![]() While shooting for various BMX publications in California, Jonze was introduced to a number of professional skateboarders who often shared ramps with BMX pros. Career 1985–1993: Photography, magazines, and early video work The three also created the youth culture magazines Homeboy and Dirt, the latter of which was spun off from the female-centered Sassy and was aimed towards young boys. Jonze fronted Club Homeboy, an international BMX club, alongside Lewman and Jenkins. Impressed with Jonze's photography work, the pair offered him a job as a photographer for the magazine, and he subsequently moved to California to pursue career opportunities in photography. A common destination for touring professional BMX teams, Jonze began photographing BMX demos at Rockville and formed a friendship with Freestylin' Magazine editors Mark Lewman and Andy Jenkins. ![]() Ī keen BMX rider, Jonze began working at the Rockville BMX store in Rockville, Maryland, at the age of 16. They became friends through their shared interest in BMX. While in high school, Jonze was close friends with future Jackass co-creator Jeff Tremaine. While studying at Walt Whitman High School, Jonze spent much of his time at a Bethesda community store, where owner Mike Henderson gave him the nickname "Spike Jonze" in reference to the satirical bandleader Spike Jones. Clean" Spiegel, who is now a producer and DJ, and his sister Julia. Jonze was raised by his mother in Bethesda, Maryland, where she worked in public relations, along with his brother Sam "Squeak E. Jonze's parents divorced when he was a young child and his father remarried. 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. and its multinational television channel Vice on TV.Īdam Spiegel was born in New York City, the son of Arthur H. 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. 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. ![]() Joseph Spiegel (great-great-grandfather)Īdam Spiegel (born October 22, 1969), known professionally as Spike Jonze, is an American director, producer, screenwriter and actor. ![]()
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