Mark Romanek
Mark Romanek
Mark Romanekis an American filmmaker whose directing work includes feature films, television, music videos and commercials. Romanek wrote and directed the 2002 film One Hour Photo and directed the 2010 film Never Let Me Go. His most notable music videos include "Hurt", "Closer", "Bedtime Story", and "Scream". Romanek's music videos have won 20 MTV Video Music Awards, including Best Direction for Jay-Z's "99 Problems", and he has won three Grammy Awards for Best Short Form Music Video - more than...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth18 September 1959
CountryUnited States of America
I do believe that there are auteurs, in the sense that there are filmmakers with very strong voices and their voices are communicated on to the screen without a lot of compromise.
All the director wants is their idea of the movie to be believed in.
The trick is falling in love with something enough, and being excited enough by something, to want to make that year and a half or two year commitment and wake up every morning at 5 to go deal with a whole day full of problems to get it up on the screen. You really need passion.
If you happen to have a spare $100 million floating around, then you're my producer.
I've found music over the course of my life is slightly more astoundingly inspiring than great cinema
I think that I've learned to relax, and trust in and hire very talented people, and trust in their abilities a little more.