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Spike Jonze

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American filmmaker (born 1969)

Person · Open Library

Works
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Top works

  • Heads On And We Shoot The Making Of Where The Wild Things Are
  • Being John Malkovich
  • Beastie Boys
  • Spike Jonze
  • Her

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1969-10-22

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Listeners
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Total plays
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Spike Jonze (born Adam Spiegel on October 22, 1969), is an American director of videos, most notably offbeat music videos, and Academy Award-nominated director and producer of films, most notably the 1999 black comedy Being John Malkovich and the 2002 film Adaptation. (both written by Charlie Kaufman). He was a producer and co-creator of the Jackass television series on MTV and of Jackass: The Movie. He has acted in some videos and films, and has written as well. <a href="https://www.last.fm/mus

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Key facts

Born
Adam Spiegel , ( 1969-10-22 ) October 22, 1969 (age 56) , New York City , U.S.
Occupations
Film director film producer screenwriter cinematographer film editor actor musician photographer
Years active
1985–present
Spouse
Sofia Coppola ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1999 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2003 ) ​
Partner
Allie Teilz (2019–present)
Relatives
Sam Spiegel (brother) Arthur Spiegel (great-grandfather) Joseph Spiegel (great-great-grandfather)
Awards
Full list

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Encyclopedic overview

Adam Spiegel (born October 22, 1969), known professionally as Spike Jonze (/dʒoʊnz/, same pronunciation as "Jones"), is an American filmmaker, actor, musician, and photographer. His work includes films, commercials, music videos, skateboard videos and television.

Jonze began his career as a teenager photographing BMX riders and skateboarders for Freestylin' Magazine and Transworld Skateboarding, and co-founding the youth culture magazine Dirt. Moving into filmmaking, he began shooting street skateboarding films, including the influential Video Days (1991). Jonze co-founded the skateboard company Girl Skateboards in 1993 with riders Rick Howard and Mike Carroll. Jonze's filmmaking style made him an in-demand director of music videos for much of the 1990s and early 2000s, resulting in collaborations with R.E.M., Sonic Youth, Beastie Boys, Ween, Fatboy Slim, Daft Punk, Weezer, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Björk, Fatlip, Arcade Fire and Kanye West.

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