Spike Jonze
By Saeed Moulai
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
• 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
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)
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.
Spike Jonze

Spike Jonze

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    Fact File • FullName: 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
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    • Spike Jonzeis 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
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    Information • He startedhis 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)
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    Auteur Theory • Jonzeis 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.