Born in 1962 in Leningrad, Romanov studied journalism at Leningrad State University. After various odd jobs, including janitor, debt collector, fireman, roofer and subway worker, he enrolled at VGIK (the All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography) in Moscow, graduating with a specialization in screenwriting in 1992.

FILMOGRAPHY (as screenwriter)
2005	Mentovskie Voiny (Cop Wars) TV miniseries
2005	Italianets (The Italian)
2004	Poteryavshie Solntse (Those Who Lost the Sun) TV miniseries
2003	Chuzhoye Dezhurstvo (Other’s Duty) TV miniseries
2003	Chelyabumbiya (Chelyabumbiya)
2002	Vremya Lubit’ (Time to Love) TV miniseries
1992	Strannye Muzhchiny Semenovoi Ekateriny (The Strange Men of Semyonova Ekaterina)
1991	Mechenye (Marked)