Production CompanyFilm

American Zoetrope

San Francisco, California(approximate location)

Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Film
Founded1969Wikidata
Founded byFrancis Ford CoppolaWikidata
LocationSan Francisco, California
Websitezoetrope.com
Phone(415) 788-7500
Statusactive2025 credit i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
7.7IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

71 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards
Oscars11of32nominations34%
Emmys7of18nominations39%
BAFTAs0of1nominations0%

322 wins from 1,033 nominations across all awards

Box office
$909m

Combined US gross, 45 of 98 titles

The Godfather Part II poster
Highest rated
The Godfather Part II
1974
9.01,492,120 votes
Survival on the Mountain poster
Lowest rated
Survival on the Mountain
1997
4.3267 votes
Mostly
drama, comedy, romance
Active
1968–2025
Rotten Tomatoes
67%
Best known for
The Godfather Part II

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 79 of 98 titles. Unmatched titles are left out rather than guessed. Oscars, Emmys and BAFTAs are itemised; other awards sit in the totals. IMDb counts wins separately from losing nominations, so nominations here is wins plus losses.

Their television work

Series
916 seasons

1977–2014

Television rating
7.3IMDb

Their films average 7.7, so the television rates 0.4 lower.

Networks
  • USA Network2
  • Prime Video1
  • UPN1
  • Syfy1
  • NBC1
  • CBS1

Across 8 series matched to TMDB, 175 episodes.

Longest runningMozart in the Jungle · 4 seasons

Series identified from OMDb, falling back to the credit type where OMDb had no match. Season counts are each show’s full run, not only the seasons this company was credited on.

Credits24 of 103

90 films · 9 TV titles

Titles per year51 titles · busiest 1997 with 4

51 titles across 29 years, averaging 1.8 a year. The last five years average 1.2 a year, below their long-run rate. 5 of those 29 years carry no credit on file.

Quality over time36 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
3579their average 7.7200020102020

Their 1990s work is their strongest, averaging 7.2 across 10 titles. The 7 titles since 2015 average 6.0, 0.9 below their 6.9 overall. 8 of 36 rated titles sit above their 6.9 average, which is weighted by votes: the most seen titles pull it up.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Francis Ford Coppola17
  • Sofia Coppola8
  • Eleanor Coppola4
  • Derrick Scocchera2
  • Jeff Baena2
Writers
  • Francis Ford Coppola11
  • Sofia Coppola8
  • Mario Puzo3
  • S.E. Hinton3
  • Derrick Scocchera2
Notable cast
  • Francis Ford Coppola7
  • Eleanor Coppola4
  • Diane Lane4
  • Robert Duvall4
  • Roman Coppola3
Genres
  • Drama59 of 80
  • Comedy21 of 80
  • Romance11 of 80
  • Crime11 of 80
  • Fantasy9 of 80

Names appearing on two or more of American Zoetrope’s produced titles, across the 80 matched to OMDb. Cast is the top-billed few OMDb lists per title, so it is notable cast rather than a full cast list. A title can carry more than one genre, so the genre counts overlap.

Works with12 companies

Companies that appear alongside American Zoetrope on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

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