmmaker and