Roman Dent

Roman Dent

Roman Dent, Los Angeles, CA
Born Roman Seth Griffin Dent
(1988-11-07) November 7, 1988
Alma mater College of William & Mary
Occupation Film and Music Video Director
Height 6' 1" (1.85 m)

Roman Dent is an American documentary film, and music video director based in Los Angeles, California.[1] He started his film career directing music videos as a teen in his home town of Nashville, Tennessee. He is best known for co-founding Platinum Atlantic, a stable of original content developers and producers in Los Angeles, and for his documentary film Driven.[2]

Personal life

Roman Seth Griffin Dent was born on November 7, 1988 in Nashville, Tennessee. He is the son of healthcare businessman Thompson Dent.[3] His mother is the romance novelist Joy Dent, who writes under the name Darcy Flynn.[4]

In athletics, Dent won multiple state championships and was named an All-American at the 2007 Nike Indoor Nationals.[5][6][7] Earning a track and field scholarship to the College of William & Mary, he earned a Bachelor of Science at the Public Ivy. Dent commented that the sport was "just a means to an end" as his true passion was film.

Career

Between 2004-2007 Dent worked as an actor, appearing in Beneath the Blue,[8] and winning Best Overall Actor at the 2006 AMTC Winter Convention.[9]

In 2010, Dent made his directing debut with the music video for Billboard Top 40 artist and Reality TV Star Jessie James Decker.[10] So far in his career Dent has directed for artists including: Lauren Francesca, Raquel Castro, Big Brother's GinaMarie Zimmerman and Paola Shea, One Life to Live's Jessica Morris, Thomas Dale, Alyssa Bonagura, Dreya Weber, The Kin, and Dustin Tavella.[11][12][13][14][15]

In 2012 Dent co-founded Platinum Atlantic™, a film production company in Los Angeles, California.[16] He is currently a business development associate at Orbis Global Entertainment, a film finance and production company owned and operated by Marcus and Hidejo Wada located in Los Angeles.[16]

Best known for his documentary Driven, concerning the empowerment of women. The piece features female entertainers in various stages of their careers and lives, and attempts to explore their struggles as women in their selected fields. The Step Up Women's Network called Driven "the new doc you need to see", and notes that the film: "empowers women... to pursue seemingly impossible dreams".[17] Dent acknowledged how critical he feels Driven's message is for today's audience: "We wanted to tell a story that would attempt to inspire those who do so much to inspire us - women".[2]

Filmography

Film, Documentary & YouTube

Year Film Credited as
Director Producer Writer
2003 The Caretaker Yes Yes No
2007 South African Culture Yes Yes Yes
2011 Automatic Draw Yes Yes Yes
2013 Musical Robbery: Pilot Yes No No
2013 Food Truck: TV Pilot No Yes No
2014 Bellz Angels Yes No No
2014 Driven The Documentary Yes No No
2014 Ladybug Yes No Yes
2014 Horoscopes and Fortune Cookies Yes No No

Music Video & Commercial

Year Film Credited as
Director Producer
2010 Jessie James Decker: "Dear John" Yes Yes
2010 Alyssa Bonagura Presents: Rimmel Lash Accelerator [spec] Yes No
2011 Alyssa Bonagura: "Myself With Someone Else" Yes No
2011 Tribe Women's Basketball TV Spot Yes No
2011 Dustin Tavella: "Forget About Me" Yes Yes
2012 Vibram Five Fingers Spec Yes Yes
2012 Raquel Castro: "Diary" Yes No
2013 Dustin Tavella: "Don't Let Go" [Warehouse Sequence] Yes No
2013 Dustin Tavella: "Get Wild" Yes No
2014 Dustin Tavella: "Nice To Meet Me" Yes No
2015 Raquel Castro: "Where Are Ü Now/See You Again Mashup" Yes No

References

  1. ↑ "IMDB". Roman Dent Official IMDB Page. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 "'Driven' The Documentary". driventhedoc.com.
  3. ↑ "Thompson S. Dent". Businessweek.com.
  4. ↑ "Amazon.com: Darcy Flynn: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle". amazon.com.
  5. ↑ "2007 Nike Indoor Nationals - DyeStat, the internet home of high school track". dyestat.com.
  6. ↑ "TSSAA State Track & Field Championships". Tennessee Runner.
  7. ↑ Long, Jonathan (2007-05-31). "Brentwood track competitors take Spring Fling honors". Sports (Williamson A.M.). The Tennessean.
  8. ↑ "Beneath the Blue". IMDb.
  9. ↑ AMTC. "AMTC 2006 Winter Convention". amtcworld.com.
  10. ↑ "William & Mary - Student directs music video for Billboard Top 40 artist". wm.edu.
  11. ↑ "Ladybug (2014)". IMDb. 1 November 2014.
  12. ↑ "Bellz Angels (Video 2014)". IMDb. 20 November 2014.
  13. ↑ "Jessie James: Dear John (Video 2010)". IMDb. 15 September 2010.
  14. ↑ "Driven (2014)". IMDb. 11 June 2014.
  15. ↑ "Roman Dent". IMDb.
  16. 1 2 "Roman Dent Biography". IMDB.com Inc. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  17. ↑ Pesqueira, Amanda. "Driven: the New Doc You Need to See - Step Up". suwn.org.
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