"Mark Romanek" is an American filmmaker whose directing work includes feature films, music videos, and Television advertisement/commercials.

Romanek wrote and directed the 2002 film One Hour Photo and the 2010 film Never Let Me Go (2010 film)/Never Let Me Go. His most notable music videos include "Hurt (Johnny Cash song)/Hurt" (Johnny Cash), "Closer (Nine Inch Nails song)/Closer" (Nine Inch Nails), "Criminal (Fiona Apple song)/Criminal" (Fiona Apple), "Scream/Childhood/Scream" (Michael Jackson/Michael & Janet Jackson),"Got til It's Gone (Janet Jackson song)/Got till It's Gone" (Janet Jackson) "Bedtime Story (Madonna song)/Bedtime Story" (Madonna (entertainer)/Madonna), and "Shake It Off (Taylor Swift song)/Shake It Off" (Taylor Swift).

Romanek's music videos have won 20 MTV Video Music Awards, including MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction/Best Direction for Jay-Z's "99 Problems", and he has won three Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video/Grammy Awards for Best Short Form Music Video (more than any other director).

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Most videos are about creating eye candy, a pretty image that can be a marketing tool. We just tried to show the simple truth of what's going on in his life. It's kind of a sucker punch when you see it the first time because we're not used to that emotional depth in music videos.

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