Spike Jonze is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on October 22, 1969 in Rockville, Maryland, United States. His films Being John Malkovich and Adaptation were written by His films Being John Malkovich and Adaptation were written by Charlie Kaufman..
While shooting for various BMX publications in California, Jonze was introduced to a number of professional skateboarders who often shared ramps with BMX pros. Jonze formed a close friendship with Mark Gonzales, co-owner of the newly formed Blind Skateboards at the time, and began shooting photos with the young Blind team including Jason Lee, Guy Mariano and Rudy Johnson in the late 1980s. Jonze became a regular contributor to Transworld Skateboarding and was subsequently given a job at World Industries by Steve Rocco, who enlisted him to photograph advertisements and shoot promotional videos for his brands under the World Industries umbrella. Jonze filmed, edited and produced his first skateboarding video, Rubbish Heap, for World Industries in 1989. His following video project was Video Days, a promotional video for Blind Skateboards, which was released in 1991 and is considered to be highly influential in the community. The video’s subject, Gonzales, presented a copy of Video Days to Kim Gordon during a chance encounter following a Sonic Youth show in early 1992. Impressed with Jonze’s videography skills, Gordon tracked down the young filmmaker and approached him to direct a music video featuring skateboarders. The video, co-directed by Jonze and Tamra Davis, was for their 1992 single “100%”, which featured skateboarding footage of Blind Skateboards rider Jason Lee, who later became a successful actor. In 1993, Jonze co-directed the “trippy” music video for The Breeders song “Cannonball” with Gordon.
Her was met with universal acclaim from critics. Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter praised Jonze for taking an old theme “the search for love and the need to ‘only connect'” and embracing it “in a speculative way that feels very pertinent to the moment and captures the emotional malaise of a future just an intriguing step or two ahead of contemporary reality.” Scott Foundas of Variety opined that it was Jonze’s “richest and most emotionally mature work to date”. At the 86th Academy Awards, Jonze was nominated for three Academy Awards for Her, winning for Best Original Screenplay and receiving further nominations for Best Picture and Best Original Song for co-writing “The Moon Song” with Karen O. Jonze won the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay at the 71st Golden Globe Awards.
He was wed with He was married to Sofia Coppola from 1999 to 2003. from 1999 to 2003.
His first recognition came from making music videos for artists like Weezer, Beastie Boys, R.E.M. as well as Daft Punk.
Adam Spiegel (born October 22, 1969), known professionally as Spike Jonze (pronounced as the common Welsh name “Jones”), is an American filmmaker, photographer, and actor, whose work includes film, television, music videos, and commercials.
