Spike Jonze

Spike Jonze was born in Maryland in 1969. He is an offshoot of a prominent family in Maryland. The reason why he changed his name to his current name was because his parents divorced when he was young and his mother changed his name.

After the parents divorced, Spike Jonze's mother raised Spike as an adult. Her mother is an intellectual woman herself. Her is not only a writer, but also a special current affairs commentator for the media. Spike Jonze was a great bicyclist when he was a teenager. After that, Spike Jonze also participated in the founding of a cycling club, and later independently opened a magazine, where he worked as an editor and photographer   .

In the 1990s, Spike Jonze began to face life choices. After that, I chose the film industry.

In 1991, directed his first short film "Video Years". In 1997, wrote and directed the short film "How they got there"  . In 1998, directed the documentary short film "Amarillo's Morning"  .

In 1999, under the pseudonym Richard Cuffet led the Torrance Dance Company to improvise the MV "Praise You", and participated in the filming of the short film "The Rise of the Torrance Dance Company" which recorded this process.  ; In the same year, starred in the action comedy movie " Three Kings " directed by David O. Russell  ; Later, directed the comedy film " Being John Malkovich " co-starring John Cusack , Cameron Diaz, etc. , which finally won the box office of 22.86 million US dollars in North America , won the 56th Venice Film Festival Fabici Award-Parallel Unit, he With the film shortlisted for the 72nd Oscar Award for Best Director .  

In 2000, he served as the co-writer and producer of MTV's reality show "The Stupid Funny Show", and served as the screenwriter and producer in the movie version of the show.  .

In 2002, directed the comedy film " Adaptation " co-starring Nicolas Kim Coppola , Katherine Matilda Swinton , and Meryl Streep . The film tells a screenwriter who wants to adapt the novel "Orchid Thief" into a movie, and the novel is adapted from a florist who cloned orchids. True story , shortlisted for the 53rd Berlin International Film Festival Golden Bear Award, and won the 53rd Berlin International Film Festival Silver Bear Award-Jury Grand Prix. With this film, he was shortlisted for the 60th American Golden Globe Film Category-Best Director Award ; In the same year, directed the short film "Bjork: Parchment Music Album".  

In 2003, the two-disc DVD "Spike Jonze Director's Works" was published, which included early short films, documentaries and MVs  . In 2009, directed the action adventure "Believe It or Not"; in the same year, he wrote and directed the fantasy film " Where the Wild Things Are " co-starring Catherine Keener and Mark Alan Ruffalo , which was adapted from Maurice Sandak For the children’s painting of the same name , he was shortlisted for the 36th Saturn Awards for Best Screenplay. In the same year, he co-directed the short documentary "Where the Wild Things Are" author Maurice Sandak; subsequently, he wrote and directed the short film "Khan". Ye West's Nightmare   .

In 2010, directed the science fiction short film "I am here" about the love between robots  . In 2011, directed the animated short film "The Outskirts", which won the Best Short Film Award at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival; in the same year, co-written and co-directed the animated short film "Death by Your Side"  . In 2013, directed the science fiction love movie " Her " co-starring Joaquin Rafael Bottom and Scarlett I. Johansson . The film was shortlisted for the 86th Academy Awards for Best Picture and won the 86th Academy Awards for Best Original For the screenplay award , he won the 71st American Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay in the film category .    

In 2016, he served as the director of the short film "Kai Zhuo World". In 2018, directed the short film "Welcome Home". In 2019, he directed the comedy film "Az Ansari: Now and Now"; in the same year, Spike Jonze won the Best Commercial Director at the Directors Guild of America Award.

In 1999, Spike Jonze married Sofia Carmina Coppola . In 2003, the two announced their divorce   .

Spike Jonze is a less prolific film director, and his films are somewhat surreal   . He was the little scoundrel who loved skateboarding in the 1980s, and the director wizard who shot controversial and visually stunning music videos for the Beastie Boys in the 1990s comprehensive review New York Magazine). 

The film works directed by Spike Jonze present a more uniform style, with both similar story cores and similar processing techniques. He has always adhered to the independent production method and has full control over his film projects. At the same time, he enjoys full freedom in the creation of short films. This kind of creative state is ideal, and it also often brings excellent works. From the subject point of view, these works maintain the attention of young people. The protagonist of the story is often a lonely teenager and the absence of his father. In terms of the audio-visual style of the film, Spike Jonze prefers to use magic moments and side backlighting. There are elaborate such scenes in "Where the Wild Things Are", "I am here" and "A corner of the suburbs". The "fresh" audio-visual style is in the same line with the movie's theme of youth growth  Contemporary Film ).

In 2014, the screenwriters Jonathan Sund and Sachin Gade sued Jones, claiming that the movie "Her" directed by him had copied their screenplay "Belv"; on April 3, the judge finally ruled Spike Jonze in victory   .