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American film producer
Adele Marie Romanski (; born November 10, 1982) is an American independent
film producer . She is best known for producing the acclaimed films
Moonlight ,
Never Rarely Sometimes Always , and
Aftersun . Moonlight received eight
Oscar nominations at the
89th Academy Awards ,
[1] winning
Best Picture for Romanski, along with
Dede Gardner and
Jeremy Kleiner .
[2]
[3]
Personal life
Romanski grew up in
Venice, Florida . She graduated from
Pine View School in 2001, later graduating from
Florida State University in 2004.
[4] She attended FSU with director
Barry Jenkins .
[5]
She was married to Academy Award nominated cinematographer
James Laxton , who has worked on several of the films she produced.
[6]
Career
In January 2017 it was announced Romanski would be an executive producer on season 2 of
The Girlfriend Experience .
[7] She produced
Under 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 recommending
Mahershala Ali for the role of Juan.
[8]
[9] She won the
Academy Award for Best Picture for producing the 2016 film
Moonlight .
In addition to producing, Romanski has also written and directed the 2012 film
Leave Me Like You Found Me .
[10]
[11]
In February 2018, she was selected to be on the jury for the main competition section of the
68th Berlin International Film Festival .
[12]
Filmography
Film
Television
References
^
"Oscars Nominations 2017: The Complete List of Nominees" .
The Hollywood Reporter . January 24, 2017. Retrieved January 24, 2017 .
^ Rothman, Michael (February 26, 2017).
" 'Moonlight' wins best picture after 'La La Land' mistakenly announced" .
ABC News . Retrieved February 27, 2017 .
^ O'Falt, Chris.
"Crafting "Moonlight": How a $1.5 Million Indie Got 8 Oscar Nominations | IndieWire" .
IndieWire . Retrieved February 12, 2017 .
^ Heller, Dave (24 January 2017).
"FSU alumni make history with 8 Oscar nominations for 'Moonlight' " .
Florida State University . Retrieved January 27, 2017 .
^ Keegan, Rebecca (21 October 2016).
"To give birth to 'Moonlight,' writer-director Barry Jenkins dug deep into his past" .
Los Angeles Times . Retrieved January 27, 2017 .
^ Pressberg, Matt (24 January 2017).
"Oscar Nominee Reactions: Meryl Streep Sends GIF, Jeff Bridges Says 'Woo Hoo!' " .
TheWrap . Retrieved January 27, 2017 .
^ Sandberg, Bryn (26 January 2017).
"Starz' 'The Girlfriend Experience' Sets Trio for Season 2" .
The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved January 27, 2017 .
^ Stephenson, Will.
"Where's The Next Film, Barry?" .
The Fader . Retrieved January 27, 2017 .
^ Grady, Pam (20 October 2016).
"With 'Moonlight' and more, Mahershala Ali hits stratosphere" .
San Francisco Chronicle . Retrieved January 27, 2017 .
^ Schoenbrun, Dan (12 March 2012).
"Five Questions with Leave Me Like You Found Me Director Adele Romanski" .
Filmmaker . Retrieved 15 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 . Retrieved 15 March 2017 .
^
"The International Jury 2018" . 6 February 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018 .
^
"Here are the Winners of the 2019 Film Independent Spirit Awards" . Film Independent . 2019-02-24. Retrieved 2019-02-24 .
External links
Awards for Adele Romanski
1951–1975 1976–2000
Robert Chartoff and
Irwin Winkler (1976)
Charles H. Joffe (1977)
Michael Cimino ,
Michael Deeley , John Peverall and
Barry 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 and
Richard D. Zanuck (1989)
Kevin Costner and
Jim Wilson (1990)
Ron Bozman ,
Edward Saxon and
Kenneth Utt (1991)
Clint Eastwood (1992)
Branko Lustig ,
Gerald R. Molen and
Steven Spielberg (1993)
Wendy Finerman ,
Steve Starkey and
Steve Tisch (1994)
Bruce Davey ,
Mel Gibson and
Alan Ladd Jr. (1995)
Saul Zaentz (1996)
James Cameron and
Jon Landau (1997)
Donna Gigliotti ,
Marc Norman ,
David Parfitt ,
Harvey Weinstein and
Edward Zwick (1998)
Bruce Cohen and
Dan Jinks (1999)
David Franzoni ,
Branko Lustig and
Douglas Wick (2000)
2001–present
Brian Grazer and
Ron Howard (2001)
Martin Richards (2002)
Peter Jackson ,
Barrie M. Osborne and
Fran Walsh (2003)
Clint Eastwood ,
Tom Rosenberg and
Albert S. Ruddy (2004)
Paul Haggis and
Cathy Schulman (2005)
Graham King (2006)
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen and
Scott Rudin (2007)
Christian Colson (2008)
Kathryn Bigelow ,
Mark Boal ,
Nicolas Chartier and
Greg Shapiro (2009)
Iain Canning ,
Emile Sherman and
Gareth Unwin (2010)
Thomas Langmann (2011)
Ben Affleck ,
George Clooney and
Grant Heslov (2012)
Dede Gardner ,
Anthony Katagas ,
Jeremy Kleiner ,
Steve McQueen and
Brad Pitt (2013)
Alejandro G. Iñárritu ,
John Lesher and
James W. Skotchdopole (2014)
Blye Pagon Faust ,
Steve Golin ,
Nicole Rocklin and
Michael Sugar (2015)
Dede Gardner ,
Jeremy Kleiner and
Adele Romanski (2016)
J. Miles Dale and
Guillermo del Toro (2017)
Jim Burke , Brian Currie,
Peter Farrelly ,
Nick Vallelonga and
Charles B. Wessler (2018)
Bong Joon-ho and
Kwak Sin-ae (2019)
Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey,
Frances McDormand ,
Peter Spears and
Chloé Zhao (2020)
Fabrice Gianfermi,
Philippe Rousselet , Patrick Wachsberger (2021)
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert and
Jonathan Wang (2022)
Emma Thomas ,
Charles Roven , and
Christopher Nolan (2023)
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