Steve Romanko

Steve Romanko is an award-winning filmmaker and sound designer living and working in San Francisco. Growing up in Pennsylvania, Steve was forever interested in movies and music. Upon receiving a B.A. in Radio Television and Film Production from Marywood University,he began his career in radio and was enamored by the creativity of audio. He found his way to San Francisco and briefly worked as a graphic designer and Bay Area radio personality before being hired by Skywalker Sound, the Audio Division of Lucasfilm, in Marin County, California. Steve has done sound work for over a hundred feature films, including Saving Private Ryan, Fight Club, and Star Wars: Episode 1 : The Phantom Menace. He has also worked on many shorts, as well as television and stage productions. Steve helms 13th GenerationProductions, writing and producing. The company has created award winning shorts, "The Hell Patrol", "We're Just Like You" and the documentary "Skater 26 and is developing several features including the animated "The Dragons of Melgor" and a joint production with Golden Leaf Pictures, "The Demon Rises". He also continues to work in post production sound, creating soundtracks and leading teams in designing audio for both short subject and feature narrative work.