Roman Wyden

An award-winning writer/producer/director, Roman Wyden has been creatively involved in such projects as the Eleanor Roosevelt award-winning documentary the short festival darling 'Max', Ricky Limon' and 'Hiroko' as well as most recently the short films 'Ronnie & Inga', the Palm Springs International Short Film Festival winner 'Deface' and the feature film 'Quail Lake, currently on the 2019 festival circuit (HRIFF, Arizona International Film Festival, Maryland International Film Festival). Roman has also played an essential role in the development of international projects such as the TV show concept 'Hollywood Dreams' (optioned by Paramount International Television), the Ringier AG owned Swiss Web series 'Hallo Hollywood' and the ProSieben German TV Pilot 'L.A. Dreams'. Although most of his credits are in film and TV, he's no stranger to the stage. In 2004, Roman directed the critically acclaimed Silver Lake Players production of 'You can't take it with you'. He also has a solid background as an actor, having studied at Playhouse West and the Actor's Workout Studio for over 5 years. He's a member of SAG/Aftra and still acts and does voiceovers when the opportunity is right. Before moving on to directing and producing commercials, Roman spent a year as the head of the commercial department at Bicoastal Talent where he represented a roster of seasoned commercial actors. Starting creative companies has always been in his blood and so over the last 20 years, Roman founded the production companies 'HD Productions', 'Creable Films' and most recently 'Roster.LA'. For the last 10 years Roman ran Culver City-based roster.LA , a commercial production company focused on delivering narrative content to multinational clients such as Chrysler, Proctor & Gamble, Kimberly Clark, and the VA. While with roster.LA, he directed over a dozen commercials, PSAs and online content and oversaw and produced close to 100 creative projects for his clients. When not making films, Roman hosts the iTunes podcast 'You. Love. Life.' where he discusses love, sex, intimacy, marriage, monogamy and more with a variety of interesting guests. Roman grew up in Brig, Switzerland and holds a BFA in Directing from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA.