Christopher Coppola 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 Winding Refn Nicolas Winding Refn Nicolas Winding Refn (; ; born 29 September 1970) is a Danish film director, screenwriter and producer. He is known for directing the crime dramas "Bleeder" (1999) and the "Pusher" films (1996–2005), the fictionalised biographical film "Bronson" (2008), the dramatic adventure film "Valhalla Rising" (2009), the neo-noir crime film "Drive" (2011), the thriller "Only God Forgives" (2013), and the psychological horror film "The Neon Demon" (2016). In 2008, Refn co-founded the Copenhagen-based production company Space Rocket Nation. Refn was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, and raised partly in New York, United States. Refn's parents are Danish film director