Spike Jonze

Short Biography

Jonze was born on October 22, 1969 inRockville, Maryland, and grew up in Bethesda, Maryland and in Gulph Mills, Pennsylvania. His father, Arthur H. Spiegel III, was a distant relation of the Spiegel catalog family, and founded APM Management Consultants. His mother, Sandra L. Granzow, is a writer, communications consultant in developing countries, and artist. His brother Sam "Squeak E. Clean" Spiegel, is a producer and DJ He also has a sister, Julia. His father was from a German Jewish family, while his mother has German, Scottish, and English (Christian) ancestry.

Work Life Spike Jonze is an American director, producer, screenwriter and actor, whose

work includes music videos, commercials, films and television. He started his feature film directing career with Being John Malkovich (1999) and Adaptation (2002), both written by Charlie Kaufman, and then started movies with screenplays of his own with Where the Wild Things Are (2009) and Her (2013)

Jonze is well known for his music video collaborations with Fatboy Slim, Weezer, Beastie Boys, and Björk. He was a co-creator and executive producer of MTV's Jackass.[1] He is currently the creative director of VBS.tv.[2] He is part owner of skateboard company Girl Skateboards with riders Rick Howard and Mike Carroll. Jonze has great distinction in the skateboarding world; his Video Days is widely regarded as the most influential skate video ever made.

Music Career

Here are some of his videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoEKWtgJQAU- Otis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Euj9f3gdyM- The Suburbs