Michel Gondry

French film director, screenwriter and producer (born 1963)

Person · Open Library

Born: 1963-05-08
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

Article

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.