Donald Roman Lopez

After a career as a professional dancer with Ballet Hispanico of New York and later with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet, Donald began acting on stage with the prestigious Spanish Repertory Theater in New York City. He later transitioned into commercials, independent films and TV. After partnering with René Veilleux and co-founding Verité Films, Donald began directing and then producing a number of projects, including the feature film The Putt Putt Syndrome. As a writer, Donald has adapted a number of Japanese anime series, such as, Zoids Genesis, Honey and Clover, Buso Renkin, and Monster, as well as, the Korean animated series Cobots and the Russian feature film The Snow Queen. Donald adapted a Peruvian animated project based on an environmental initiative recognized by UNESCO titled Ania's Magical Garden for Peru. As the Head of Creative and Development of Verité Films, LLC, Donald is spearheading development on a number of animated project, a variety of scripted and unscripted TV series, as well as, a slate of feature films.