Mark Romanek

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q538145: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: The Strangers (2008); Overlook (announced TV series); Overlook Hotel prequel (unmade). Count them as director (2 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Manson family murders: 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through The Strangers (2008), which they were tied to as music video director who was going to direct, wanted a $40 million budget: Manson family murders ⇒ The Strangers (the maker said so). Bertino cited the Manson family murders as an inspiration, but the speaker finds that unsatisfying because Manson had intent while the Strangers act at random.
“Bertino says that the Manson family tape murders were a big inspiration for this.”
The Big Picture · ‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap! · 0:33:41 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)

The Town That Dreaded Sundown: 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through The Strangers (2008), which they were tied to as music video director who was going to direct, wanted a $40 million budget: The Town That Dreaded Sundown ⇒ The Strangers (the host's read). The tall stranger's sack mask calls back to The Town That Dreaded Sundown.
“wears a kind of sack mask that recalls like the town that dreaded sundown.”
The Big Picture · ‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap! · 0:26:00 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Directing (2) everyone in directing

music video director (interviewed with Fincher), Propaganda Films (The Big Picture, ‘The Killer’ Is Cold-Blooded Genius. And Something More)
director (transcript: 'Mark Romantic'), Never Let Me Go (Blank Check — Patreon, The Social Network (Ad-Free))

Other (3) everyone in other

music video director who was going to direct, wanted a $40 million budget, The Strangers (The Big Picture, ‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap!)
director attached to the unmade Overlook Hotel prequel, Overlook Hotel prequel (unmade) (Blank Check — Patreon, Doctor Sleep)
attached to an Overlook TV series, per a speaker's question, Overlook (announced TV series) (Blank Check — Patreon, The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free))

What was said about them, by kind

craft (1)

craft (music video peers): David Fincher → Mark Romanek. Fincher gave a mercenary jukebox quote about Propaganda Films in an interview alongside Romanek.
“Fincher likened it to a jukebox. Right? He's like, you put your quarter in one end and something comes out the other.”
The Big Picture · ‘The Killer’ Is Cold-Blooded Genius. And Something More · 0:53:20 · Adam Nayman (0.85 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

what-if (what-if): The Strangers → Mark Romanek. Universal passed on a bigger-budget version and the film works better for being small.
“He wanted to make it as a $40000000 movie and they didn't want to.”
The Big Picture · ‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap! · 0:30:12 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.