Adele Romanski

Adele Marie Romanski (/əˈdeɪlə roʊˈmænskiː/; 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. 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. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Adele Romanski, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.