WEEK 1 - Auteur Music Video Director Research - Spike Jonze


(Research an auteur music video director.  Examples could be Michel Gondry, Chris Milk, Chris Cunningham, David Fincher, Spike Jonze, Matt Yoka, Ty Segall, David Cronenburg. Produce a video about them for your blog. Approx. 2 hours

“An auteur is a filmmaker whose individual style and complete control over all elements of production give a film its personal and unique stamp.” Creating meaning that only he can, using the tools of filmmaking, through the lens of his mind and personality. A bad movie from an auteur was at least the work of an artist.)



Spike Jonze

  • Spike Jonze original name was Adam Spiegel.
  • He was born October 22, 1969 in Rockville, Maryland, U.S. 
  • Spike Jonze is an American director, screen writer, producer and actor. 
  • He came from a qualified background and attended San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) in California.
  • Spike Jonze began is career photographing skateboarders and then later, shooting street skateboarding films.
  • He became active in 1989 and since then he has produced brilliant commercials, tv, films and music videos. 
  • Spike Jonze is an auteur theorist. (This means as a director he uses the commercial apparatus of film-making in the same way that a 'painter uses paint'). 
  • When looking at a few videos he has produced you can see that he is very creative, including a mixture of live action, animation and puppetry. 
  • There is a clear consistency of ideas used throughout his work which makes it recognisable amongst viewers.
  • His unique filmmaking style led him to being in high demand as a director music videos during the 1990s.
  • This resulted in Jonze having many collaborations with big names such as, Fatboy Slim, Kayne West, Beastie Boys etc. 
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