Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

October 21, 1969 (55 years old)

Place of Birth

Rockville, Maryland, USA

Spike Jonze

Biography

Adam Spiegel (born October 22, 1969), known professionally as Spike Jonze, 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 and the 2002 film Adaptation., and for his work as director of the 2009 film Where the Wild Things Are. He was also a co-creator and executive producer of MTV's Jackass. He is currently the creative director of VBS.tv. He is also part owner of skateboard company Girl Skateboards with riders Rick Howard and Mike Carroll. He also co-founded Directors Label with filmmakers Chris Cunningham and Michel Gondry. Description above from the Wikipedia article Spike Jonze, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life

Jackass Number Two: Too Hot for Theaters

Lost on Location: Behind the Scenes of 'Lost in Translation'

Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak

Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'

The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret

R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)

D.A.F.T.: A Story About Dogs, Androids, Firemen and Tomatoes

Weezer: Video Capture Device - Treasures from the Vault 1991-2002

Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Tell Me What Rockers to Swallow

An Intimate Look Inside the Acting Process with Ice Cube

Björk: Greatest Hits - Volumen 1993-2003

Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock

Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine

Photos