Romanek at the 2010 Tokyo International Film Festival 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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