A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Originally from Boston, Michelle studied Theater Arts at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she performed Shakespeare, and other theatrical productions. Her love for the stage soon landed her in New York City where she performed in several plays, and eventually discovered her passion for Film and TV acting. Michelle can be seen in commercials, print ads, and in several film productions. Her love for the Entertainment Industry has influenced her to explore all avenues of the business, including Public Relations, Charity work, and Producing. Michelle is currently in pre-production on several feature films with her company, Roman Media Inc, in which she founded in 2010. Her first feature film Milwood, in which she both starred in and produced, was filmed in New England. The World Premiere took place at the prestigious Festival de Cannes. It has since won numerous awards including Best Picture and several Best Lead Actress Wins for Romano. Michelle is the spokesmodel for several Beauty products including a lipstick shade named after her company, called "Roman Beauty" by LTW Custom Cosmetics. She is also the face of SiseLASH Mascara, and is using her notoriety to help others. She is an advocate for the organization Childhood Cancer Kids, founded by 7 year old cancer survivor, Sierra Preveza. Michelle also serves as an honorary board member for several Women Empowerment Campaigns, and strives to help others achieve their goals. Michelle is currently studying at Studio 4 in Los Angeles, and continues to Act and Produce projects both in LA and in New England. Her upcoming feature Horror film, MALUS is set for production in 2016.
Casting:
2013 The Orphanage
Executive Producer:
2013 The Orphanage
Producer:
2013 The Orphanage
2024 The Black Mass
Most data and links to images for the Movies section come from TheMovieDB (TMDB).
Additional data for Film Titles come from The Open Movie Database (OMDb).
At least one plug-in comes from IMDb.
Data are -- hey, it's a plural -- subject to the limitations of their sources. (For example, TMDB search results currently max out at 20.) I am limiting myself to free data sources for now. (No, a "free trial" is not free.)
While much of the above data are retrieved directly from outside APIs and other such sources, data from American Film Institute (AFI) and British Film Institute (BFI) were manually entered the old fashioned way into a MySQL database. Re BFI I took the following liberties:
Regarding profile removals and data corrections:
Filtering is applied here to film projects flagged as "adult" by TheMovieDB. Pending "popular demand" I am contemplating a login and profile system with preferences (such as whether to allow adult images to appear) and permissions (such as data entry).
Whereas the overall purpose of this website is to serve as a personal demo/portfolio/workshop of web and data skills, this Movies section is not meant to compete with or substitute for far more definitive movie websites.
Whether or not he still clings to an award which he won in 1986 as a film critic for his college's newspaper, Jeffrey Hartmann is not responsible for the texts of overviews and biographies supplied by external data sources.