Oscar winning producer Fred Roos’ (The Godfather Part II) recent credits include Executive Producing the soon to be released Megalopolis (starring Adam Driver, Aubrey Plaza, Dustin Hoffman et al.) written and directed by frequent collaborator Francis Ford Coppola. Roos also Executive Produced Sophia Coppola’s recent Pricilla. Other collaborations with Francis Ford Coppola include the Academy Award-nominated Best Pictures Apocalypse Now, The Godfather, Part III, and The Conversation (winner of the Palm d’Or at Cannes), One From the Heart, The Outsiders, Rumble Fish, The Cotton Club, Gardens of Stone, New York Stories,Tucker: The Man and His Dream, Youth Without Youth, Tetro & Twixt.

Roos co-produced Sofia Coppola’s debut film The Virgin Suicides and served as Executive Producer on her films Lost in Translation, Marie-Antoinette, Somewhere, The Bling Ring, Beguiled & On The Rocks.

Among Roos’ other producing credits are: St. Vincent (starring Bill Murray, Melissa McCarthy, Naomi Watts, and Chris O’Dowd. St. Vincent was nominated for two Golden Globes: Best Picture and Bill Murray for Best Actor.) Paris Can Wait by Eleanor Coppola, (starring Diane Lane and Alec Baldwin), Wim Wenders’ Hammett, Jack Nicholson’s Drive, He Said, Barbet Schroeder’s Barfly, Peter Chelsom’s Town and Country, Agnieszka Holland’s The Secret Garden, and the documentary Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse (winner of Cable Ace Award, Best Documentary). He also produced The Black Stallion (Carroll Ballard) and The Young Black Stallion (Simon Wincer).

Before he began producing films, Roos had a legendary career as a casting director on such films as: The Godfather, American Graffiti, Five Easy Pieces, The King of Marvin Gardens, Fat City, Petulia, and Zabriskie Point. He served as casting consultant on Star Wars. Future stars first recognized by his sharp eye and casting acumen, include Tom Cruise, Harrison Ford, Jack Nicholson, Nicolas Cage, Al Pacino, Richard Dreyfuss, Carrie Fisher and many others.