Influential Directors: Spike Jonze & Micheal Gondry

Spike Jonze (born Adam Spiegel; October 22, 1969) is an American director, producer and actor, whose work includes music videos, commercials, film and television. He is best known for his collaborations with writer Charlie Kaufman, which include the 1999 film Being John Malkovich and the 2002 film Adaptation, and for his work as director of the 2009 film Where the Wild Things Are. He is well known also for his music video collaborations with Weezer, Beastie Boys, and Björk. He was also a co-creator and executive producer of MTV's Jackass. He is currently the creative director of VBS.tv. He is also part owner of skateboard company Girl Skateboards with riders Rick Howard & Mike Carroll

HIS MUSIC VIDEOS 

Year	Song	Artist	Notes
1992	"High in High School"	Chainsaw Kittens
	"100%"	Sonic Youth
1993	"Cannonball"	The Breeders	Co-directed by Kim Gordon Produced by Steve Reiss
	"Country at War"	X
	"Daughters of the Kaos"	Luscious Jackson
	"Hang On"	Teenage Fanclub
	"Time for Livin'"	Beastie Boys
1994	"All About Eve"	Marxman
	"Buddy Holly"	Weezer
	"Ditch Digger"	Rocket from the Crypt
	"Divine Hammer"	The Breeders
	"Feel the Pain"	Dinosaur Jr.
	"I Can't Stop Smiling"	Velocity Girl
	"If I Only Had a Brain"	MC 900 Ft. Jesus
	"Old Timer"	that dog.
	"Ricky's Theme"	Beastie Boys
	"Sabotage"		Also writer
	"Sure Shot"
	"Undone - The Sweater Song"	Weezer
1995	"California"	Wax
	"Car Song"	Elastica
	"Crush with Eyeliner"	R.E.M.
	"Freedom of '76"	Ween
	"It's Oh So Quiet"	Björk
	"The Diamond Sea"	Sonic Youth
	"Who Is Next?"	Wax
1996	"Drop"	The Pharcyde
1997	"Da Funk"	Daft Punk
	"Electrolite"	R.E.M.
	"Elektrobank"	The Chemical Brothers
	"It's All About the Benjamins" (Rock Remix)	Puff Daddy
	"Liberty Calls"	Mike Watt
	"Shady Lane"	Pavement
	"Sky's the Limit"	The Notorious B.I.G.
1998	"Home"	Sean Lennon
	"Praise You"	Fatboy Slim	A Torrance Public Film Production
	"Root Down" version 2	Beastie Boys
2000	"Weapon of Choice"	Fatboy Slim
	"What's Up, Fatlip?"	Fatlip
	"Wonderboy"	Tenacious D	As Marcus Von Bueler
2002	"Island in the Sun" (version 2)	Weezer
	"Guess I'm Doing Fine"	Beck
	"It's in Our Hands"	Björk
2003	"Big Brat"	Phantom Planet
2004	"Get Back"	Ludacris
	"Y Control"	Yeah Yeah Yeahs
2005	"Triumph of a Heart"	Björk
2008	"Flashing Lights"	Kanye West	Co-directed with West
2009	"Heaven"	UNKLE	Co-directed with Ty Evans
	"25"	AsDSSka	Co-directed with Crysal Moselle
2010	"Drunk Girls"	LCD Soundsystem	Co-directed with James Murphy
	"The Suburbs"	Arcade Fire
2011	"Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win"	Beastie Boys
	"Otis"	Jay-Z & Kanye West

Micheal Gondry (born May 8, 1963) is an Academy Award winning filmmaker, whose works include being a commercial director, music video director, and a screenwriter. He is noted for his inventive visual style and manipulation of mise en scène


HIS MUSIC VIDEOS:
"Crystalline" - Björk (2011)
"How Are You Doing?" – The Living Sisters (2011)
"Around The World (Piano Version) – Maxence Cyrin (2010)
"Open Your Heart" – Mia Doi Todd (2010)
"Too Many Dicks On The Dancefloor" & "Carol Brown" (unofficial videos) – Flight Of The Conchords (2009)
"Soleil du Soir" – Dick Annegarn (2008)
"Declare Independence" – Björk (2007) [2]
"Dance Tonight" – Paul McCartney (2007)
"Limitless Undying Love" – Sergio Hiram (2007)
"Cellphone's Dead" – Beck (2006)
"Anysound" – The Vines (2006)
"King of the Game" – Cody ChesnuTT (2006)
"Heard 'Em Say" (U.S. Version) – Kanye West (2005)
"The Denial Twist" – The White Stripes (2005)
"Light & Day" (movie version) – The Polyphonic Spree (2004)
"Winning Days" – The Vines (2004)
"Mad World" (Donnie Darko soundtrack version) – Gary Jules (2004)
"Ride" – The Vines (2004)
"Walkie Talkie Man" – Steriogram (2004)
"I Wonder" – The Willowz (2004)
"The Hardest Button to Button" – The White Stripes (2003)
"Behind" – Lacquer (2003)
"Come Into My World" – Kylie Minogue (2002)
"A l'envers à l'endroit" – Noir Désir (2002)
"Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" – The White Stripes (2002)
"Fell in Love with a Girl" – The White Stripes (2002)
"Star Guitar" – The Chemical Brothers (2001)
"Knives Out" – Radiohead (2001)
"Mad World" – Michael Andrews and Gary Jules (2001)
"Let Forever Be" – The Chemical Brothers (1999)
"Gimme Shelter" – The Rolling Stones (1998)
"Another One Bites the Dust" – Wyclef Jean (1998)
"Music Sounds Better With You" – Stardust (1998)
"Bachelorette" – Björk (1997)
"Deadweight" – Beck (1997)
"Jóga" – Björk (1997)
"Everlong" – Foo Fighters (1997)
"A Change Would Do You Good" – Sheryl Crow (1997)
"Around the World" – Daft Punk (1997)
"Feel It" – Neneh Cherry (1997)
"Sugar Water" – Cibo Matto (1996)
"Hyper-Ballad" – Björk (1996)
"Like a Rolling Stone" – The Rolling Stones (1995)
"Isobel" – Björk (1995)
"Protection" – Massive Attack (1995)
"High Head Blues" – Black Crowes (1995)
"Army of Me" – Björk (1995)
"Fire On Babylon" – Sinéad O'Connor (1994)
"Lucas With the Lid Off" – Lucas (1994)
"Little Star" – Stina Nordenstam (1994)
"This is it (Your Soul)" – Hothouse Flowers (1993)
"It's Too Real (Big Scary Animal)" – Belinda Carlisle (1993)
"Human Behaviour" – Björk (1993)
"Believe" – Lenny Kravitz (1993)
"She Kissed Me" – Terence Trent D'Arby (1993)
"Voila, Voila, Qu'ça r'Commence" – Rachid Taha (1993)
"La main parisienne" – Malcolm McLaren, featuring Amina (1993) (unreleased)
"Je Danse Le Mia" – IAM (1993)
"Snowbound" – Donald Fagen (1993)
"La Tour de Pise" – Jean François Coen (1993)
"Hou! Mamma Mia" – Les Négresses Vertes (1993)
"Les Jupes" – Robert (1992)
"Two Worlds Collide" – Inspiral Carpets (1992)
"Close But No Cigar" – Thomas Dolby (1992)
"Paradoxal Système" – Laurent Voulzy (1992)
"La Ville" – Oui Oui (1992)
"How the West Was Won" – Energy Orchard (1992)
"Les Voyages Immobiles" – Etienne Daho (1992)
"Blow Me Down" – Mark Curry (1992)
"Comme un ange (qui pleure)" – Les Wampas (1992)
"Dad, laisse-moi conduire la Cad" – Peter & the Electro Kitsch Band (1991)
"La normalité" – Les Objects (1991)
"Sarah" – Les Objects (1991)
"Ma Maison" – Oui Oui (1990)
"Queen for a Day" – The Life of Riley (1989) (unreleased)
"Tu rimes avec mon coeur" – Original MC (1989)
"Les Cailloux" – Oui Oui (1989)
"Il y a ceux" – l'Affaire Louis Trio (1989)
"Dô, l'enfant d'eau" – Jean-Luc Lahaye (1988)
"Bolide" – Oui Oui (1988)
"Un Joyeux Noël" – Oui Oui (1988)
"Junior Et Sa Voix D'Or" – Oui Oui (1988)