Directors Label is a series of DVDs released by Palm Pictures compiling the work of notable music video directors .
83-550: The series' first three volumes, featuring the work of Spike Jonze , Chris Cunningham , and Michel Gondry , were released in 2003. Four new volumes were released in 2005, this time featuring Mark Romanek , Jonathan Glazer , Anton Corbijn and Stéphane Sednaoui . Though future releases in the series are unlikely, according to series creator Richard Brown , other directors that were at one point rumoured or planned for releases include Mike Mills , Hammer & Tongs , Shynola , Jean-Baptiste Mondino and Roman Coppola , as well as
166-507: A bit part in the drama Mi Vida Loca (1994). In 1995, he was attached to direct an adapatation of Harold and the Purple Crayon . Jonze collaborated with Björk for the video for her 1995 single " It's Oh So Quiet ", a cover of a 1951 Betty Hutton song. The video is set in an auto shop and sees Björk dancing and singing to the song in the style of a musical , inspired by Jacques Demy 's The Umbrellas of Cherbourg . In
249-516: A 2 decade old nervous tick of starting to whistle the John Coltrane song from Gonz’ part, which often reminds me of how many times I watched it before and after school, and on the weekends before I went skating… so I of course started drooling over the shoot when I first heard it was coming together. Anyway I digress. As the shoot happened I tagged along to be a fly on the wall (and to help out where I could) while these dudes all got together for
332-401: A DVD compilation titled Michel Gondry 2: More Videos (Before and After DVD 1) . Includes photographs by Mark Romanek and Spike Jonze interview with Mark Paul Kaye Includes photographs, sketches, storyboards and interview. Anton's photos, text and drawings. Diary of photos, storyboards, sketches and comments Shortly after the release of the first three volumes, Palm Pictures released
415-575: A German film director bearing a resemblance to Erich von Stroheim . In early 2023, it was reported that Jonze had started working on a television series for Netflix with Brad Pitt and Joaquin Phoenix attached. However, the project was scrapped after he left it in October 2024. On June 26, 1999, Jonze married director Sofia Coppola , whom he had first met in 1992 on the set of the music video for Sonic Youth 's " 100% ". On December 5, 2003,
498-543: A boom box in a public area. Jonze showed the video to Slim, who appears briefly in the video. Jonze then assembled a group of dancers to perform to Slim's " Praise You " outside a Westwood, California , movie theater and taped the performance. The resulting clip was a huge success, and "Koufey" and his troupe were invited to New York City to perform the song for the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards . The video received awards for Best Direction, Breakthrough, and Best Choreography, which Jonze accepted, still in character. Jonze made
581-494: A box set including all three plus a bonus disc featuring more recent content. Because no additional Cunningham videos were included on the disc, the box set also included a poster with images from the Cunningham disc. Those who purchased the three volumes individually could receive the bonus disc and poster by e-mailing Palm Pictures, but Palm Pictures is no longer able to provide the bonus DVD and Poster. Palm Pictures released
664-459: A box set of Volumes 4–7 immediately upon their individual releases. Unlike the first box set, there was no additional content save for the box itself. Spike Jonze Adam Spiegel (born October 22, 1969), known professionally as Spike Jonze ( / dʒ oʊ n z / ), is an American filmmaker, actor, musician, and photographer. His work includes films, commercials, music videos, skateboard videos and television. Jonze began his career as
747-1094: A co-creator and executive producer of MTV's Jackass reality franchise. Jonze later began directing films based on his own screenplays, including Where the Wild Things Are (2009) and Her (2013); for the latter film, he won the Academy Award , Golden Globe , and the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay , while receiving Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Best Original Song (" The Moon Song "). He has worked as an actor sporadically throughout his career, co-starring in David O. Russell 's war comedy Three Kings (1999) and appearing in supporting roles in Bennett Miller 's Moneyball (2011) and Martin Scorsese 's The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), in addition to
830-552: A commercial and accompanying short film for the website building service Squarespace starring Idris Elba , as well a short film titled The New Normal advocating for marijuana legalization in partnership with the cannabis company MedMen . In that year, Jonze also filmed the Aziz Ansari stand-up special Right Now , operating close-up shots himself onstage. He won two consecutive Directors Guild of America Awards for his commercial work in 2018 and 2019. Jonze directed
913-609: A continuation of the television show, was released in October 2002. Jonze co-produced, contributed to the writing of the segments, and made a cameo appearance in the film. Jonze directed a 60-second commercial called " Lamp " for the furniture store IKEA in 2002, which won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival , considered a prestigious award in the field of advertising. Also in 2002, Jonze directed
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#1732797890603996-484: A faux documentary called The Mystery of Dalarö in 2004 as part of an advertising campaign for the Volvo S40 . The film was credited to a fictional Venezuelan director named Carlos Soto, but was later revealed to have been directed by Jonze. He directed a commercial for Adidas titled " Hello Tomorrow " in 2005, featuring the music of his brother Sam "Squeak E. Clean" Spiegel and Jonze's then-girlfriend Karen O of
1079-548: A hidden camera comedy film starring Johnny Knoxville as the vulgar grandfather Irvin Zisman. Jonze played his wife Gloria, but was cut from a majority of the film. Jonze served as the creative director of the YouTube Music Awards on November 3, 2013. At the ceremony, he directed the live music video for Arcade Fire's " Afterlife ", documented Lady Gaga 's live performance of " Dope " with Chris Milk , and premiered
1162-427: A more sleekly-designed female robot, played by Sienna Guillory . Jonze produced and provided his voice to a character in the short film Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life (2010), based on Maurice Sendak's book of the same name. He co-directed the video for LCD Soundsystem 's " Drunk Girls " with the band's frontman James Murphy and directed the video for Arcade Fire 's " The Suburbs " in 2010,
1245-406: A narrow dirt road where it slowly starts to lose control. The car then falls off the dirt road and rolls down a big hill where it then crashes into a pile of rocks. The credits then roll, with each skater performing a trick in slow motion, with " Cancion mixteca " by Ry Cooder playing and with "(birthdate-1991)" under the name of each skater (except for Rudy Johnson which the number 1-900-810-3611
1328-601: A planned hip-hop and R&B series featuring Paul Hunter , Director X , and Chris Robinson . In 2002, predating the Directors Label series, Palm Pictures released a DVD of Hype Williams ' work, titled Hype Williams: The Videos Vol. 1 . The first installment of the series centered on director Spike Jonze and was released on October 28, 2003. It includes interviews and audio commentaries from musicians such as Fatboy Slim, Weezer, The Pharcyde, Daft Punk, The Chemical Brothers, Björk, Christopher Walken and Puffy, plus
1411-419: A rail and being in disbelief about it. Jordan Richter's name is then displayed while the accompanying song (" My War " by Black Flag ) starts playing. Jordan then proceeds to skate primarily half-pipes and vert-based skateparks (with some footage of him skating in car parks). His part ends abruptly after he performs a no handed air and the song ends. Mark Gonzales ' name is then displayed; then footage of
1494-570: A recurring role in comedy series The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret (2010–2012) and cameo appearances in his own films. Jonze co-founded Directors Label , with filmmakers Chris Cunningham and Michel Gondry , and the Palm Pictures company. He is currently the creative director of Vice Media, Inc. and its multinational television channel Vice on TV . Adam Spiegel was born on October 22, 1969, in New York City ,
1577-562: A runway and central platform for the same concert. Jonze wrote and directed the stage show Changers: A Dance Story , starring Lakeith Stanfield and Mia Wasikowska . Featuring dance choreography by Ryan Heffington, the show premiered at an Opening Ceremony fashion week presentation in September 2017 before opening to the public for a four-night run at the La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club . Jonze produced
1660-425: A seemingly intuitive and humanistic female voice, named "Samantha" (Johansson), produced by an advanced computer operating system. Samantha was originally voiced by Samantha Morton during its production, but was later replaced by Johansson. Jonze provided his voice to a video game character in the film, Alien Child, who interacts with Theodore. The film's score was composed by Arcade Fire and Owen Pallett . Her
1743-431: A series of interviews with Sendak. Jonze wrote and directed We Were Once a Fairytale (2009), a short film starring Kanye West as himself acting belligerently while drunk in a nightclub. Jonze wrote and directed the science fiction romance short film I'm Here in 2010, based on the children's book The Giving Tree . The film stars Andrew Garfield as a robot with a head shaped like an old PC who falls in love with
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#17327978906031826-423: A short mockumentary about the experience called Torrance Rises (1999). The first feature film Jonze directed was Being John Malkovich in 1999. It stars John Cusack , Cameron Diaz , and Catherine Keener , with John Malkovich as himself. The screenplay was written by Charlie Kaufman and follows a puppeteer who finds a portal in an office that leads to the mind of actor John Malkovich. Kaufman's script
1909-484: A short film written by Lena Dunham that Jonze directed called Choose You . Jonze had a small role in Martin Scorsese 's 2013 film The Wolf of Wall Street as a stockbroker who teaches Jordan Belfort (played by Leonardo DiCaprio ) the ins and outs of penny stocks . Jonze got the part as the film shared the same casting director as Her , who asked Jonze if he wanted to appear in the film. He directed
1992-479: A speaking part in the Beck song "The Horrible Fanfare/Landslide/Exoskeleton" from his 2006 album The Information . In 2007, he became the creative director of VBS.tv , an online television network supplied by Vice and funded by MTV. Jonze hosted his own interview show on the service. He directed ads for GAP and Levi's, and co-directed the skateboarding video Fully Flared with Ty Evans and Cory Weincheque in
2075-487: 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
2158-399: A time in 2001, directing the video for " Weapon of Choice ", starring Christopher Walken dancing around a deserted hotel lobby. The video won multiple awards at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards and the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Music Video . Jonze's second film, the comedy-drama Adaptation , (2002), was partially based on the non-fiction book The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean and
2241-482: A trick. The car then drives along a road until out of frame which then reveals a sunset overlooking a forest. Guy Mariano 's name is displayed in white writing in front of a black background thus beginning his part. Then footage of Guy performing several tricks is shown before the accompanied song (" I Want You Back " by Jackson 5 ) starts playing. Guy Mariano continues to primarily skate in places such as schools , car parks and streets. His part ends with him sliding
2324-575: A woman erratically dancing around a large mansion, with choreography by Ryan Heffington . Jonze is the creative director of multinational television channel brand Viceland , which launched in February 2016. In 2017, Jonze directed Frank Ocean 's summer festival tour, which included 8 shows which took place in different cities around the US and Europe. Jonze also produced and decorated, alongside Ocean and artist Tom Sachs among others, an elaborate stage with
2407-545: Is a skateboarding video by Blind Skateboards released in 1991, which is often credited as the most important skate video of all time. Video Days is the first movie/video directed by Spike Jonze and stars Mark Gonzales , Guy Mariano , Rudy Johnson, Jordan Richter, and Jason Lee . Legendary professional skateboarder Danny Way was briefly on Blind Skateboards from 1990–1991 and shot some footage for Video Days . However, he soon quit Blind, returning to his original team H-Street Skateboards and his footage for Video Days
2490-606: Is a much-fabled tale. But strip everything back to the raw skating within and it still holds its legendary status". Thrasher has inducted 3 out of the 5 skateboarding parts (Jason Lee, Mark Gonzales and Guy Mariano) in Video Days into their "classics" video section. Thrasher has praised Video Days saying "The Blind guys didn't set out to make skate history in 1991, and that makes this video's legendary status even better." Huck writer Jay Riggio both praised and described his history with Video Days stating "The video
2573-477: Is displayed). Video Days has had a positive feedback from critics and is considered an important part in skateboarding history and culture. Trashfilter.com has praised Video Days stating that " 'The best skate video of all time? Really?' When you take into a number of factors into account, then you soon realise that it's a deserving title. The story behind the first video from the Blind skateboard team back in 1991
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2656-520: Is now a producer and DJ, and his sister Julia. While studying at Walt Whitman High School , Jonze spent much of his time at a Bethesda community store, where owner Mike Henderson gave him the nickname "Spike Jonze" in reference to the satirical bandleader Spike Jones . While in high school, Jonze was close friends with future Jackass co-creator Jeff Tremaine . They became friends through their shared interest in BMX. A keen BMX rider, Jonze began working at
2739-449: Is presented as the opening credits for a fictional show called Sabotage , featuring the band members appearing as its protagonists . As with "Buddy Holly", the video attracted great popularity and was in "near-constant rotation on MTV." In the same year, Jonze also directed videos for the hip hop group Marxman , The Breeders, Dinosaur Jr. , and another Weezer song, " Undone – The Sweater Song ". Jonze made his film debut as an actor in
2822-781: The Beastie Boys Story: As Told by Michael Diamond & Adam Horovitz stage show, which took place in Philadelphia and Brooklyn for three nights in 2019 and saw the band's two surviving members tell the story of the Beastie Boys and their friendship. A feature-length documentary, Beastie Boys Story , was also directed by Jonze and features footage from the shows. It was released on Apple TV+ in 2020 to positive reviews. He returned to acting in Damien Chazelle 's 2022 film Babylon , appearing as
2905-666: The Levi 's commercial "Crazy Legs" and the videos for Beck 's " Guess I'm Doing Fine ", Björk's " It's in Our Hands " (filmed in night vision ), and one of two versions of Weezer's " Island in the Sun ". Jonze co-directed the Girl Skateboards video Yeah Right! in 2003, which featured extensive use of special effects and a cameo by Owen Wilson . That same year, he directed the video for Turbonegro 's single "Sell Your Body (to
2988-551: The "Wild Things," who declare Max their king. The Wild Things were played by performers in creature suits, while CGI was required to animate their faces. James Gandolfini , Lauren Ambrose , Chris Cooper, Forest Whitaker , Catherine O'Hara , Paul Dano , and Michael Berry Jr. provided the voices for the Wild Things, and Jonze voiced two owls named Bob and Terry. The film's soundtrack was performed by Karen O and composer Carter Burwell scored his third film for Jonze. Where
3071-485: The "most excitingly original movie of the year". At the 72nd Academy Awards , the film was nominated for Best Director , Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress for Keener. Jonze co-starred opposite George Clooney , Mark Wahlberg and Ice Cube in David O. Russell 's war comedy Three Kings (1999), which depicts a gold heist by four U.S. soldiers following the end of the Gulf War . Jonze's role in
3154-594: The 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is shown with Willy Wonka ( Gene Wilder ) saying "We are the music makers and we are the dreamers of dreams". The accompanying song (" Traneing In " by John Coltrane and the Red Garland Trio) starts playing. Mark then proceeds to skate a wide variety of locations including car parks, streets, ditches , basketball courts , half pipes and plazas . Short and silent snippets of Willy Wonka &
3237-400: The 1990s, resulting in collaborations with R.E.M. , Sonic Youth , Beastie Boys , Ween , Fatboy Slim , Daft Punk , Weezer , Björk , Arcade Fire and Kanye West . Jonze began his feature film directing career with Being John Malkovich (1999) and Adaptation (2002), both written by Charlie Kaufman ; the former earned Jonze an Academy Award nomination for Best Director . He was
3320-596: The Chocolate Factory do appear throughout this part. The part ends when Mark frontside boardslides a rail and then loses his board. Then footage of a young British girl saying "I hope you've enjoyed the skateboarding and everything else, that's all folks, goodbye. And this is from...", she then gives a confused look to someone off camera. Then footage is shown of all five skaters riding in the Blue Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Regency interacting with various " Support our troops " protesters on
3403-452: The Night)" which featured appearances by the members of Jackass. Jonze co-founded Directors Label – a series of DVDs devoted to music video directors – in September 2003 with filmmakers Chris Cunningham and Michel Gondry . Jonze's volume, The Work of Director Spike Jonze , was released in October and comprises his videos, as well as photographs, drawings and interviews. Jonze made
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3486-687: The Rockville BMX store in Rockville, Maryland, at the age of 16. A common destination for touring professional BMX teams, Jonze began photographing BMX demos at Rockville and formed a friendship with Freestylin' Magazine editors Mark Lewman and Andy Jenkins. Impressed with Jonze's photography work, the pair offered him a job as a photographer for the magazine, and he subsequently moved to California to pursue career opportunities in photography. Jonze fronted Club Homeboy , an international BMX club, alongside Lewman and Jenkins. The three also created
3569-580: The Volume 1 and Volume 2 DVDs, as well as on Palm Pictures' website) include clips of, as well as references to, Gondry's heavily autobiographical video for Radiohead's " Knives Out ." It is unclear why this video was omitted from the final DVD; however, as of June 2008, it is available on the compilation DVD Radiohead: The Best Of , released by EMI after the band had left its contract. In August 2009, "Knives Out", along with other omissions and more recent works of Gondry's, were released by Partizan Films on
3652-546: The Wild Things Are (2009), a film adaptation of Maurice Sendak children's picture book of the same name , was directed by Jonze and co-written by Jonze and Dave Eggers , who expanded the original ten-sentence book into a feature film. Sendak gave advice to Jonze while he was adapting the book and the two developed a friendship. The film stars Max Records as Max, a lonely 8-year-old boy who runs away from home after an argument with his mother (played by Catherine Keener) and sails away to an island inhabited by creatures known as
3735-540: The Wild Things Are was released in October 2009 to a generally positive critical reception but did not perform well at the box office. Some reviewers were unsure whether the film was intended for a younger or adult audience due to its dark tone and level of maturity. Jonze himself said that he "didn't set out to make a children's movie; I set out to make a movie about childhood". A television documentary, Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak , co-directed by Jonze and Lance Bangs, aired in 2009 and features
3818-580: The all-time best skaters, and skating that is excellent even when compared with today's standards. Throughout the 360 flips, handrails, gaps, manual variations, and bluntslides, the eclectic soundtrack fully complements the video. I would highly recommend watching this video over all other videos." Jason Lee 's impromptu song at the end of his part caught the attention of Clerks director Kevin Smith , who would later cast Lee in Smith's follow-up film Mallrats , thus launching Lee's acting career. Although
3901-548: The band Yeah Yeah Yeahs . After directing videos for Ludacris and Yeah Yeah Yeahs' " Y Control " (which caused some controversy over its graphic images), Jonze collaborated with Björk for a third time on the playful music video for " Triumph of a Heart " (2005), in which her husband was played by a housecat. The second Jackass film, Jackass Number Two , was released in 2006 and saw Jonze dress as an old lady whose breasts "accidentally" keep becoming exposed while wandering around Los Angeles . Along with Dave Eggers , he had
3984-472: The camera. Jason Lee 's name is displayed before he addresses the camera and says "You know I'll give you a hundred bucks and I'll take you out to Benihana's if you slide that 75 foot handrail". He then pulls a face at the camera and says "I'll give you 600 tries, I'll be back next week". Then he proceeds to skate when the accompanying song ("The Knife Song" by Milk ) comes on. He skates various car parks, plazas, streets, schools etc. in his part. About 3/4 of
4067-405: The car crash at the end was not intended to be serious, at the time, many people thought the team had actually died. . For their February/March 2011 issue, Skateboarder Magazine organized a reunion photo shoot with all 5 skaters to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Video Days . Skateboarder Magazine 's photographer John Bradford quoted on skateboardermag.com "To tell you the truth I
4150-732: The couple filed for divorce, citing " irreconcilable differences ". The character of John, a career-driven photographer (played by Giovanni Ribisi ) in Coppola's Lost in Translation (2003), was rumored to be based on Jonze, though Coppola commented "It's not Spike, but there are elements of him there, elements of experiences." Jonze dated singer Karen O throughout 2005, although the couple broke up shortly after. People reported that Jonze dated actress Drew Barrymore in 2007. From 2008 to 2009, Jonze dated actress Michelle Williams , with whom he worked on Synecdoche, New York . Jonze
4233-455: The documentary Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (2017), which documents the production of the film Man on the Moon (1999). The following year, he directed the short commercial film Welcome Home for Apple's HomePod devices, starring FKA Twigs dancing inside her apartment as its transforms into a surreal space and engages in a dance off with her doppelgänger . In 2019, Jonze directed
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#17327978906034316-483: The film, the sweet, dimwitted, casually racist PFC Conrad Vig, was written specifically for him. Jonze also directed a commercial for Nike called "The Morning After" in 1999, a parody of the hysteria surrounding Y2K . Jonze returned to video directing in 2000, helming the video for the song " Wonderboy " by the comedy duo Tenacious D . Along with Johnny Knoxville and childhood friend Jeff Tremaine , Jonze co-created, executive produced and occasionally appeared in
4399-509: The first time in many years to reminisce about how they innocently and unwhittingly (sic) changed skateboarding forever. My jealousy of Jaime instantly faded and the day became one of my favorite days of my career to date, just given who was in the room and what they were all collectively there to celebrate." A 3 part "Behind the Scenes" video series was then uploaded onto skateboardermag.com, one of which had an interview with Guy Mariano about
4482-464: The latter being an edited version of Jonze's short film Scenes from the Suburbs (2011), a dystopian vision of suburbia in the near-future and an expansion of the themes of nostalgia, alienation, and childhood found in the song. A third Jackass film, Jackass 3D , premiered in 2010. He was part of the main cast for the black comedy series The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret as
4565-486: The making of "Drop" with The Pharcyde. It also includes a commentary on a selection of the videos by the Beastie Boys. Enclosed is a book comprising Jonze's photographs, drawings and interviews. All videos directed by Spike Jonze, except where noted. Behind the scenes photographs, storyboards, sketchbook drawings, record cover art and interview Michel's stories, drawings photographs & interviews. Trailers for "Volume 3: The Work Of Director Michel Gondry" (found on
4648-490: The same year, he also directed a television commercial titled "Guerrilla Tennis" for Nike featuring tennis players Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras participating in a match in the middle of an intersection in Manhattan, the "rapid-paced" title sequence for the sitcom Double Rush and worked on videos for R.E.M. , Sonic Youth and Ween . Jonze sole video directing credit of 1996 was for The Pharcyde 's " Drop ", which
4731-519: The same year. Jonze directed the music video for Kanye West 's single " Flashing Lights " in 2008. Filmed entirely in slow motion, the video stars West and model Rita G, and sees her driving around the Las Vegas, Nevada , desert in a Ford Mustang before stopping to repeatedly stab West, who is tied up in the trunk. Jonze produced Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut Synecdoche, New York in 2008, which Jonze originally intended to direct. Where
4814-480: The sidewalk. Jason Lee yells to the protesters the infamous line "No War for Heavy Metal !". Rudy Johnson's name is displayed while the accompanying song (" Just Like Heaven " by Dinosaur Jr. ) starts playing. Rudy then skates such locations as streets, car parks, plazas and Embarcadero (in San Francisco ). Rudy's part ends abruptly as he performs an Ollie one foot to lipslide on a rail and almost runs into
4897-656: The son of Arthur H. Spiegel III and Sandra L. Granzow. His father was of German Jewish ancestry. Jonze is the great-grandson of Arthur Spiegel and the great-great-grandson of Joseph Spiegel , founder of the Spiegel catalog . Arthur H. Spiegel III was the founder of a healthcare consulting firm . Jonze's parents divorced when he was a young child and his father remarried. Jonze was raised by his mother in Bethesda, Maryland , where she worked in public relations , along with his brother Sam "Squeak E. Clean" Spiegel , who
4980-510: The sports drama Moneyball as the husband of Robin Wright 's character, who is the ex-wife of Billy Beane (played by Brad Pitt ). In 2012, Jonze co-directed the feature-length skateboarding film Pretty Sweet with his Fully Flared co-directors Ty Evans and Cory Weincheque. Jonze's fourth feature film, the romantic science fiction drama Her , was released in December 2013. The film
5063-608: The streets of New York City . His video for the Chemical Brothers 's " Elektrobank " (1997) starred his future wife Sofia Coppola as a gymnast. Throughout 1997, he also worked on videos for R.E.M., Pavement , Puff Daddy , and The Notorious B.I.G. He made a cameo appearance as a paramedic in David Fincher 's film The Game (1997). Jonze filmed a short documentary in 1997, Amarillo by Morning , about two Texan boys who aspire to be bull riders . He
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#17327978906035146-455: The supervisor to David Cross ' character for the first two seasons in 2010 and 2012, before being replaced by Jack McBrayer in the third season. Jonze resumed his longtime collaboration with the Beastie Boys in July 2011, directing the video for their song featuring Santigold , " Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win ", in which the band members are portrayed as action figures . He then directed
5229-490: The television series Jackass in 2000, which aired on MTV for three seasons until 2002. The show featured a group of people performing dangerous stunts and pranks on each other. At the request of Al Gore 's presidential campaign in 2000 , Jonze directed a short video about Gore at his home. The video was shown at the Democratic National Convention . He collaborated with Fatboy Slim for a second
5312-612: 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
5395-529: The video for Kanye West and Jay-Z 's 2011 single " Otis ", which saw the pair driving a customized Maybach 57 around an industrial lot. Along with Simon Cahn, Jonze co-directed the stop-motion animated short film Mourir Auprès De Toi (2011), which is set in the Shakespeare and Company bookstore in Paris. Jonze voiced a skeletal Macbeth in the film. Also in 2011, Jonze played a small supporting role in
5478-463: The video for Kanye West's " Only One " in 2015, which was filmed on his iPhone in a foggy field and featured heartfelt interactions between West and daughter. Jonze made a guest appearance in the fourth season of Lena Dunham's television series Girls in March 2015. Jonze directed the short commercial film Kenzo World to promote a fragrance by Kenzo in 2016. The film starred Margaret Qualley as
5561-585: The video for the Weezer song " Buddy Holly ", which featured the band performing the song interspersed with clips from the sitcom Happy Days . The video became immensely popular and was shown frequently on MTV . A 2013 Rolling Stone readers' poll ranked it as the tenth best music video of the 1990s. Also in 1994, Jonze directed the videos for the Beastie Boys ' songs " Sure Shot " and, more famously, " Sabotage ". The latter parodies 1970s cop shows and
5644-562: The way through his part the song changes to "Real World" by Hüsker Dü . Then a newspaper reading "AMERICA GOES TO WAR: COMPLETE COVERAGE OF THE GULF CRISIS" is shown, then Jason Lee proceeds to sing a song that goes: His part then fades to black. Then a voice is heard which says "There's a liquor right there, dude, so pull over, it's a yellow sign". Then " Lowrider " by War is played again as several shots of all 5 skaters drinking alcoholic beverages while riding in their signature Blue Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Regency . The car then drives onto
5727-483: The youth culture magazines Homeboy and Dirt , the latter of which was spun off from the female-centered Sassy and was aimed towards young boys. 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
5810-464: 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 asked him to direct a music video featuring skateboarders. The video, co-directed by Jonze and Tamra Davis ,
5893-646: 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 . Jonze co-wrote, co-produced, and appeared in Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013),
5976-420: Was a little jealous of Jaime Owens when he told me he’d be shooting the Video Days guys for the article. He’s usually the one holding everything together down in the office while photographers like me and Mehring are out and about shooting what needs to be shot. Plus, I’m of an age where I grew up in the ’90′s (like Jaime), and can vividly remember the earth figuratively shaking when Video Days first dropped. I have
6059-413: Was almost too much to take in. From the mind-blowing skating to the documented personalities of my heroes, absorbing it in small intervals was my only option. I can’t go as far as to say that I recognized the genius of Video Days off the bat, nor can I say that I even placed much importance on Spike Jonze’s onscreen credit back then – I had only recognized his name from photo credits in skate mags. All I knew
6142-627: Was also one of the cinematographers for the documentary Free Tibet , which documents the 1996 Tibetan Freedom Concert in San Francisco . His 1998 commercial for Sprite is considered an example of subvertising for its spoof take on the brand's mascot. Jonze developed an alter ego named Richard Koufey, the leader of the Torrance Community Dance Group, an urban troupe that performs in public spaces. The Koufey persona appeared when Jonze, in character, filmed himself dancing to Fatboy Slim 's " Praise You " as it played on
6225-448: Was filmed backwards and then reversed. In 1997, Jonze made a short film called How They Get There , starring Mark Gonzales as a man who is playfully imitating a woman's actions on the other side of a sidewalk before running into danger. Jonze worked with the electronic music duo Daft Punk on the music video for the instrumental song " Da Funk " in 1997. The clip, titled Big City Nights , follows an anthropomorphic "man-dog" wandering
6308-399: 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. Along with Rick Howard and Mike Carroll , Jonze co-founded the skateboard company Girl Skateboards in 1993. The following year, he directed
6391-399: Was his first original screenplay and the first he had written alone, inspired by Charlie Kaufman by putting "all the ideas and feelings at that time" into his script for Synecdoche, New York . It stars Joaquin Phoenix , Amy Adams , Rooney Mara , Olivia Wilde , and Scarlett Johansson . The film follows the recently divorced Theodore Twombly (Phoenix), a man who develops a relationship with
6474-416: 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
6557-400: Was omitted. A brief shot of Way can be seen during Gonzales' part in this video. The film starts off with footage of all 5 skaters driving around in a Blue Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Regency accompanied to the song " Low Rider " by War ; this car becomes the central theme for the video. Each skater's name is introduced while riding in the car which is then followed by footage of them performing
6640-480: Was passed on to Jonze by his father-in-law Francis Ford Coppola and he agreed to direct it, "delighted by its originality and labyrinthine plot". Being John Malkovich was released in October 1999 to laudatory reviews; the Chicago Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert found the film to be "endlessly inventive" and named it the best film of 1999, while Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly called it
6723-421: Was reported to have begun dating Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi in 2010 and the couple briefly lived together in New York City . They separated in 2011. Since 2019, Jonze has been in a relationship with artist Allie Teilz , whom he met in 2013 on the set of Her . Teilz and Jonze welcomed twin sons in 2023. In 2024, Teilz announced they were expecting another child. Video Days Video Days
6806-407: Was that Video Days made me want to skate like never before. There was magic in it that to this day seems difficult to place." SkimTheFat reviewer "Thrashathon" rated Video Days 5 stars (out of five), stating "Video Days has become a standard for skate videos for the last 10 years and will continue for the next 10. The street skating is amazing and still fires me up to this day. It features some of
6889-540: Was written by Charlie Kaufman. The metafilm starred Nicolas Cage in a dual role as Kaufman and his fictional twin brother, Donald, as he attempts to adapt The Orchid Thief into a film and features dramatized events from the book. It co-starred Meryl Streep as Orlean and Chris Cooper as the subject of The Orchid Thief , John Laroche . Adaptation. was met with widespread critical acclaim from critics, who praised it for its originality whilst simultaneously being funny and thought-provoking. Jackass: The Movie ,
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