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American filmmaker (born 1969)

Key facts

Born
Adam Spiegel , ( 1969-10-22 ) October 22, 1969 (age 56) , New York City , U.S.
Occupations
Film director film producer screenwriter cinematographer film editor actor musician photographer
Years active
1985–present
Spouse
Sofia Coppola ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1999 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2003 ) ​
Partner
Allie Teilz (2019–present)
Relatives
Sam Spiegel (brother) Arthur Spiegel (great-grandfather) Joseph Spiegel (great-great-grandfather)
Awards
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Adam
Family name
Spiegel
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Rockville
Occupation
director
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Image
Spike Jonze Her Premiere NYFF 2013 (cropped).jpg
Work location
United States
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date of birth
1969-10-22
Commons category
Spike Jonze
name in native language
Spike Jonze
pseudonym
Spike Jonze
different from
Spike Jones
has works in the collection
Museum of Modern Art
birth name
Adam Spiegel
start of work period
1985-00-00
writing language
English language
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Encyclopedic overview

Adam Spiegel (born October 22, 1969), known professionally as Spike Jonze (/dʒoʊnz/, same pronunciation as "Jones"), is an American filmmaker, actor, musician, and photographer. His work includes films, commercials, music videos, skateboard videos and television.

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. Moving into filmmaking, he began shooting street skateboarding films, including the influential Video Days (1991). Jonze co-founded the skateboard company Girl Skateboards in 1993 with riders Rick Howard and Mike Carroll. Jonze's filmmaking style made him an in-demand director of music videos for much of the 1990s and early 2000s, resulting in collaborations with R.E.M., Sonic Youth, Beastie Boys, Ween, Fatboy Slim, Daft Punk, Weezer, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Björk, Fatlip, Arcade Fire and Kanye West.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Spike Jonze” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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