Andrea Romano

Andrea Romano (born December 3, 1955) is an American retired casting director, voice director, and voice actress whose work includes Batman: The Animated Series, Animaniacs, Tiny Toon Adventures, Teen Titans, Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Legend of Korra, The Boondocks, Static Shock, Justice League, Justice League Unlimited, Batman Beyond, Ben 10: Ultimate Alien, Freakazoid!, Pinky and the Brain, Bonkers,Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, SpongeBob SquarePants and multiple Warner Bros. Animation/DC Comics direct-to-video films, including Wonder Woman and Green Lantern: First Flight. Her voice acting consisted of minor roles in television series, direct-to-video films, and video games.

Early life Romano was born on December 3, 1955, and grew up in Long Island, New York. Her father is of Italian descent and her mother is of Austrian-Jewish and Swedish descent. She received her bachelor's from State University of New York at Fredonia, graduating in 1977, before starting a master's at Rutgers University. She dropped out before finishing. While at Hanna-Barbera, a position which she served for more than five years, Romano worked on such programs as The Smurfs, The New Adventures of Jonny Quest, Pound Puppies, and the 1985 revival of The Jetsons, among others. On all of which, she worked alongside director Gordon Hunt. She also worked on Jetsons: The Movie, though she had her name removed from the credits when an executive decision resulted in Janet Waldo's already-recorded work being discarded in favor of Tiffany. Near the end of recording for Jetsons: The Movie, Romano witnessed George O'Hanlon, who voiced George Jetson, suffer a fatal stroke in the recording studio. His wife was at his side.

Freelance directing 1989–2000

Romano became a freelance casting and voice director in 1989. The first series she worked for, which was made for Warner Brothers, was Tiny Toon Adventures in 1990. That was followed by Batman: The Animated Series and The Plucky Duck Show in 1992; Animaniacs in 1993; Pinky and the Brain, The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries and Freakazoid in 1995; Superman: The Animated Series and Road Rovers in 1996; The New Batman Adventures in 1997; Histeria! and Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain in 1998; and Batman Beyond in 1999; all for Warner Bros. Romano has joked that fans can sometimes tell what she has been watching on television or in the films by whom she casts. She sometimes intentionally casts the same actors with whom she has worked previously, "because it was fun, it was good and I know they can do the job." UGO refers to her as "arguably the best known casting/dialogue director on the animation scene today."

Retirement and post-career plans Late in 2016, Romano announced that she would retire at the age of 65, which she reached in December 2020, and move to Brazil with her husband, who is from that country. She told The Dot and Line that she was training another woman to succeed her as voice director for the Warner Bros. Animation stable of actors, but would not identify her successor until she considered the person ready.

Filmography

Crew work + Crew work in television Year Title Notes 1984–1985 Challenge of the GoBots Casting director 1984–1984 Pink Panther and Sons Casting director 1984–1989 The Snorks Casting director The Smurfs Casting director (Seasons 4–9) 1985 ABC Weekend Specials Casting director (1 episode) CBS Storybreak Casting director (11 episodes) The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo Casting director The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians Casting director 1985–1986 Galtar and the Golden Lance Casting director Paw Paws Casting director 1985–1988 Yogi's Treasure Hunt Casting director The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible Casting director 1985–1987 The Jetsons Casting director (1980's revival of the original show) 1986 Wildfire Casting director The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration Casting directorAnimated television special 1986–1987 Pound Puppies Casting director The New Adventures of Jonny Quest Casting director Foofur Casting director The Flintstone Kids Casting director 1987 Sky Commanders Casting director Yogi's Great Escape Casting director The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones Casting director Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers Casting director Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats Casting director Rockin' with Judy Jetson Casting director Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose Casting director Popeye and Son Casting director 1987–1990 DuckTales Dialogue director (50 episodes) (Season 1)Voice director (11 episodes) 1988 The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley Casting director The New Yogi Bear Show Casting director Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School Casting director The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound Casting director Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears Casting director Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf Casting director 1988–1990 A Pup Named Scooby-Doo Casting director Fantastic Max Casting director1989 The Further Adventures of Super Ted Casting director Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration animation Casting directorAnimated television specialHägar the Horrible Casting directorAnimated television special 1989-1990 Paddington Bear Casting director Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers Voice director (17 episodes) 1990–1995 Tiny Toon Adventures Casting directorVoice director 1991 The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh Voice director (7 episodes) 1992–1995 Batman: The Animated Series Casting directorVoice director 1992 The Plucky Duck Show Casting directorVoice director 1993 Cro Voice director (13 episodes) Bonkers Dialogue director (19 episodes)Voice director (1 episodes) 1993–1998 Animaniacs Casting directorVoice director 1994 ReBoot Voice director (9 episodes) 1995–1997 Freakazoid! Voice director 1995–1998 Pinky and the Brain Casting directorVoice director 1995–2000 The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries Voice director 1996–2000 Superman: The Animated Series Voice director 1996–1997 Road Rovers Voice director 1997–1999 The New Batman Adventures Casting directorVoice director 1998–1999 Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain Original Casting directorVoice director 1998–2000 Histeria! Voice director 1999–2001 Batman Beyond Voice director 2000–2004 Static Shock Casting director (seasons 2–4)Voice director 2001 Tom and Jerry: The Mansion Cat Casting directorRecording director 2001–2002 The Zeta Project Voice director 2001–2003 Sitting Ducks Voice director 2001–2004 Justice League Casting directorVoice director 2003–2006 Teen Titans Casting directorVoice director 2004–2006 Justice League Unlimited Casting directorVoice director 2005–2008 Avatar: The Last Airbender Voice director 2005–2009,2014 The Boondocks Voice director 2006–2008 The Batman Co-casting director alongside Ginny McSwain and Michael Hack (seasons 4–5) and voice director (seasons 4–5) 2007–2008El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera Voice director (23 episodes) 2007–2012 SpongeBob SquarePants Voice director (78 episodes) 2008–2010 Ben 10: Alien Force Casting DirectorRecording Director 2008–2011 Batman: The Brave and the Bold Casting directorVoice Director 2010–2012 Ben 10: Ultimate Alien Casting DirectorRecording Director (2 episodes)Voice director (50 episodes) 2011–2012 ThunderCats Casting directorVoice director 2012–2013 Motorcity Voice director 2012–2014 The Legend of Korra Voice director 2012–2017 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Voice director 2013–2014 Beware the Batman Casting directorVoice director 2013–2016 Turbo FAST Casting directorVoice director 2015–2018 Niko and the Sword of Light Casting Director (18 episodes)Voice Director (18 episodes) 2015–2018 The Adventures of Puss in Boots Voice director 2016–2018 Voltron: Legendary Defender Voice director (72 episodes) 2016 Little Big Awesome: What's the Trouble BubbleCasting directorVoice director 2019 Lucky Voice director + Crew work in film Year Title Notes 1990 DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp Voice director Jetsons: The Movie Assistant recording director 1991 The Little Engine That Could Casting director 1992 Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation Casting directorVoice director 1993 Batman: Mask of the Phantasm Casting directorVoice Supervision 1994 The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure Casting directorVoice director 1995 The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving Casting directorVoice director 1996 The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists Casting directorVoice director 1997 The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island Casting directorVoice director 1998 Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero Casting directorVoice director 1999 Wakko's Wish Casting directorVoice director 2000 Tweety's High-Flying Adventure Voice director Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker Voice director 2001 Barbie in the Nutcracker Voice Director 2002 The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water adr voice director 2003 Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman Casting directorVoice director 2006 Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo Casting directorVoice director Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas Casting directorVoice director 2007 Superman: Doomsday Casting directorVoice director Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale Voice director 2008Justice League: The New Frontier Voice director Batman: Gotham Knight Casting directorVoice director 2009Wonder Woman Casting directorVoice directorGreen Lantern: First Flight Casting directorVoice director Superman/Batman: Public Enemies Casting directorVoice director 2010 Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo Casting directorVoice director Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare Casting directorVoice director Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths Voice director Batman: Under the Red Hood Casting directorVoice director Superman/Batman: Apocalypse Voice director 2011 All-Star Superman Voice director Green Lantern: Emerald Knights Voice director Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur Casting directorVoice director Batman: Year One Voice director 2012 Justice League: Doom Voice directorScooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire Casting directorVoice director Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Voice director Big Top Scooby-Doo! Casting directorVoice director 2013Superman: Unbound Voice director Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox Voice director 2014 Batman: Assault on Arkham Voice director Son of Batman Voice director 2015 Batman vs. Robin Casting directorVoice director Justice League: Gods and Monsters Casting directorVoice director 2016 Ratchet & Clank Voice director + Crew work in video games Year Title Notes 1999 Animaniacs Splat Ball Voice director Descent 3 Voice director 2001 Floigan Bros. Voice director Batman: Vengeance Voice director 2006 Teen Titans Voice director 2010 StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Voice director Batman: The Brave and the Bold – The Videogame Voice director

Voice work