American Zoetrope (Firm)
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- The conversation [VR], c1996:credits (American Zoetrope)
- E-mail to American Zoetrope via the American Zoetrope WWW home page, 10 Apr. 1997(American Zoetrope is active production company. Zoetrope Studios, Zoetrope Productions, and Zoetrope Corporation are currently inactive production companies. Zoetrope Corporation currently focuses on film distribution for all of these entities.)
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. Opened on December 12, 1969, 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 film THX 1138, as well as many others by avant-garde directors such as Jean-Luc Godard, Akira Kurosawa, Wim Wenders and Godfrey Reggio. American Zoetrope was an early adopter of digital filmmaking, including some of the earliest uses of HDTV. 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.
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