Spike Jonze, Case study into a Director.

WIKI - 'Spike Jonze  October 22, 1969) is an American director, producer and actor, whose work includes music videos, commercials, film and television. He is best known for his collaborations with writer Charlie Kaufman, which include the 1999 film Being John Malkovich (that gave him an Academy Award for Best Director nomination) and the 2002 film Adaptation, and direction of the 2009 film Where the Wild Things Are. He is well known also for his music video collaborations with Weezer, Beastie Boys, and Björk. He was also a co-creator and executive producer of MTV'sJackass.^[1] He is currently the creative director of VBS.tv.^[2] He is also part owner of skateboard company Girl Skateboards with riders Rick Howard and Mike Carroll.'


"He also co - founded 'Directors Label'  with film makers Chris Cunningham and Michel Gondry."




Spike Jonze's IMDB

Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win (short) 

 

2011Mourir auprès de toi (short) 

 

2011Scenes from the Suburbs (short) 

 

2010The Vampire Attack (video short) 

 

2010I'm Here (short) 

 

2009Where the Wild Things Are 

 

2009Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak (TV documentary short) 

 

2009We Were Once a Fairytale (short) 

 

2007Fully Flared (video documentary) 

 

2005The Medúlla Videos (video short) (video "Triumph of a Heart") 

 

2004Corporate Ghost (video) 

 

2004Weezer: Video Capture Device - Treasures from the Vault 1991-2002 (video documentary) (videos "Undone - The Sweater Song", "Buddy Holly", "Island in the Sun [2nd Version]") 

 

2004Hot Chocolate (video documentary) 

 

2003Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks (video documentary) ("Wonderboy" video / as Spike Jones) 

 

2003The Best of R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (video documentary) (video "Electrolite") 

 

2003The Work of Director Spike Jonze (video documentary short) 

 

2003What's Up, Fatlip? (video documentary short) 

 

2003The Chemical Brothers: Singles 93-03 (video) 

 

2003Yeah Right! (video) 

 

2002Adaptation. 

 

2002Björk: Volumen Plus (video short) (video "It's in Our Hands") 

 

2002Pavement: Slow Century (video documentary) (video "Shady Lane") 

 

2002Cydeways: The Best of the Pharcyde (video documentary) (videos "Drop" and "What's Up, Fatlip?") 

 

2000Beastie Boys: Video Anthology (video documentary) (videos "Sabotage", "Sure Shot", "Ricky's Theme", "Ciao L.A.") 

 

2000D.A.F.T. (video) (segment "Da Funk") 

 

1999Clip Cult Vol. 1: Exploding Cinema (video "Praise You") 

 

1999Being John Malkovich 

 

1999Björk: Volumen (video) (video "It's Oh So Quiet") 

 

1999An Intimate Look Inside the Acting Process with Ice Cube (video documentary short) 

 

1999Torrance Rises (short) (as Richard Coufey) 

 

1998Amarillo by Morning (documentary short) 

 

1997How They Get There (short) 

 

1997Mouse (video documentary short) 

 

1995R.E.M. Parallel (video) (video "Crush with Eyeliner") 

 

1994Beastie Boys: Sabotage (video short) 

 

1994Ciao L.A. (video short) 

 

1991Video Days (video short) 

 

He has also directed Films such as

- Jackass the movie

- Being John Malkovich

- Where the wild things are.