His father was the portrait painter and Works Progress Administration muralist Umberto Romano (died September 27, 1982); his mother was Clorinda Corcia.
Romano began his filmmaking career as a producer and cameraman for Les Productions de Sagittaire in Montreal.
The Harvest was executive produced by the actor Eva Longoria and was premiered at the International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam in November 2010.
[6] Due to his efforts to raise the profile of child labor in global consciousness, Romano was invited to speak at many conventions, conferences and universities.
[3] In 2010, he visited Capitol Hill to screen scenes from his film The Harvest, which documented migrant child labor on American farms.