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.
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