Spike Jonze

Lived in LA for most of his lifeMade 4 feature-length filmsMost of his films are independent (made

without being associated to any large movie studio)

Only works in live-action, with some CGINo core of actors- always shifting, but all

A-list actors Style is surreal and imaginative, but still

based in realityTarget audience is mainly young adultUsual genre is science-fiction, with

elements of drama

Sofia CoppolaHe used to be married to Sofia Coppola, a fellow film director.Sofia’s movies include Lost in Translation and The Bling Ring.She wrote LiT about him and their bumpy relationship.They broke up in 2007 – they were both evidently really sad, but it was very clean and was a mutual agreement.

Being John Malkovich (1999)Craig Schwartz finds a door in his office

into the mind of actor John Malkovich, who he can control for 10 minutes before being ejected back into his own body at the New Jersey Turnpike.

John Cusack plays John Malkovich, Cameron Diaz plays John Malkovich, John Malkovich plays John Malkovich.

Very metaphoricalTrailer-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7ahIGLNNwo

Where the Wild Things Are (2009)Based on Maurice Sendak’s children’s bookThe soundtrack is killer- all songs by Karen O10 year old boy, Max, runs away from home

and sails across a lake to the land of the Wild Things, where he becomes a king and creates chaos.

The Wild Things are actors in human-sized puppet suits

Most surreal of his films- all about Max’s imagination

Trailer

Her (2013)About Theodore Twombly, recently

broken-up with his fiancé, who falls in love with an operating system on his phone.

Spike wrote it about Sofia, as a kind of response to Lost in Translation, except while LiT is more about their break-up, Her is about the good times they shared and their love-filled early stages

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMnpxFcgBBU

Short FilmsAlthough he’s only directed 4

feature length films, he’s directed and produced a lot of his own short films

His most recent work is I’m Here, about 2 robots falling in love (30 mins)

Love is a common theme throughout all of these short films

AdvertsSpike has also created many

adverts for primarily US brands Ikea Ad-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsQXQGaasUg

GAP Ad- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oob5uobmcy8

Music VideosIn the mid 90’s Spike directed a big

bunch of music videos- mainly for rock bands, like Dinosaur Jr. and Wheezer

Also done videos for other genres- Fatboy Slim’s ‘Praise You’, and Kanye’s ‘Flashing Lights’

His most well-known one is a 30-minute video for Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs (Arcade Fire also scored Her and played in the trailer for WTWTA)