#Spike jonze series#

Spiegel III was the founder of a healthcare consulting firm. Jonze is the grandson of Arthur Spiegel and the great-great-grandson of Joseph Spiegel, founder of the Spiegel catalog. His father was of German-Jewish ancestry. Spiegel was born in New York City, the son of Arthur H. 2.4 2009–2019: Where the Wild Things Are, short films, and HerĪdam H.2.2 1995–1999: In demand video director and Being John Malkovich.2.1 1985–1993: Photography, magazines, and early video work.and its multinational television channel Vice on TV. He is currently the creative director of Vice Media, Inc. Jonze co-founded Directors Label, with filmmakers Chris Cunningham and Michel Gondry, and the Palm Pictures company.

#Spike jonze series#

Russell's war comedy Three Kings (1999) and appearing 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. He has worked as an actor sporadically throughout his career, co-starring in David O. Jonze later began directing films based on his own screenplays, including Where the Wild Things Are (2009) and Her (2013) for the latter film, he won the Academy Award, Golden Globe, and the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay, while receiving Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Best Original Song (' The Moon Song'). He was a co-creator and executive producer of MTV's Jackass reality franchise. Jonze began his feature film directing career with Being John Malkovich (1999) and Adaptation (2002), both written by Charlie Kaufman the former earned Jonze an Academy Award nomination for Best Director. Jonze's filmmaking style made him an in-demand director of music videos for much of the 1990s, resulting in collaborations with R.E.M., Sonic Youth, Beastie Boys, Ween, Fatboy Slim, Daft Punk, Weezer, Björk, Arcade Fire and Kanye West. Jonze co-founded the skateboard company Girl Skateboards in 1993 with riders Rick Howard and Mike Carroll. Moving into filmmaking, he began shooting street skateboarding films, including the influential Video Days (1991). Jonze began his career as a teenager photographing BMX riders and skateboarders for Freestylin' Magazine and Transworld Skateboarding, and co-founding the youth culture magazine Dirt. His work includes commercials, film, music videos, skateboard videos and television. Spiegel (born October 22, 1969), known professionally as Spike Jonze, is an American actor, filmmaker, musician, and photographer. Joseph Spiegel (great-great-grandfather)Īdam H.