Spike Jonze is an American film director and music video director born in 1969. He is known for directing influential and alternative music videos for major artists like Bjork, Daft Punk, and Kanye West. Jonze also directed notable films like Being John Malkovich and Adaptation. He is considered an auteur director because he brings a unique personal style of off-beat storytelling and mixing of mediums to all his creative works.

1. Spike Jonze
By Saeed Moulai

2. Fact File
• Full Name: Adam Spiegel, October 22, 1969 (age 46), Rockville,
Maryland, U.S.
• Occupation: Film director, film producer, screenwriter, actor
• Years active: 1989–present
• Notable Work: "Only One" Kanye West feat. Paul McCartney,
"Dope" Lady Gaga, "Da Funk" Daft Punk, "Praise You" Fatboy Slim

3. • Spike Jonze is an American
director of music videos.
• He has worked with big name
artists such as Bjork and Biggie
Smalls as well as smaller niche
artists.
• He is well respected because he is
renowned for making influential
and alternative videos
• He is known to work with the artist
to bring out their true emotion as
well as capturing the artists own
illustration
• He came from a qualified
background and attended San
Francisco Art Institution

4. Information
• He started his career by making music videos, his
first notable music video was Hush by Wax and that
was in 1992
• After reaching fame by working with famous stars
in music videos Jonze moved on to produce short
films and then direct films, nowadays in 2016 he is
renowned for both his music video and film
directing
• Jonze is well known for his music video
collaborations with Daft Punk, Fatboy Slim, Weezer,
the Beastie Boys, Björk and Kanye West
• He started his feature film directing career with
Being John Malkovich (1999) and Adaptation (2002)

5. Auteur Theory
• Jonze is an auteur theorist
• He uses a personal factor in an artistic creation
as a standard of reference and a feature that
continues throughout directors work
• Jonze’s personal factor is making content that is
off-beat in its story telling. Particularly in their
mix of live action, puppetry and animation. He
often combines different mediums.