The Zoetrope Virtual Studio is a submission destination and collaboration tool for filmmakers-a community where artists can submit and workshop original work. It's also the best e-resource for information about the Coppola family and American Zoetrope. If you are having problems navigating the site, please refer to the information listed to the right or drop us a note through the Comments page.
History
In March of 1998 Francis Coppola launched a website where writers could submit their short stories to his magazine, Zoetrope: All-Story. A community of writers quickly formed around the website. It became so popular so quickly that a few months later he launched sites for novellas and screenplays. Among prominent members of this community were Michael J. Bernard GiGi Dane, Mona-Lia Ventress, Nathan Tyree, Julie Ann Shapiro, Avital Gad-Cykman, Debbra Mikaelsen, Michael Thomas Standaert, Patrick J Gallagher, Beverly Jackson, Tracy Scarpino, Roy Kesey,
The Virtual Studio, which launched in June 2000, brings together the original sites as departments, plus includes new departments for other creative endeavors. Members can workshop a wide-range of film arts, including music, graphics, design, and film & video, as well as access some of the best e-collaboration tools. This site is the culmination of years of work by the Virtual Studio staff—and of course Francis Coppola who hatched the original idea, oversaw every stage of development, and funds the whole caboodle.