SPIKE JONZE Molly Robinson

SPIKE JONZE Film actor, screenwriter, director and TV producer Born 22nd October 1969 Born in Rockville, Maryland

AFTER SCHOOL Straight after his graduation from high school he went to LA and started working as an editorial assistant at the place ‘Freestylin’ which was a biker magazine. He then took part in ‘Dirt’ which was a spin-off of the popular teen magazine ‘Sassy’ which was aimed at the male teen readers. The first music video which he took part in was in 1992 and he had to shot video footage o skateboarding, which was for Sonic Youth’s.

BREAKTHROUGH His breakthrough video was for the Beastie Boys for the song ‘Sabotage’ which won in the MTV Video Music Awards and he then went on from then to direct many music videos, as well as commercials in the 1990s. After this he then directed many more music videos for artists such as R.E.M., the Breeders, Puff Daddy, the Chemical Brothers and Björk and also commercials for companies such as Nike and Coca-Cola.