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Spike Jonze

Spike Jonze
Born on 22nd October 1969, Adam Spiegel has had the nickname Spike Jonze since high school.

Before getting involved in feature films, Jonze made skate and music videos, including collaborations with Bjork, R.E.M and the Beastie Boys.

He was a producer and co-creator of MTV television series Jackass and Jackass: The Movie.

In 2000 Jonze was nominated for a Best Director Oscar for his film Being John Malkovich. Jonze’s other feature films include Adaptation (2002) and the highly anticpated Where the Wild Thing Are (2009).

From 1999 until 2003, Jonze was married to director Sofia Coppola. It’s rumoured that Giovanni Ribisi’s character in Coppola's Lost In Translation is based on Jonze, although she’s denied this. Jonze was also in a relationship with Michelle Williams from July 2008 until September 2009.



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Spike Jonze - news / articles


  • Spike Jonze: Mild Thing - 8 December 2009
    es writing about films and interviewing filmmakers – hundreds and hundreds of them – Where the Wild Things director Spike Jonze stands out as one of the most difficult. We spoke for about half an hour, but mostly I spoke and he smiled, shrugged, or mumble


  • Jonze waiting for Wild Things paycheque - 28 March 2009
    -Filmmaker Spike Jonze is hoping his forthcoming movie Where The Wild Things Are is a box office hit - because he has yet to be paid for the four years he spent labouring over the project.- -The director is currently putting the finishing touches to the film, a big s

Spike Jonze - what members say


  • Being John Malkovich
  • Being John Malkovich review by from London
    Rated - 5.0 stars What it is to be 14 January 2005
    ...ther things is a deconstruction of screenwriting – Charlie Kaufmen and director Spike Jonze are proving that deconstructionism is a credible and refreshing way forward for...   Read customer review
  • Three Kings
  • Three Kings review by from Bedfordshire
    Rated - 4.0 stars Never judge a film by it's cover..... 1 January 2006
    ... to put in a really good performance. But the stand out for me by a long way is Spike Jonze. He’s likable, but at the same time massively funny and comical without spoilin...   Read customer review
  • Adaptation.
  • Adaptation. review by from GOOLE
    Rated - 4.0 stars 11 October 2003
    ...ovie, something we should expect considering the pedigree of Malkovich director Spike Jonze and the screenwriters themselves who, like Cage in the movie, have written them...   Read customer review

Spike Jonze - filmography


  • I'm Here
  • I'm Here (2010)
    Starring: Andrew Garfield,  Sienna Guillory
    Director: Spike Jonze
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A unique collaboration between Jonze and ABSOLUT Vodka, I’m Here, is a robot love story that recently premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Jonze’s short film brings to life ABSOLUT’’s vision that ‘In An ABSOLUT World, ordinary is no place to be’. A robot library assistant plods through an ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 79% from 66 members
    Currently unavailable
  • Where the Wild Things Are - Blu-ray
  • Where the Wild Things Are - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Catherine O'Hara,  Forest Whitaker,  Paul Dano
    Director: Spike Jonze
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Watch now: Unavailable
    The story follows Max, a young boy who wears his wolf suit, behaves badly and is sent to bed without any supper. Once there, he escapes to a forest where he is joined by the monstrous-yet-cuddly wild things for their wild rumpus. Adaptation of Maurice Sendak's classic children's story.
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 7,299 members
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  • Where the Wild Things Are
  • Where the Wild Things Are on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Catherine O'Hara,  Forest Whitaker,  Paul Dano
    Director: Spike Jonze
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Watch now: Unavailable
    The story follows Max, a young boy who wears his wolf suit, behaves badly and is sent to bed without any supper. Once there, he escapes to a forest where he is joined by the monstrous-yet-cuddly wild things for their wild rumpus. Adaptation of Maurice Sendak's classic children's story.
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 22,445 members
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  • The Vice Guide To Travel
  • The Vice Guide To Travel (2006)
    Starring: Spike Jonze,  David Cross,  Johnny Knoxville
    Director: Eddy Moretti,  Shane Smith
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    From the makers of New York-based ‘Vice Magazine’ comes a series of mini travel documentaries, each exploring a different (unappealing) location... so you don’t have to! From the Pygmy villages of the Congo, to the radioactive ruins of Chernobyl, to the bomb-scarred refugee camps of Beirut, nowhere ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 9 members
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  • Adaptation.
  • Adaptation. on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Nicolas Cage,  Meryl Streep,  Chris Cooper
    Director: Spike Jonze
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Following up their acclaimed debut, BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and director Spike Jonze are back to metaphysical moviemaking with ADAPTATION. The film stars Nicolas Cage as both Charlie Kaufman and his fictionalised identical twin brother Donald. While the boisterous Donald ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 29,028 members
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  • Three Kings
  • Three Kings on DVD (1999)
    Starring: George Clooney,  Mark Wahlberg,  Ice Cube
    Director: David O. Russell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: £2.49
    David O. Russell makes his entry into the major studio big leagues with this electric war dramedy. The charged script, based on a fictional story by John Ridley, is a sly reworking of KELLY'S HEROES that concerns four Gulf War soldiers who discover a map that potentially leads to an enormous stash ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 13,919 members
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  • Three Kings - Blu-ray
  • Three Kings - Blu-ray (1999)
    Starring: George Clooney,  Mark Wahlberg,  Ice Cube
    Director: David O. Russell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: £2.49
    David O. Russell makes his entry into the major studio big leagues with this electric war dramedy. The charged script, based on a fictional story by John Ridley, is a sly reworking of KELLY'S HEROES that concerns four Gulf War soldiers who discover a map that potentially leads to an enormous stash ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 902 members
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  • Being John Malkovich
  • Being John Malkovich on DVD (1999)
    Starring: John Cusack,  Cameron Diaz,  Catherine Keener
    Director: Spike Jonze
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Original is far too understated a term to describe this picture, brought to you by the surreal, twisted minds of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and actor-director Spike Jonze. The story concerns a puppeteer, Craig Schwartz (John Cusack), who discovers his office has a secret portal that leads ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 33,770 members
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  • Being John Malkovich - Blu-ray
  • Being John Malkovich - Blu-ray (1999)
    Starring: John Cusack,  Cameron Diaz,  Catherine Keener
    Director: Spike Jonze
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Original is far too understated a term to describe this picture, brought to you by the surreal, twisted minds of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and actor-director Spike Jonze. The story concerns a puppeteer, Craig Schwartz (John Cusack), who discovers his office has a secret portal that leads ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 169 members
    Not available for rental

Spike Jonze facts

5 most recent films

I'm Here - 4.0 stars
Where the Wild Things Are - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Where the Wild Things Are - 3.0 stars
The Vice Guide To Travel - 4.0 stars
Fatboy Slim - Why Make Videos? The Greatest Hits - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

I'm Here - 4.0 stars
Being John Malkovich - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Three Kings - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Tell Me What Rockers to Swallow - 3.5 stars
Being John Malkovich - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Vice Guide To Travel - 4.0 stars
Where the Wild Things Are - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Where the Wild Things Are - 3.0 stars
Daft Punk - A Story About Dogs Androids, Firemen and Tomatoes - 3.0 stars
Adaptation. - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Judy Greer - 4 times - show films
Forest Whitaker - 4 times - show films
George Clooney - 3 times - show films
Paul Dano - 3 times - show films
Holt McCallany - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

David O. Russell - 3 times - show films
Dominic Hawley - 1 times - show films
Shane Smith - 1 times - show films
Tim Q - 1 times - show films
Roma - 1 times - show films

Related Articles

  1. 23 Mar 2010
    I'm Here
    5 stars out of 5
  2. 21 Oct 2011
    Carey Mulligan Joins The Coens and Spike Jonze for Two Seperate Movies
  3. 19 Sep 2009
    Williams and Jonze split
  4. 31 Mar 2009
    West to star in Jonze short
  5. 28 Mar 2009
    Jonze waiting for Wild Things paycheque

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