Introduction
Adele Romanski is an independent film producer. She is best known for producing the critically acclaimed films Moonlight and The Myth of the American Sleepover. Moonlight received eight Oscar nominations at the 89th Academy Awards, winning Best Picture for Romanski, Dede Gardner, and Jeremy Kleiner.
Personal
Adele Romanski grew up in Venice, Florida. She graduated from Pine View School in 2001, later graduating from Florida State University in 2004. She attended FSU with director Barry Jenkins.
She is married to Academy Award nominated cinematographer James Laxton.
Career
She is currently producing Under the Silver Lake. In January 2017 it was announced she would executive producer season 2 of The Girlfriend Experience. She was instrumental in instigating Jenkins' sophomore feature, Moonlight, including getting him to decide on concepts, scouting locations and recommending Mahershala Ali for the role of Juan. She won an Academy Award for Best Picture for producing her 2016 film Moonlight.
In addition to producing, Romanski has also written and directed the 2012 film Leave Me Like You Found Me.
Filmography
As producer
| Year | Film | Director | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | The Myth of the American Sleepover | David Robert Mitchell | Nominated—Independent Spirit Awards Producers Award |
| The Freebie | Katie Aselton | ||
| 2012 | Black Rock | ||
| 2013 | Bad Milo! | Jacob Vaughan | |
| 2014 | War Story | Mark Jackson | Co-producer |
| 2016 | Kicks | Justin Tipping | |
| Morris from America | Chad Hartigan | U.S. Dramatic Competition—2016 Sundance Film Festival | |
| Moonlight | Barry Jenkins | Academy Award for Best Picture BIFA Award for Best Foreign Independent Film Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama Independent Spirit Award for Best Film Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Film Nominated—Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture |
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| 2017 | Gemini | Aaron Katz | |
| 2017 | Under the Silver Lake | David Robert Mitchell | Post-production |