Dana Romanoff is a director, photographer, mother and mango fanatic whose work blends visual anthropology with compelling storytelling. Her approach is authentic, culturally sensitive and visually dynamic.

Dana began her career as a photojournalist tackling social issues for major publications including National Geographic Magazine, New York Times, and The Charlotte Observer where she was part of a team of reporters named runner up to the Pulitzer Prize. Now, she brings the same cinematic eye and depth to commercial, branded, and documentary filmmaking. 

Her work has earned numerous accolades including the Telly, W3, Communicator Awards and her films appear on Amazon Prime, The Atlantic, Guardian, National Geographic Channel, PBS, Smithsonian Channel and Upworthy. Her campaigns for brands like Google, UPS, Marriott, Conservation International, and Meta are engaging and heartfelt, with her Budweiser work “For the Fathers That Stepped Up” moving audiences to tears.

From hunting with tribes in West Papua to climbing 19,000ft peaks with adaptive athletes, Dana’s work reveals the inner lives of her subjects. A fluent Spanish speaker and advocate for women and girls she believes in the power of film and photography to break barriers, foster understanding, and build bridges—whether across oceans or between backyards.

CLIENTS

Google / Budweiser / Meta / UPS / Facebook / National Geographic Magazine / New York Times / Best Buy / Nintendo / Cochlear Americas / Conservation International / Columbia Sportswear / Cox Business / Casio / Colorado Department of Agriculture / Honeywell / GEO / T Brand Studios / Wall Street Journal / National Park Conservation Association / National Wildlife Federation / Nature's Way / PennyMac / American Rivers / Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation / CF Leads / Community Foundation Serving Boulder County / Forbes / GQ / Latina Magazine / Men's Journal / National Geographic Traveler / Penny Mac / Altice / The Sunday Times / Sierra Magazine / UNICEF / Womens Foundation of Colorado / 5280

ACCOLADES

2023 Mountainfilm Commitment Grant Recipient: "Labor of Love"

2020 Gold Telly Winner / Online Commercials General Public Interest / Awareness, Budweiser "Stept-Fathers Day"

2020 Bronze People's Telly Winner / Commercial or Marketing Piece, Budweiser "Stept-Fathers Day"

2019 Winner, Award of Excellence, Impact Doc Awards, "Confluence"

2019 Winner, Award of Excellence, Vegas Movie Awards "Confluence"

2019 Winner, Award of Excellence, IndieFEST Film Awards "Confluence"

2018 Adventure Film Festival Headlining Award "Make Your Own Legends" "Confluence"

2018 Winner, Award of Excellence, IndieFEST Film Awards, "Confluence"

2017 Crested Butte Film Festival Special Jury Award, Spirit of Activism in Cinema "Noah"

2017 Telly Awards, Bronze Award, Online Video/Documentary,"Noah"

2017 Communicator Awards, Award of Distinction, Online Video/Documentary, "Noah"

2017 W3 Awards, "Noah"

2017 Director's Choice Award Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival, "Canyon Song"

2017 Cannes Film Festival Shorts, Best Score "La Cumbre"

2017 Award of Merit Best Shorts Competition, "Canyon Song"

2017 Wasatch Mountain Film Festival Social Awareness Award, "Canyon Song"

2016 Silver Gavel Award from the American Bar Association, recognizing outstanding work that fosters the American public’s understanding of law and the legal system. “No Man’s Land” Denver’s 5280 Magazine

2016 Adventure Filmmaker Title Nomination, Adventure Journal

2015 Second Runner Up “Best Environmental Film” for “Love in the Tetons”Film Festival Flix Mountain & Adventure Film Festival

2015 First Place National Council on Foundations Video Contest for “Rubens Story”

2014 FearLess Women Leading Green Award

2013 Society of Professional Journalists Top of The Rockies, Feature Photography

2011 Blue Earth Alliance Award

2011 The Aftermath Project Grant, Finalist

2010 Anthropographia Multimedia & Human Rights Award

2010 Open Society Institute Audience Engagement Award, Finalist

2010 LOOKbetween Featured Artist, Charlottesville, VA

2009 Center’s Review Santa Fe

2008 Pulitzer Prize Finalist - Part of The Charlotte Observer team for story: Sold a Nightmare

2007 LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph presentee

2007 Young Photographer Award -VISA Pour L'Image, Nominee

2006 Virginia National Photography Association (VNPA), Various awards

2006 Photographic Resource Center, exhibition of 30 artists changing the future of photography

2006 Magnum's Inge Morath Award, Finalist

2006 National Geographic Magazine Internship

2005 Society for News Design, Award of Excellence

2005 Atlanta Photojournalism Contest, 2nd place: Portrait

2005 Eddie Adams Workshop

2004 cPOY 1st place: Pictorial; Honorable Mention: Pictorial

2004 Student Enhancement Award, Ohio University

2004 Graduate Student Senate Grant, Ohio University

2003 POYi Editing in papers under 75,000.

2003 NPPA Women in Photojournalism Juried Exhibition

2000 National Conference for Undergraduate Research

To see more of Dana’s work at the link below.

https://www.danaromanoff.com/

Title: Tlayuda Seller, from the series No Man’s Land, The Women of Oaxaca, 2009.  Print 3 of 10. 

Medium: Photography

Dimensions: 16” x 24”

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