American Zoetrope is a privately run film studio, centred in San Francisco and founded by Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas.
Opened on 12 December 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 (including Apocalypse Now, Bram Stoker's Dracula and Tetro), 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.
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, written and directed by Sofia Coppola and also produced by Zoetrope, won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 2003.
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