WORLD: My Portfolio - Noam Murro.

Bernardo Bertolucci was an early influence on the New York-based director Noam Murro, whose diverse portfolio echoes the Italian director's eclectic films. Murro's styles are many and varied, from mock-schlock horror in 'birthday', his gothic homage to The Sixth Sense for Got Milk, to the slickly executed 'sheet metal' for Saturn.

'Sheet metal' features people, rather than vehicles, on the roads, emphasising Saturn's focus on drivers as opposed to cars. 'It was a fantastic idea from Goodby Silverstein & Partners,' Murro says. Los Angeles City Council granted permission to shut down the freeway, enabling a helicopter to film 800 extras. 'Good ideas are easy to shoot,' Murro says. 'However, there were moments while shooting this when I asked, 'Is this going to come together?' I was the classic, self-doubting, neurotic Jew.'

This is a far cry from the cocky child who, when growing up in Jerusalem, used to throw eggs from his balcony at passers-by. He revisited this childhood experience when he directed 'the devastator' for PlayStation 2. In this ad, the devastator tool from a PlayStation ...