Unlike pretty much everyone else on this list, Mark Romanek is a music video director that just so happened to make a few movies along the way.
On the movie side, Romanek is mostly known for the chilling thriller starring the late Robin Williams One Hour Photo, but his music video work is unmatched by probably anyone not named Hype Williams.
That may sound like a crazy jump from NIN to T. Swift, but you can see elements of the director’s previous entries in the 2014 music video, especially the off-putting look of the symmetrical ballerinas and cuts to figures moving in slow motion.
Winning over 20 MTV Video Music Awards for his long list of contributions to the medium, Romanek has worked with artists like Nine Inch Nails and Taylor Swift for her “Shake it Off” video.