2026 Directing Reel ❤️🔥
Grateful for the projects I’ve gotten to make over the years, with amazing crews, collaborators, clients, and on-camera talent.
Now booking Director work for 2026. New site is live. Contact in bio.
If we haven’t met yet, let’s get coffee. 😊
Song: “Yeah Yeah Yeah” - Lemonade Baby
Logo Design: @sethlunsford@workbyprecious
So honored and excited to finally share that @neondreamsfilm has been selected for MPI’s 2026 Documentary Storytelling Workshop. It’s been so inspiring to be mentored by Academy Award–nominated director and cinematographer @e.sylvia.mirzaei . I truly leave every meeting with so many valuable skills and inspired by my fellow cohorts. Along with the workshop, @neondreamsfilm will recieve a grant from @movingpictureinstitute .
I’m deeply grateful for the chance to keep developing this film and to continue telling the story of my family, their legacy, and the disappearing craft of Neon.
Thank you, @movingpictureinstitute , for believing in @neondreamsfilm . ✨
Almost ten years ago, I filmed my first interview with my parents about neon. It was a film school assignment then, but I did not know what I was making would become the beginning of something larger.
We exhibited this piece as part of an art installation at the Neon Dreams fundraiser. I repurposed that original audio and stills from our family archive, alongside 8mm footage I shot a few weeks ago of my mom bending neon glass again.
Neon Dreams is a love letter to my family and the handmade craft they built with their hands over the years. It is also me stepping closer, finally ready to sit down with my mom, dad, uncles, and grandmother to record their stories and preserve their craft through my own craft of filmmaking.
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@stephrmro
Shot on @kodak_shootfilm
Our first Salon was so special. 🥹🫶🏽
It was so beautiful to bring together women in my life who I admire, and to watch them make progress on their work while forming new connections with each other. Thank you again, @meadowhlp ❤️
My hope is to keep expanding this community and welcome more women into the next one. DM us if you’d like to host us!
Can’t wait for the next one. Details soon.✨
Stephanie Romero is a Los Angeles-based Director working across branded, editorial, documentary, and narrative storytelling. Her visual language is elevated yet grounded - defined by restraint, intimacy, and emotional precision, using style to provoke emotion.
With an editorial foundation and a background in editing, she often edits her own projects, shaping structure, rhythm, and tone from the inside out. Her approach blends thoughtful preparation with fearless intuition - a clear creative container, and room for what can’t be storyboarded.
Her directing spans celebrity interviews and talent-led campaigns, alongside narrative and documentary storytelling. A Mexican-American filmmaker, Stephanie is bilingual in English and Spanish. Clients include Who What Wear, Marie Claire, Cartier, Don Julio, and Walmart.
