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American Zoetrope (also known as Omni Zoetrope from 1977 to 1980 and Zoetrope Studios from 1980 until 1990) is a privately run American film production company, centered in San Francisco, California and founded by Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas.
American Zoetrope continues to build on its rich film history and legendary standards of quality from its headquarters, the historic Sentinel Building in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood.
May 11, 2021 · While American Zoetrope nominally exists today as Coppola’s personal production company, its real impact lies in its original incarnation as an actual studio, which in many ways was both a product of the 1930s and the turbulent ’60s.
A Brief History of American Zoetrope. Francis Ford Coppola decided he would name his future studio "Zoetrope" after receiving a gift of zoetropes from Mogen Scott-Hansen, founder of a studio called Lanterna Film and owner of a famous collection of early motion picture making equipment.
Oct 26, 2022 · While American Zoetrope had faltered without shutting down completely, it never reached the sustained heights of filmmaking utopia that its creators set out to realize.
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A documentary on the early years of Francis Ford Coppola's production company "American Zoetrope" made in 2004 - and is included as a special feature on the "THX 1138" Blu-ray.
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Zoetrope Workshops. A community for writers, filmmakers and other artists. Since Francis Ford Coppola launched the site more than twenty years ago, more than 100,000 creative works have been workshopped here.
