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French film director, screenwriter and producer (born 1963)

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Michel Gondry is a French film director, screenwriter, actor, and comics artist born on May 8, 1963, in Versailles. He began his professional work period in 1986 and is a citizen of France. Gondry is educated at the École nationale supérieure des arts appliqués et des métiers d'art and speaks both English and French. He is also a musician who plays the drum kit.

His notable works include *Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind*, *Human nature*, *Kuruma Tohrimasu*, *My New New York Diary With DVD*, and *Youll Like This Film Because Youre In It The Be Kind Rewind Protocol*. Gondry has received an Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay and has been nominated for the European Film Award for Best Non-European Film. His works are held in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art.

Synthesized by Vinony from 37 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
5

Top works

  • Kuruma Tohrimasu
  • Human nature
  • Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
  • My New New York Diary With DVD
  • Youll Like This Film Because Youre In It The Be Kind Rewind Protocol

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Film & TV

Directing · Versailles, France

Michel Gondry (born May 8, 1963) is a French film, commercial, and music video director and a screenwriter. He is noted for his inventive visual style and manipulation of mise en scène.

Known for

  • At Work — Customer in the sock2026
  • At Work2026
  • In Bed with Michel Gondry — Himself - subject, director2024
  • Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself — Self - Filmmaker2023
  • The Many Faces of Jim Carrey — Self (Archive Footage)2023
  • The Méliès Mystery — Self2021
  • Marcel Duchamp: The Art of the Possible — Self - Filmmaker2020
  • Blockbuster — Himself2017
  • Daft Punk Unchained — Self2015
  • Animeland: Racconti tra manga, anime e cosplay — Himself2015

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
France
Active from
1963

Member of

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
4,878
Total plays
12,170

Tags

greatest director of all time

Né à Versailles en 1963 où il a grandi dans l'influence constante de la musique (Martin son grand-père a inventé l'un des tous premiers synthétiseurs, le Clavioline, et son père vendait des guitares électriques), tout petit Michel Gondry voulait être peintre ou inventeur. Après ses études primaires et secondaires, il entre dans une école d'arts appliquées (Olivier-de-Serres à Paris), où il peut développer ses talents de graphiste <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Michel+Gondry">Read more on La

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Key facts

Born
Versailles , France
Occupations
Director screenwriter producer record producer
Years active
1986–present

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Michel
Gender
male
Citizenship
France
Place of birth
Versailles
Languages spoken
French
Instrument
drum kit
Mass
74
Official website
www.michelgondry.com
Image
Michel Gondry Deauville 2012.jpg
Height
1.70
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Commons category
Michel Gondry
date of birth
1963-05-08
name in native language
Michel Gondry
has works in the collection
Museum of Modern Art
start of work period
1986-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

Michel Gondry ( French: [miʃɛl ɡɔ̃dʁi]) is a French filmmaker and producer. He is known for directing the 2004 film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, which he co-wrote with Charlie Kaufman, winning an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. His other films include the music documentary Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2005), the surrealistic science fantasy comedy The Science of Sleep (2006), the comedy Be Kind Rewind (2008), the superhero comedy The Green Hornet (2011), the drama The We and the I (2012), and the romantic science fantasy tragedy Mood Indigo (2013).

Gondry has directed numerous music videos, including Björk's "Human Behaviour" in 1993 and "Bachelorette" in 1997, both of which earned him nominations for the Grammy Award for Best Music Video. He also directed several videos for The White Stripes. He is also a record producer, most notably producing several tracks for American rapper and illustrator MC Paul Barman on his 2009 album Thought Balloon Mushroom Cloud.

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