About Us
“DOWD-ROMAN CASTING” IS A COMPANY FOUNDED BY MICK DOWD & MICHAEL ROMANIELLO (ROMAN):
MICK WAS RAISED ON A TANKER THAT WENT FROM THE COAST OF AFRICA TO MANHATTAN BEACH (AND BACK AGAIN). HE WAS ILLITERATE UNTIL THE AGE OF 12 WHEN HIS FATHER TRADED A BARREL OF OIL FOR SOME OLD BLACK & WHITE MOVIES STARING FRED ASTAIRE & GINGER ROGERS, AND A FEW HARDY BOYS MYSTERIES. THIS IS HOW HE LEARNED TO READ. HIS MOTHER TAUGHT HIM TO PLAY THE ACCORDIAN AND SING 4 PART HARMONY.
MICHAEL ROMANIELLO, AKA “ROMAN”, WAS RAISED IN HAITI AFTER HIS PARENTS INTEREST IN VOODOO LED THEM THERE. HIS FATHER WAS INJURED IN A SHARK HUNTING ACCIDENT, SO HIS MOTHER TOOK THE FAMILY BOAT TO NEW ORLEANS AND SOLD IT. SHE USED THE BOAT MONEY TO PUT HER SON THROUGH COLLEGE. THERE HE STUDIED GEOLOGY AND WORKED AT A WELL-KNOWN HEALTH FOOD RESTAURANT WHERE HE LEARNED WHAT WINES TO RECOMMEND WITH UNPROCESSED FOODS.
THEY MET WHILE ON TOUR DOING “PUPPETRY OF THE PENIS” AND FOUND A COMMON BOND WHEN THEY DISCOVERED THAT EACH WERE SECRETLY CASTING UNDERGROUND TV COMMERCIALS.
THEY HAVE SINCE EXPANDED TO MAIN STREAM COMMERCIALS AND CAST THOUSANDS OF SPOTS WHILE STILL MAINTAINING THEIR FLAIR FOR THE UNDERGROUND, AVANT GUARD, AND TAP DANCING. HOPE THIS HELPS.
- MICK & ROMAN
P.S. OUR MISSION STATEMENT: “WE’RE REALLY, REALLY GOOD”!
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directors
ROGER MICHELL
ANDREWS JENKINS
SAM BAYER
DAVID RAMSER
GREG CERNY
ELLEN VON UNDERWERTH
MICHAEL ROWLES
JAMES ROUSE
JOHN ADAMS
JOHNATHAN DAVID
KINKA USHER
STEFAN WUERNITZER
JOE PYTKA
TONY SCOTT
RIDLEY SCOTT
DAVID WELLINGTON
IRV BLITZ
DANNY BOYLE
JOEL PESSING
MARK PIZNARSKI
MEIERT AVIS
ODIORNE BROTHERS
RANDY ROBERTS
MARC CHIAT
JOHN RENCK
TOM DECERCHIO
STEPHAN GAGHAN
STEVE CHASE
PAYTON WILSON
ANDREW DOUGLAS
BOB GIRALDI
IAN LEECH
NEIL ABRAMSON
MARK CAPPOS
ED NAMOUR
JEFF GOODBY
JOHN SCHLESINGER
ERIC JOINER
HERB RITTS
DAVID FINCHER
PETER SMILLIE
ANNIE SIMON
GAVIN BOWDEN
MICHAEL BAY
LOUIS GERARD
VANCE MALONE
MICHAEL GRASSO
SUZANNE KILEY
JEFFERY FLESIG
JORDAN BRADY
JAKE SCOTT
CHARLES WITTENMEIER
DAVE LADEN
PAUL SANTANA
NEIL TARDIO SR.
NEIL TARDIO JR.
RUSS LAMOREAUX
JONATHAN TAYLOR
RENNY HARLIN
CALEB DESCHANEL
DANIEL DUCHOVNY
ROB COHEN
TOMMY MEANS
Products
IT'S EASIER TO LIST THE PRODUCTS WE HAVEN'T DONE...
“CHIA PET
“THE SNUGGIE”
“HAIR CLUB FOR MEN”
“SHAM-WOW”
* HOPING ONE DAY TO GET THESE TOO.