Mark Romanek

Mark Romanek is a director I respect for working at the intersection of art and commerce without losing his eye. Out of Chicago and trained at Ithaca College, he's best known for One Hour Photo and Never Let Me Go, but his music videos are arguably where his reputation was forged, often cited among the best the medium ever produced. That combination of film, music video, and commercial work, plus photography, tells me he's a genuine visual stylist rather than a one-lane filmmaker. I like creators who treat a three-minute video with the same rigor as a feature, and Romanek clearly does.

Mark Lee Romanek (; born September 18, 1959) is an American film, music video and commercial director and photographer. He is best known for directing the films One Hour Photo (2002) and Never Let Me Go (2010). Romanek's music videos have come to be regarded as among the best of the medium.

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Name (English)

Mark Romanek

Name (Japanese)

マーク・ロマネク

Reading

まーく・ろまねく

Born

September 18, 1959 (age 66)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Boar

Origin

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Blood type

Private

Height

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Agency

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Occupation

film director / screenwriter / photographer

Elementary school

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Junior high

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High school

Private

University

Ithaca College

Spouse

Private

Children

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Parents

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Siblings

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Motto

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• Official sitehttps://www.markromanek.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/markromanek/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%9E%E3%83%8D%E3%82%AF

Tags

• Illinois
• film director
• screenwriter
• photographer

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.