American film producer
Adele Marie Romanski (/əˈdeɪləroʊˈmænskiː/; born November 10, 1982) is an American independentfilm producer. She is best known for producing the acclaimed filmsMoonlight,Never Rarely Sometimes Always, andAftersun.Moonlight received eightOscar nominations at the89th Academy Awards,[1] winningBest Picture for Romanski, along withDede Gardner andJeremy Kleiner.[2][3]
Romanski grew up inVenice, Florida. She graduated fromPine View School in 2001, later graduating fromFlorida State University in 2004.[4] She attended FSU with directorBarry Jenkins.[5]
She was married to Academy Award nominated cinematographerJames Laxton, who has worked on several of the films she produced.[6]
In January 2017 it was announced Romanski would be an executive producer on season 2 ofThe Girlfriend Experience.[7] She producedUnder the Silver Lake, which was released in 2018. She was instrumental in instigating Barry Jenkins' sophomore feature,Moonlight, including getting him to decide on concepts, scouting locations and recommendingMahershala Ali for the role of Juan.[8][9] She won theAcademy Award for Best Picture for producing the 2016 filmMoonlight.
In addition to producing, Romanski has also written and directed the 2012 filmLeave Me Like You Found Me.[10][11]
In February 2018, she was selected to be on the jury for the main competition section of the68th Berlin International Film Festival.[12]
- ^"Oscars Nominations 2017: The Complete List of Nominees".The Hollywood Reporter. January 24, 2017. RetrievedJanuary 24, 2017.
- ^Rothman, Michael (February 26, 2017)."'Moonlight' wins best picture after 'La La Land' mistakenly announced".ABC News. RetrievedFebruary 27, 2017.
- ^O'Falt, Chris."Crafting "Moonlight": How a $1.5 Million Indie Got 8 Oscar Nominations | IndieWire".IndieWire. RetrievedFebruary 12, 2017.
- ^Heller, Dave (24 January 2017)."FSU alumni make history with 8 Oscar nominations for 'Moonlight'".Florida State University. RetrievedJanuary 27, 2017.
- ^Keegan, Rebecca (21 October 2016)."To give birth to 'Moonlight,' writer-director Barry Jenkins dug deep into his past".Los Angeles Times. RetrievedJanuary 27, 2017.
- ^Pressberg, Matt (24 January 2017)."Oscar Nominee Reactions: Meryl Streep Sends GIF, Jeff Bridges Says 'Woo Hoo!'".TheWrap. RetrievedJanuary 27, 2017.
- ^Sandberg, Bryn (26 January 2017)."Starz' 'The Girlfriend Experience' Sets Trio for Season 2".The Hollywood Reporter. RetrievedJanuary 27, 2017.
- ^Stephenson, Will."Where's The Next Film, Barry?".The Fader. RetrievedJanuary 27, 2017.
- ^Grady, Pam (20 October 2016)."With 'Moonlight' and more, Mahershala Ali hits stratosphere".San Francisco Chronicle. RetrievedJanuary 27, 2017.
- ^Schoenbrun, Dan (12 March 2012)."Five Questions with Leave Me Like You Found Me Director Adele Romanski".Filmmaker. Retrieved15 March 2017.
- ^Kohn, Eric (13 March 2012)."SXSW REVIEW:Adele Romanski's 'Leave Me Like You Found Me' Wisely Studies a Relationship on the Rocks".IndieWire. Retrieved15 March 2017.
- ^"The International Jury 2018". 6 February 2018. Retrieved6 February 2018.
- ^"Here are the Winners of the 2019 Film Independent Spirit Awards".Film Independent. 2019-02-24. Retrieved2019-02-24.
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| 1976–present | - Robert Chartoff andIrwin Winkler (1976)
- Charles H. Joffe (1977)
- Michael Cimino,Michael Deeley,John Peverall andBarry Spikings (1978)
- Stanley R. Jaffe (1979)
- Ronald L. Schwary (1980)
- David Puttnam (1981)
- Richard Attenborough (1982)
- James L. Brooks (1983)
- Saul Zaentz (1984)
- Sydney Pollack (1985)
- Arnold Kopelson (1986)
- Jeremy Thomas (1987)
- Mark Johnson (1988)
- Lili Fini Zanuck andRichard D. Zanuck (1989)
- Kevin Costner andJim Wilson (1990)
- Ron Bozman,Edward Saxon andKenneth Utt (1991)
- Clint Eastwood (1992)
- Branko Lustig,Gerald R. Molen andSteven Spielberg (1993)
- Wendy Finerman,Steve Starkey andSteve Tisch (1994)
- Bruce Davey,Mel Gibson andAlan Ladd Jr. (1995)
- Saul Zaentz (1996)
- James Cameron andJon Landau (1997)
- Donna Gigliotti,Marc Norman,David Parfitt,Harvey Weinstein andEdward Zwick (1998)
- Bruce Cohen andDan Jinks (1999)
- David Franzoni,Branko Lustig andDouglas Wick (2000)
- Brian Grazer andRon Howard (2001)
- Martin Richards (2002)
- Peter Jackson,Barrie M. Osborne andFran Walsh (2003)
- Clint Eastwood,Tom Rosenberg andAlbert S. Ruddy (2004)
- Paul Haggis andCathy Schulman (2005)
- Graham King (2006)
- Ethan Coen, Joel Coen andScott Rudin (2007)
- Christian Colson (2008)
- Kathryn Bigelow,Mark Boal,Nicolas Chartier andGreg Shapiro (2009)
- Iain Canning,Emile Sherman andGareth Unwin (2010)
- Thomas Langmann (2011)
- Ben Affleck,George Clooney andGrant Heslov (2012)
- Dede Gardner,Anthony Katagas,Jeremy Kleiner,Steve McQueen andBrad Pitt (2013)
- Alejandro G. Iñárritu,John Lesher andJames W. Skotchdopole (2014)
- Blye Pagon Faust,Steve Golin,Nicole Rocklin andMichael Sugar (2015)
- Dede Gardner,Jeremy Kleiner andAdele Romanski (2016)
- J. Miles Dale andGuillermo del Toro (2017)
- Jim Burke, Brian Currie,Peter Farrelly,Nick Vallelonga andCharles B. Wessler (2018)
- Bong Joon-ho andKwak Sin-ae (2019)
- Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey,Frances McDormand,Peter Spears andChloé Zhao (2020)
- Fabrice Gianfermi,Philippe Rousselet, Patrick Wachsberger (2021)
- Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert andJonathan Wang (2022)
- Emma Thomas,Charles Roven, andChristopher Nolan (2023)
- Alex Coco,Samantha Quan, andSean Baker (2024)
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