American filmmaker Mark Romanek directed his first music video in 1986, for The The's "Sweet Bird of Truth". [1] He earned his first MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction nomination for "Free Your Mind", performed by En Vogue, in 1993. [2] Romanek later directed "Closer" for the industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, which contains imagery involving terror, sexuality, and animal cruelty. [1] [3] In 1995, he directed the video for "Scream", set in space and performed by Michael and Janet Jackson, as well as the New Age surrealistic "Bedtime Story", performed by Madonna. [4] [5] They are two of the most expensive music videos ever made, costing $7 million and $5 million, respectively. [6] "Scream" gained 11 nominations at the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards, including Romanek's second Best Direction nomination, [7] and his first Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Short Form. [8]
In 1996, Romanek directed the Mary Poppins -inspired "Novocaine for the Soul" for the rock band Eels. [9] The following year, he directed Fiona Apple's "Criminal", which explores themes of voyeurism and adolescence; [10] and won his second Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Short Form for "Got 'til It's Gone", performed by Janet Jackson, Q-Tip and Joni Mitchell. [8] For his work in "Hurt" (2003), performed by Johnny Cash, Romanek earned another MTV nomination, and won his third Grammy. [8] [11] In 2004, he directed the auto-biographical music video for Jay-Z's "99 Problems", for which he won his first MTV award. [12] Their subsequent collaborations—the installation-style 10-minute short film for "Picasso Baby" (2013), [a] and the animation video for "The Story of O.J." (2017) [13] —were nominated for Grammy Award for Best Music Video. [8]
Romanek made his feature-film directorial debut with the 1986 comedy-drama feature Static , which was nominated for Grand Jury Prize at the 1986 Sundance Film Festival. [14] [15] He received a Saturn Award for Best Writing nomination for his work in the psychological thriller One Hour Photo (2002), which starred Robin Williams. [16] [17] In 2010, he directed the romantic drama film Never Let Me Go , starring Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley and Andrew Garfield, for which he was nominated for British Independent Film Award for Best Director. [18] Romanek also directed several commercials for iPod, Nike, and ESPN.
Title | Year | Credit | Notes | Ref. |
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Stony Island | 1978 | Second assistant cameraman | [58] | |
Home Movies | 1979 | Second assistant director | [59] | |
Static | 1985 | Director and co-writer | Feature directorial debut | [60] |
Inside Out IV | 1992 | Writer | Segment: "My Cyberian Rhapsody" | [14] |
One Hour Photo | 2002 | Director and writer | [61] | |
Bee Season | 2006 | Executive producer | [62] | |
Never Let Me Go | 2010 | Director | [63] | |
The Vampire Attack | Still photographer | Short film | [64] | |
Object Permanence | 2024 | Director and writer | Short film | [65] |
Documentary appearances
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Title | Year | Credit | Episode | Ref. |
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Locke & Key | 2011 | Director | Unaired television pilot | [66] |
The Whispers | 2015 | Co-director and executive producer | "X Marks the Spot" | [67] |
Vinyl | 2016 | Director | "Whispered Secrets" | [68] |
Tales from the Loop | 2020 | Director and executive producer | "Loop" | [69] |
Company / Brand | Year | Title | Ref. |
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Cirque du Soleil | 1992 | "Portraits" | [70] |
Nike | 1997 | "9000" | [71] |
CKOne | 1998 | "Danny" | [72] |
CKOne | "Anna" | [73] | |
Elizabeth Arden | 2003 | "ardenbeauty" | [74] |
Acura | 2004 | "Dance" | [75] |
American Express | "Beautiful Things" | [76] | |
ESPN | "Makeshift" | [77] | |
ESPN | "Kissing" | [78] | |
ESPN | "Taking the Field" | [79] | |
iPod | "Vertigo" | [80] | |
Nike | "Tell Me" | [81] | |
Saturn | "Door Music" | [82] | |
ESPN | 2005 | "Nothing to Say" | [83] |
ESPN | "Without Sports" | [84] | |
Grey Goose | "VIP" [b] | [85] | |
iPod | "Detroit" | [86] | |
UPS | "Oracle" | [87] | |
UPS | "You/They" | [88] | |
Acura | 2006 | "TechnoTraction" | [89] |
Acura | "TurboTravel" | [89] | |
Acura | "TechnoWorship" | [89] | |
iPod | "iPod Shuffle" | [90] | |
iPod | "The Audience Is Listening" | [91] | |
iPod | "Quartet" | [92] | |
iPod | "Love Train" | [93] | |
Nikon | "Kate" | [94] | |
Cadillac | "Sun" | [95] | |
Motorola | "Rick Rubin" | [96] | |
Motorola | "Chester Bennington" | [97] | |
Motorola | "Kanye West" | [98] | |
iPod | 2007 | "Island" | [99] |
iPod | "Mary J. Blige" | [100] | |
Honda | "Hondamentalism" | [101] | |
iPod | 2008 | "Gamma" | [102] |
iPod | "Gamma (Online case)" | [103] | |
Jeep | "Grand Ol' Opera" | [104] | |
Nike | "Simple Math" | [105] | |
Nike | "Take Over" | [106] | |
iTunes | "Coldplay Sonic" | [107] | |
Nike | 2009 | "The Chalk" | [108] |
iPod | 2010 | "New Way To Nano" | [109] |
Dodge | "Man's Last Stand" | [110] | |
Heineken | "Boss' Daughter" | [111] | |
Delta Air Lines | "Keep Climbing" | [112] | |
Delta Air Lines | "Human Factor" | [112] | |
H&R Block | "Never Settle for Less" | [113] | |
Kia | "Michelle Wie" | [114] | |
iPhone | 2011 | "Snow Today" | [115] |
iPod | "Share the Fun" | [116] | |
Kia | "Share Some Soul" | [117] | |
H&R Block | "Greenback" | [118] | |
H&R Block | "Nickel Dinner" | [119] | |
H&R Block | "Quit Lady" | [120] | |
Chevrolet | "Like Father, Like Son" | [121] | |
Hyundai | "Sonata Turbo Face" | [122] | |
iPhone | "Assistant" | [123] | |
Nike | 2012 | "Fast is Faster" | [124] |
Nike | "Voices" | [125] | |
Motorola | "Projections" | [126] | |
iPhone | "Rock God" | [127] | |
iPhone | "Road Trip" | [128] | |
Samsung | "LeBron's Day" | [129] | |
Samsung & Jay-Z | 2013 | "Inside Magna Carta Holy Grail" | [130] |
Gillette | "Clay Matthews Conditions" | [131] | |
NASCAR | "Twist" | [132] | |
Call of Duty | "Ghosts Masked Warrior" | [133] | |
Budweiser | "Rihanna" | [134] | |
Budweiser | "Jay Z" | [135] | |
Sonos | 2014 | "Faces Off" | [136] |
Miller | "Central Park" | [137] | |
Apple Music | "Echoes" | [138] | |
Yoplait | 2015 | "A Man of Yogurt – Hunger" | [139] |
Yoplait | "A Man of Yogurt – Texture" | [140] | |
Yoplait | "A Man of Yogurt – Satiety" | [141] | |
Nike | 2016 | "The Conductor" | [142] |
Nike | "Come Out of Nowhere" | [143] | |
Nike | "Make Space" | [144] | |
Bud Light | "Your Can's Year" | [145] | |
Budweiser | 2017 | "Dream. On." | [146] |
Tiffany & Co. | 2018 | "Believe in Dreams" | [147] |
H&M | 2021 | "ONE/SECOND/SUIT" | [148] |
Apple Music | "Happier Than Ever" | [149] | |
Tiffany & Co. | 2022 | "Lose Yourself in Love" | [150] |
Fox Sports & NFL | 2024 | "Back to Work" | [151] |
Chipotle | "I Got Real" | [152] |
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Macy Gray's 'Do Something' video was directed by Mark Romanek in Chatsworth, Calif.
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