JOANELLE ROMERO is an award-winning director, producer and writer of film, television and digital. A member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences and Screen Actors Guild/Aftra.

Oyate Wayanka Po Win / People Who See This Woman

Short-Listed for an Academy Award

Romero received the Armin T. Wegner Humanitarian Award for “the vision to see the truth…and the courage to speak it” (Arpa International Film Festival)

“Like Nelson Mandela, Romero is a prime example of forgiveness in action. Mandela-like, she stands on his mighty global shoulders, calls for oneness, love & what she describes as female energy.” – Ellen Snortland, former Pres. U.N.A. Pasadena Chapter

PRODUCER

PRE-PRODUCTION

Chief Leonard Crow Dog Story (Documentary & Feature) Director / Producer

The Man of the People The Legacy of Edward R Roybal – (Documentary Feature) Director / Producer

Second Sunrise (Narrative Feature) Director / Producer

Home, Home on the REZ (Television Series) Actor / Director / Producer

Indigenous Women RISE (Documentary Feature) Director / Producer

Trinity A Story of a Mescalero Girl (Documentary Short) Director / Producer

RELEASED FILMS

FEATURE 

The Adventures Of Thomasina Sawyer (James Franco Film) – Associate Producer

DOCUMENTARY SHORTS

American Holocaust: When its ll Over I’ll Still be Indian (Director, Producer, Writer )

The Third Verse 500 Years: The Land of the Children (Director, Producer, Writer)

Melvin & John – The First Story on Native Men Living with HIV/AIDS (Director, Producer)

FILM FESTIVALS

Red Nation International Film Festival – The Authentic Voice of American Indian & Indigenous Cinema (Since 1995) CEO/Founder/President

Red Nation Film Festival – “On the Road” (Since 2009) CEO/Founder/President

Native Women in Film & Television Film Festival (Since 2010) CEO/Founder/President

TELEVISON SPECIALS

Let’s Hear Your Funny (Comedy Special) A Native Comedy Special filmed at the Famous Laugh Factory for Red Nation Film Festival  broadcast on Red Nation Television Network 2016.

Hollywood & Indian Country’s Biggest Night for American Indian & Indigenous Voices™ Cementing American Indian at the forefront of the Entertainment Industry™”

RNCI Red Nation Awards Show (2021) LIVE televised broadcast of an American Indian Awards Show highlighting American Indian Filmmakers and actors. Red Nation Television Network reaching 10 million viewers in 37 countries.

RNCI Red Nation Awards Show (2020) LIVE televised broadcast of an American Indian Awards Show highlighting American Indian Filmmakers and actors. Red Nation Television Network reaching 10 million viewers in 37 countries.

RNCI Red Nation Awards Show (2019) LIVE televised broadcast of an American Indian Awards Show highlighting American Indian Filmmakers and actors. Red Nation Television Network reaching 10 million viewers in 37 countries.

RNCI Red Nation Awards Show (2018) LIVE televised broadcast of an American Indian Awards Show highlighting American Indian Filmmakers and actors. Red Nation Television Network reaching 10 million viewers in 37 countries.

RNCI Red Nation Awards Show (2017) LIVE televised broadcast of an American Indian Awards Show highlighting American Indian Filmmakers and actors. Red Nation Television Network reaching 10 million viewers in 37 countries.

RNCI Red Nation Awards Show (2016) LIVE televised broadcast of an American Indian Awards Show highlighting American Indian Filmmakers and actors. Red Nation Television Network reaching 10 million viewers in 37 countries.

RNCI Red Nation Awards Show (2015) LIVE televised broadcast of an American Indian Awards Show highlighting American Indian Filmmakers and actors. Red Nation Television Network reaching 10 million viewers in 37 countries.

RNCI Red Nation Awards Show (2014) LIVE televised broadcast of an American Indian Awards Show highlighting American Indian Filmmakers and actors. Red Nation Television Network reaching 10 million viewers in 37 countries.

RNCI Red Nation Awards Show (2013) televised broadcast of an American Indian Awards Show highlighting American Indian Filmmakers and actors. Comcast reaching 19 million viewers and Red Nation Television Network reaching 10 million viewers in 37 countries.

TELEVISION PILOTS

Home, Home on the REZ

CONCERT SERIES

Red Nation Celebration “Concert Series” (Since 1995)

Other Numerous Concerts as a producer since 1978.

MUSIC VIDEOS

Why Can’t You Take Me Like I Am

I left My Heart With You

Thunder in the River

WATCH ON RED NATION TELEVISION NETWORK 

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