Christopher began his filmmaking at an early age, by creating Super 8 films that starred his brother, Nicolas Cage.  He both scripted and scored these very early films.

As a teenager, Christopher apprenticed to composer Carmine Coppola on the film Apocalypse Now (1979).  He went on to study music composition at Redlands University where he received the prestigious California Arts Council Award for his opera "Plato's Cave" and for his clarinet quintet "Reverie".  He then began his film studies at The San Francisco Art Institute.  While there he completed four student films and graduated in 1987.

As a Producer/Writer/Director, Christopher has completed seven feature length motion pictures. Christopher's first feature, Dracula's Widow (1988), was produced for De Laurentiis Entertainment Group.  Christopher's next feature, Deadfall (1993), distributed by Trimark Pictures, was a film-noir style thriller, starring Michael Biehn, Nicolas Cage and James Coburn.  His third feature, a children's fantasy film entitled Clockmaker (1998), was shot in Romania for Kuschner-Locke.  Christopher next completed the western, Gunfighter (1999), with Martin Sheen, Robert Carradine and Clu Gulager, which was produced by his own company, Plaster City Productions. 

Also completed in 1998 was Palmer's Pick-Up: An American Roadshow Odyssey, a black comedy about the end of the world starring Robert Carradine, Richard Hillman, Patrick Kilpatrick and featuring Rosanna Arquette, Soupy Sales, Piper Laurie, Morton Downey Jr., Garrett Morris and Talia Shire, for Plaster City Productions and Winchester Films. "Palmer's Pick-Up" had its world premiere at the 1999 Berlin Film Festival.  Christopher completed principal photography on G-Men From Hell in the Fall of 1999. This film based on Michael Allred's comic Grafik Musik stars William Forsythe, Tate Donovan, and Gary Busey. Since then, Plaster City Productions has embarked on an ambitious slate of feature-length digital films.  Its first production, entitled Bel-Air, starring Barbara Bain and directed by Christopher, had its world premiere at the Cinequest San Jose Film Festival (March 2000).

Christopher's television work includes writing and directing numerous America's Most Wanted segments for Fox Television, directing the premiere episode of Bonechillers for ABC, directing the two Nickelodeon childrens' shows The Journey of Allen Strange and 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd and directing Disney's hit show The Jersey.

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Christopher R Coppola Productions is a full service digital creative and production studio, specializing in original content that celebrates people from all walks of life, and the artistry of the everyman. Among its projects, CRC Prod has joined with Premier Retail Networks to create the "HD American Portraits" series for the Walmart in-store TV Network, featuring noted new media artists creating unique video portraits of Walmart employees and customers. The "DigiVangelist" interstitial series for REELZ CHANNEL, with Christopher Coppola as host, uncovers the latest innovative hybrids of technology and art in the rapidly expanding digital arena. Apple hired CRC Prod to produce the high production value showpiece for its Final Cut Studio 2 software release, starring the sexy new Ducati 1098i motorcycle.

The company's most recent endeavor is the humorous "Spices Of Life" webisode series, featuring Coppola on his own motorcycle, along with his Biker Cat sidekick, following the open road in search of the everyday "diamond in the rough" people who are making a difference in their communities.

Christopher R Coppola Productions is a leader in high definition production for theatrical, television, internet, wireless, in-store, emerging media, and non-profit. Providing an answer to the digital revolution, creating organic, honest, and diverse content for all distribution alternatives.