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Storytellers Documentaries showcase local film company’s talent
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Story by LESLIE CRAWFORD Photos by KYLIE ANN PHOTOGRAPHY
oronado resident David Romero will be among the producers and directors at this year’s Coronado Island Film Festival. Romero, who founded Eddie Grace Arts & Film with his wife, Danielle, will be showing the full feature, Making Fun, The Story of Funko. The documentary focuses not only on Funko toys, but on people from all walks of life who collect them and the connections they make
with each other. Funko was a two-year project that included 60 interviews and
filming at international locations. “David always follows through, no complaining, and he gets it done. He stays very focused, he’s even keeled,” said Mike Becker, founder of FUNKO Toy Company. Romero, 52, who has lived in Coronado with Danielle and their son since 2004, first set his sights on a music career. He fell in love with rock and roll at 16, learned to play the guitar, then evolved into singing and songwriting. A native of Barrio Logan, he attended St. Augustine High School where music was the center of his life. He went on to San Diego State University earning a degree in English literature, but took every film media course he could fit into his schedule.
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