Spike Jonze
President's Award Recipient — 2010
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About
Spike Jonze’s decades-long career began in a Maryland BMX store in the 80s, where he started photographing BMX demos and landed himself his first role as a photographer for Freestylin’ Magazine. He went on to shoot for several BMX mags, as well as filming and editing skateboarding videos and promos, and later music videos for Sonic Youth, Björk, The Breeders and Weezer. In 1997 he made his first documentary, and in 1998 a TV ad for Sprite. His first feature film, Being John Malkovich, came in 1999. Over the 90s and early 2000s Jonze continued to create music videos, as well as adapting Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are, and then in 2013 directing sci-fi film Her. Jonze continues to be involved in the music world, directing Frank Ocean’s summer tour in 2017, and in 2019 a feature length documentary dedicated to the Beastie Boys. He’s worked with brands including Apple, Nike, Levi’s, Ikea and Squarespace.
About
Spike Jonze’s decades-long career began in a Maryland BMX store in the 80s, where he started photographing BMX demos and landed himself his first role as a photographer for Freestylin’ Magazine. He went on to shoot for several BMX mags, as well as filming and editing skateboarding videos and promos, and later music videos for Sonic Youth, Björk, The Breeders and Weezer. In 1997 he made his first documentary, and in 1998 a TV ad for Sprite. His first feature film, Being John Malkovich, came in 1999. Over the 90s and early 2000s Jonze continued to create music videos, as well as adapting Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are, and then in 2013 directing sci-fi film Her. Jonze continues to be involved in the music world, directing Frank Ocean’s summer tour in 2017, and in 2019 a feature length documentary dedicated to the Beastie Boys. He’s worked with brands including Apple, Nike, Levi’s, Ikea and Squarespace.
D&AD achievements
- Participation
- President's Award Recipient — 2010
- Participation
- President's Award Recipient — 2010