Adele Romanski

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, winning Best Picture for Romanski, along with Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner.

Personal life 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 was married to Academy Award nominated cinematographer James Laxton, who has worked on several of the films she produced.

Career In January 2017 it was announced Romanski would be an executive producer on season 2 of The Girlfriend Experience. 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. 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.

In February 2018, she was selected to be on the jury for the main competition section of the 68th Berlin International Film Festival.

Filmography

Film 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 Leave Me Like You Found Me Adele Romanski Directorial Debut 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 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 2017 Gemini Aaron Katz 2018 Under the Silver Lake David Robert Mitchell If Beale Street Could Talk Barry Jenkins Independent Spirit Award for Best Film 2020 Never Rarely Sometimes Always Eliza Hittman 2022 Aftersun Charlotte Wells 2023 All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt Raven Jackson 2024 Mufasa: The Lion King Barry Jenkins 2025 Sorry, Baby Eva Victor Preparation for the Next Life Bing Liu

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