Our Team
George Romero
President
George Romero is a producer, film director, comic writer and contributor to Heavy Metal Magazine, a member of the Montgomery County Search and Rescue team, and the Montgomery County Film Commissioner.
Founder of the Eastern Kentucky Film Commission, it is Romero’s goal to create an ecosystem for film, television, and content production of all kinds centered on the career training necessary for Eastern Kentuckians to find a new path to success through the gig economy of home in the film industry.
With almost two dozen films and hundreds of commercial campaigns under his belt, George’s most recent releases are the “Cold Dead War” and “The Rise” comics through Heavy Metal Magazine. Both inaugural issues went to second printings almost immediately after release.
He has written, produced and/or directed and arranged financing for more than 35 film, television and streaming projects and serves as a business consultant and mentor for young and new filmmakers, content creators and entrepreneurs to help them navigate the turbulence of the entertainment industry.
Rebecca Romero
Vice President
Rebecca’s background in startup finance makes her the perfect partner in Romero Pictures, The Veterans’ Compound and George’s life.
A managing partner in Romero Pictures, Rebecca’s understanding of film finance for the independent filmmaker comes from her days in mortgage finance and from her time helming startup finance departments in the real estate and tech industries.
An accomplished print editor, Rebecca’s most recent work editing “Beyond Kuiper” for Heavy Metal Magazine CEO, Matt Medney, her understanding of the creative arts is the perfect compliment to her work in finance.
With an understanding for the finance needs of the creative world, Rebecca works closely with Romero Pictures’ filmmakers and project leads to make sure the macro and the micro of project budgets are addressed from the early stages of fundraising to the day-to-day management of budgets through the final steps of every project.
The child of a military family, The Veterans’ Compound also strikes close to home with Rebecca which led her to become the organization’s Director of Partnerships.
Christopher Miller
Board Member
Christopher T. Miller is a Professor of Education, Director of Morehead State University at Mt. Sterling, and College of Education Professor in Residence for the Eagle Scholars Program. He has served as the Dean of the College of Education and as chair of the Department of Foundational and Graduate Studies in Education at Morehead State University. He has a research focus on multimedia design, web-based instruction, educational gaming, leadership, and media for learning. Chris is actively involved at both the local and international level serving as the President-Elect of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Secretary for the Mt. Sterling, Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, Past-Chair of the AECT Center of Excellence in Publishing, Past-President of the AECT Foundation, and Secretary and Past President of the Montgomery County Education Foundation. He recently co-edited AECT at 100: A century of leadership in educational technology as well as two previous books. He is also co-editor of the De Gruyter Brill Publishing/AECT book series Leadership and Best Practices in Educational Technology Management.