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My Take
Spike Jonze is one of those rare directors who makes you feel like cinema is still capable of genuine surprise. He came up through skateboard videos and music videos — Beastie Boys, Weezer, Fatboy Slim — and you can feel that restless, visual-first energy in everything he does. Being John Malkovich was a fever dream of a debut, Adaptation kept your brain spinning, and then Her arrived and just gutted me with its sincerity. The fact that he won the Academy Award for that screenplay tells you he's not just a visual stylist coasting on cool aesthetics — the guy actually has something to say. Born in Maryland, self-taught, never went the traditional film school route, and somehow that outsider approach became his greatest asset. He's the kind of filmmaker who makes you feel like you've never quite seen anything like what you just watched.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Spike Jonze
- Name (Japanese)
- スパイク・ジョーンズ
- Reading
- すぱいく・じょーんず
- Born
- October 22, 1969 (age 56)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Rooster
- Origin
- Rockville, Maryland, United States
- Occupation
- film director / film producer / actor / screenwriter / television actor
2. Background
- High school
- Walt Whitman High School
Awards & achievements
- Writers Guild of America Award
- 2009 Indiana Film Journalists Association Award for Best Director
- 2014 Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- National Board of Review Award for Best Film
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Spike Jonze born?
Born October 22, 1969 (age 56).
Where is Spike Jonze from?
Spike Jonze is from Rockville, Maryland, United States.
What does Spike Jonze do?
Spike Jonze works as film director, film producer, actor, screenwriter, television actor.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.