Living the Dream
<BR> <P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">Aric Coppola was born April 23, 1979 in Bellflower, California. Aric attended high school in Vancouver, Washington where he first began to experiment with film-making on a small VHS camcorder. After high school he attended Fresno State University for one year before transferring to the University of Southern California. In 2003 Aric graduated from USC with a BA in Political Science. </P> <P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><BR></P> <P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">Aric then enlisted in the Army. In 2006 he deployed to Iraq and Kuwait. While in the military he completed an MBA.</P> <P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><BR></P> <P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">Upon separation Aric and his wife Allison moved to Charlottesville, Virginia. Here he worked as a photographer and graphic designer. Late in 2009 he was admitted to a graduate film program in Los Angeles where he currently resides and is an MFA candidate at the New York Film Academy. </P> <P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><BR></P> <P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">He is now developing his final thesis project and slated to begin principal photography in mid-2012. </P>