Spike Jonze

Quick Facts

Full Name	Spike Jonze
Occupation	Director
Date Of Birth	Oct 22, 1969(1969-10-22)
Age	55
Birthplace	Rockville
Country	United States
Birth City	Maryland
Horoscope	Libra

Spike Jonze Biography

Spike Jonze is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on October 22, 1969 in Rockville, Maryland, United States. Director of the critically acclaimed movies Being John Malkovich Adaptation as well as Her. The script for Her won him the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He also directed and wrote his 2009 feature movie Where the Wild Things Are.

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.

Spike Jonze Net Worth

Spike Jonze is one of the richest Director from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Spike Jonze 's net worth $50 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a part of Club Homeboy which is an international BMX club throughout his teenage years.

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.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Spike Jonze height 5 ft 7 in Spike weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Spike Jonze Dating?

According to our records, Spike Jonze married to Sofia Coppola. As of December 1, 2023, Spike Jonze’s is not dating anyone.

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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, 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.”

Facts & Trivia

Spike Ranked on the list of most popular Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Spike Jonze celebrates birthday on October 22 of every year.

He has worked as an actor sporadically throughout his career, co-starring in David O. Russell’s war comedy Three Kings (1999) and appeared in supporting roles in Bennett Miller’s Moneyball (2011) and Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), in addition to 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.

What is Spike Jonze known for?

Spike Jonze, original name Adam Spiegel, (born October 22, 1969, Rockville, Maryland, U.S.), American director and producer known for his visually arresting and innovative music videos and films.

Why is Spike Jonze in Moneyball?

He says the Moneyball offer came from Miller after the two spent Jonze’s postproduction process on Where the Wild Things Are screwing around and making experimental 16-millimeter Bolex films after hours (Jonze had lent Miller an office in his editing suite so the Moneyball director could write his coming film …

What is Spike Jonze style?

The heightened style and fast paced editing led Video Days to be regarded as one of the most influential skate videos ever made. Jonze was recognized for his work on short extreme sport videos and consequently approached to direct a video for American rock band Weezer for the song ‘Buddy Holly’.

How did Spike Jonze get his name?

By the time the director entered high school, the young teenager had adopted the name Spike Jonze , and used the name when participating in skateboarding and BMX bicycling competitions, his passion at the time.

Is Spike Jones dead?

May 1, 1965