Spike Jonze
Spike Jonze
Spike Jonzeis an American director, producer, screenwriter and actor, whose work includes music videos, commercials, film and television. He started his feature film directing career with Being John Malkovichand Adaptation, both written by Charlie Kaufman, and then started movies with screenplays of his own with Where the Wild Things Areand Her...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth22 October 1969
CityRockville, MD
CountryUnited States of America
I don't know what life was like 1,000 years ago, but I imagine there was the same struggle: people trying to connect with each other.
Obviously technology has become such a big presence in our lives and, I definitely know, in my life.
Obviously, movies and music videos are different because they're different lengths, and in a movie, you have more time to explore an idea. But I feel like they're all the same, really.
Pop music, I think there's a reason why kids connect to it.
Nicolas Cage, I would love to work with him again. He's just a fearless madman. He'll go anywhere you want to go. He would not say 'no' to anything.
On set, there's a lot of pressure. But it sort of heightens the moments.
Moms are people, too. Moms make mistakes, too.
Movies, they take years of my life, so I'm fortunate that I get to work in a lot of different mediums.
Maurice Sendak never - I remember he said something that was very striking because it's something I never thought about. I always loved his work, and he said, 'I don't really view myself as a children's book author. I just try and write about childhood as honestly as I can.'
Me and my friends had BMX magazines and skate magazines, and I was a photographer who made skate videos.
I'm always inspired by other filmmakers, whether it's a shot or the way they handle tone.
I loved Fugazi, the D.C. hardcore band, because they always did everything themselves. They had their own label, and the CDs always cost nine dollars, the T-shirts always cost eight dollars, the shows always cost five dollars, no major label.
Whenever I start writing, I try to put together songs that feed the feeling of the movie.
There are a lot of kids in the world. People seem to keep having them.