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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: Dedicated to Creating Classics. Since our founding in 1969, we have produced some of the most important films in American cinema.
Emilia Jones, Scoot McNairy Star in ‘Fairyland’ Adaptation for American Zoetrope. Sofia Coppola produced Andrew Durham's debut feature, with Geena Davis and Adam Lambert also in the ensemble cast. MORE
American Zoetrope is a film studio founded by Francis Ford Coppola in 1969, inspired by the zoetrope, a device that creates the illusion of motion. The studio is known for its innovative and unconventional approaches to filmmaking and its location in San Francisco's Sentinel Building.
A zoetrope is a cylindrical variant of the phénakisticope, an apparatus suggested after the stroboscopic discs were introduced in 1833. The definitive version of the zoetrope, with replaceable film picture film strips, was introduced as a toy by Milton Bradley in 1866 and became very successful.
26 Okt 2022 · A defining chapter in the history of Hollywood's transition from narrative and technical formalism to avant-garde-minded auteurism was the founding of American Zoetrope.
28 Okt 2009 · George Lucas talks about his first interactions with Francis Ford Coppola, creating American Zoetrope and how his film THX-1138 came to be. CONNECT WITH AFI: / americanfilminstitute /...
