Adam Spiegel (born October 22, 1969), known professionally as Spike
Jonze (pronounced as the common Welsh name "Jones"), is an American
filmmaker, photographer, musician, and actor, whose work includes
film, television, music videos, and commercials.Jonze began his career
as a teenager photographing BMX riders and skateboarders for
Freestylin' Magazine and Transworld Skateboarding, and he co-founded
the youth culture magazine Dirt. Moving into filmmaking, he began
shooting street skateboarding films, including the influential Video
Days (1991). Jonze co-founded the skateboard company Girl Skateboards
in 1993 with riders Rick Howard and Mike Carroll. Jonze's filmmaking
style made him an in-demand director of music videos for much of the
1990s, resulting in collaborations with Sonic Youth, Beastie Boys,
Fatboy Slim, Daft Punk, Weezer, Björk, Kanye West and Arcade
Fire.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. He was a co-creator and executive producer of MTV's Jackass
reality franchise. 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").
Jonze (pronounced as the common Welsh name "Jones"), is an American
filmmaker, photographer, musician, and actor, whose work includes
film, television, music videos, and commercials.Jonze began his career
as a teenager photographing BMX riders and skateboarders for
Freestylin' Magazine and Transworld Skateboarding, and he co-founded
the youth culture magazine Dirt. Moving into filmmaking, he began
shooting street skateboarding films, including the influential Video
Days (1991). Jonze co-founded the skateboard company Girl Skateboards
in 1993 with riders Rick Howard and Mike Carroll. Jonze's filmmaking
style made him an in-demand director of music videos for much of the
1990s, resulting in collaborations with Sonic Youth, Beastie Boys,
Fatboy Slim, Daft Punk, Weezer, Björk, Kanye West and Arcade
Fire.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. He was a co-creator and executive producer of MTV's Jackass
reality franchise. 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").
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