Roman Coppola (born April 22, 1965) is an American director, music video director[1] and screenwriter[2] who has a cameo as Cid Rushing, one of Padmé Amidala's security officers in the 1999 film Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace.[3] He is the brother of Sofia Coppola, and son of director Francis Ford Coppola,[2] a longtime friend of George Lucas.[4] He is known for directing the movies CQ and A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III, and for co-writing films such as The Darjeeling Limited and Asteroid City. He is also notable for directing music videos for musicians such as The Strokes, Daft Punk and Fatboy Slim.[2]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Premium-Era-real Roman Coppola on Empire: "Birthday: 22 Apr 1965 (...) Roman Coppola (born April 22, 1965) is an American film director and music video director." (backup link archived on February 19, 2024)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Premium-Era-real How Roman Coppola hopes to change the future of film using Blockchain by Jack Wilson on The Age (August 14, 2023) (backup link archived on September 23, 2023)
  3. TwitterLogo Pablo Hidalgo (@pabl0hidalgo) on Twitter (post on January 23, 2022): "Friend of the family Roman Coppola playing this Naboo security guard." (original link is obsolete)
  4. Premium-Era-real Francis Ford Coppola calls George Lucas's attachment to Star Wars franchise a pity by Ariana Bacle on Entertainment Weekly (December 8, 2015): "Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas go way back. They were friends long before either was famous, and Coppola was almost like a cool older brother who eventually helped get Lucas's first film, THX 1138, off the ground." (backup link archived on October 6, 2021)

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