Spike Jonze
Music video director
1969 –
Who is Spike Jonze?
Spike Jonze is an American director, producer, screenwriter and actor, whose work includes music videos, commercials, film and television. He started his feature film directing career with Being John Malkovich and Adaptation, both of them written by Charlie Kaufman, and then started movies with screenplays of his own with Where the Wild Things Are and Her.
Jonze is well known also for his music video collaborations with Fatboy Slim, Weezer, Beastie Boys, and Björk. He was also a co-creator and executive producer of MTV's Jackass. He is currently the creative director of VBS.tv. He is also part owner of skateboard company Girl Skateboards with riders Rick Howard and Mike Carroll.
He also co-founded Directors Label, with filmmakers Chris Cunningham and Michel Gondry, and the Palm Pictures company.
He has been nominated for four Academy Awards: Best Director for Being John Malkovich, and Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay and Best Original Song for Her. He also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay for Her.
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- Born
- Oct 22, 1969
Rockville - Also known as
- Richard Coufey
- Richard Couffe
- Spike Jones
- Richard Koufey
- Spike
- Adam Spiegel
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Sofia Coppola
(1999/06/26 - 2003/12/09)
- Sofia Coppola
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Walt Whitman High School
( - 1987) - The Field School
- Walt Whitman High School
- Employment
- Lakai Footwear
- Chocolate Skateboards
- Girl Distribution Company
- Lived in
- Maryland
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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