Research into directors

1. Research into
directors

2. Aya Tanimura
Date of birth:
14 October 1980
Born in Hong Kong
Lives in Los Angeles
Tanimura is an Australian writer and director based in Los Angeles.
She is a film director, screenwriter and producer.
She has directed a few of Katy Perry’s lyric videos such as “Roar” and
“Unconditionally” in 2013 and “Birthday” in 2014. The lyric video of
“Birthday” was nominated as the “Best Lyric Video” at the 2014 MTV VMA.
She has also directed short films such as Mobius (2011), U-2074 (2010) and
Mrs. Kim (2010) which was a finalist in Los Angeles Magazine’s Get L.A. short
film competition.
She won the People’s Choice award for Sweet-As in 2010.
She co-produced Kill of the Night which premiered at the Los Angeles Asian
Pacific Film Festival and later screened at the Lady Filmmakers Film Festival.

3. Mark Romanek
Date of birth:
18 September 1959
Born in Chicago, U.S.
Romanek is an American film director, screenwriter and music video director.
He directs feature films, music videos and commercials.
He has won many awards for his work such as Best Direction for Jay-Z’s “99
Problems”.
Romanek was given his first Grammy Award for Best Short Form Video in 1996
for “Scream” by Michael and Janet Jackson. The music video costed $7 million
to make and is regared as one of the most expensive music videos ever made.
He won his second Grammy with Janet Jackson’s “Got ‘Til It’s Gone”.
Two of his music videos “Closer” by Nine Inch Nails and “Bedtime Story” by
Madonna became a part of the permanent collection of the Museum of
Modern Art in New York City.
Some of the music videos directed by Romanek include: "Free Your Mind" by
En Vogue, "Are You Gonna Go My Way" by Lenny Kravitz, "Rain" by Madonna,
"Devil's Haircut" by Beck, "99 Problems" by Jay-Z, and "Criminal" by Fiona
Apple.

4. David Fincher
Date of birth:
28 August 1962
Born in Denver,
Colorado, U.S..
Fincher is an American film director, film producer and music video
director.
He has won 2 Grammy Awards for Best Music Video for his work in “Love Is
Strong” by The Rolling Stones in 1995 and “Suit & Tie” by Justin Timberlake
ft. Jay-Z in 2013.
He has also won 3 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Direction which
makes his one of the most awarded directors in the category.
He has directed over 50 music videos from 1984-2013. The first music
video he directed was “Dance This World Away” by Rick Springfield in
1984. His most recent work was “Suit & Tie” by Justin Timberlake ft. Jay-Z
in 2013.