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{{short description|American filmmaker (born 1969)}}
{{about|the filmmaker|other people with similar names|Spike Jones (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Spike Jonze
| image              = Spike Jonze Her Premiere NYFF 2013 (cropped).jpg
| imagesize          = 
| caption            = Jonze at the 2013 [[New York Film Festival]]
| birth_name         = Adam Spiegel
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1969|10|22}}
| birth_place        = New York City, U.S.
| death_date         = 
| death_place        = 
| occupation         = {{flatlist|
* Film director
* film producer
* screenwriter
* cinematographer
* film editor
* actor
* musician
* photographer
}}
| years_active       = 1985–present
| awards             = [[List of awards and nominations received by Spike Jonze|Full list]]
| spouse             = {{marriage|[[Sofia Coppola]]|1999|2003|end=divorced}}
| relatives          = {{ubl|[[Sam Spiegel (musician)|Sam Spiegel]] (brother)|[[Arthur Spiegel]] (great-grandfather)|[[Joseph Spiegel]] (great-great-grandfather)}}
| partner            = [[Allie Teilz]] (2019–present)
| children           = 3
}}

'''Adam Spiegel''' (born October 22, 1969),<ref>{{cite book |last=Schneider |first=Steven Jay |title=501 Movie Directors |date=2007 |publisher=ABC Books |isbn=978-0-73332-052-1 |page=626 |quote=...born: Adam Spiegel, October 22, 1969}}</ref> known professionally as '''Spike Jonze''' ({{IPAc-en|dʒ|oʊ|n|z}}), is an <!-- Awards don't get listed here --> American filmmaker, actor, musician, and photographer. His work includes films, commercials, music videos, skateboard videos and television.

Jonze began his career as a teenager photographing [[BMX]] riders and [[skateboarding|skateboarders]] for ''Freestylin' Magazine'' and ''[[Transworld Skateboarding]]'', and co-founding the youth culture magazine ''[[Dirt (magazine)|Dirt]]''. Moving into filmmaking, he began shooting [[street skateboarding]] films, including the influential ''[[Video Days]]'' (1991). Jonze co-founded the skateboard company [[Girl Skateboards]] in 1993 with riders Rick Howard and [[Mike Carroll (skateboarder)|Mike Carroll]]. Jonze's filmmaking style made him an in-demand director of music videos for much of the 1990s, resulting in collaborations with [[R.E.M.]], [[Sonic Youth]], [[Beastie Boys]], [[Ween]], [[Fatboy Slim]], [[Daft Punk]], [[Weezer]], [[Björk]], [[Arcade Fire]] and [[Kanye West]].

Jonze began his feature film directing career with ''[[Being John Malkovich]]'' (1999) and ''[[Adaptation (film)|Adaptation]]'' (2002), both written by [[Charlie Kaufman]]; the former earned Jonze an [[Academy Award]] nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]. He was a co-creator and executive producer of MTV's ''[[Jackass (franchise)|Jackass]]'' reality franchise. Jonze later began directing films based on his own screenplays, including ''[[Where the Wild Things Are (film)|Where the Wild Things Are]]'' (2009) and ''[[Her (2013 film)|Her]]'' (2013); for the latter film, he won the [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Academy Award]], [[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay|Golden Globe]], and the [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay]], while receiving Academy Award nominations for [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] and [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]] ("[[The Moon Song]]").

He has worked as an actor sporadically throughout his career, co-starring in [[David O. Russell]]'s war comedy ''[[Three Kings (1999 film)|Three Kings]]'' (1999) and appearing in supporting roles in [[Bennett Miller]]'s ''[[Moneyball (film)|Moneyball]]'' (2011) and [[Martin Scorsese]]'s ''[[The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film)|The Wolf of Wall Street]]'' (2013), in addition to a recurring role in comedy series ''[[The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret]]''  (2010–2012) and [[cameo appearances]] in his own films. Jonze co-founded [[Directors Label]], with filmmakers [[Chris Cunningham]] and [[Michel Gondry]], and the [[Palm Pictures]] company. He is currently the creative director of [[Vice Media, Inc.]] and its multinational television channel [[Viceland (U.S. TV channel)|Vice on TV]].

==Early life and education==
Adam Spiegel was born on October 22, 1969, in [[New York City]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Spike Jonze The Nine Club With Chris Roberts - Episode 78 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9it7xFFbJb4 | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/9it7xFFbJb4| archive-date=October 30, 2021|website=[[YouTube]] | date=January 2018 |access-date=February 14, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> the son of Arthur H. Spiegel III and Sandra L. Granzow.<ref name="jonzeunmasked" /><ref name="Obituary" /> His father was of [[History of the Jews in Germany|German Jewish]] ancestry.<ref>{{cite web|first=Nate|last=Bloom|author-link=Nate Bloom |url=http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/archives/article_0e91ba62-3b80-53d3-8fd3-e6a8ec77dfcc.html |title=Jewish Stars 10/16 – Cleveland Jewish News: Archives |work=[[Cleveland Jewish News]] |date=October 16, 2009|access-date=January 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129073235/https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/archives/article_0e91ba62-3b80-53d3-8fd3-e6a8ec77dfcc.html |archive-date=January 29, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> Jonze is the great-grandson of [[Arthur Spiegel]] and the great-great-grandson of [[Joseph Spiegel]], founder of the [[Spiegel (catalog)|Spiegel catalog]].<ref name="jonzeunmasked" /> Arthur H. Spiegel III was the founder of a healthcare [[consulting firm]].<ref name="jonzeunmasked" /><ref name="Grantland">{{cite web|last1=Pappademas|first1=Alex|title=Career Arc: Spike Jonze|url=http://grantland.com/features/her-career-spike-jonze/|website=[[Grantland]]|access-date=March 20, 2018|date=December 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325135753/https://grantland.com/features/her-career-spike-jonze/ |archive-date=March 25, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> Jonze's parents divorced when he was a young child and his father remarried.<ref name="jonzeunmasked" /><ref name="Obituary">{{cite web|title=Obituary for Spiegel|url=http://obits.abqjournal.com/obits/print_obit/115374|website=[[Albuquerque Journal]]|access-date=March 20, 2018|date=June 27, 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325135753/https://grantland.com/features/her-career-spike-jonze/ |archive-date=March 25, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> Jonze was raised by his mother in [[Bethesda, Maryland]],<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mottram|first1=James|title=Spike Jonze interview: Her is my 'boy meets computer' movie|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/spike-jonze-interview-her-is-my-boy-meets-computer-movie-9096821.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129112600/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/spike-jonze-interview-her-is-my-boy-meets-computer-movie-9096821.html |archive-date=January 29, 2023 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|website=[[The Independent]]|access-date=March 20, 2018|date=January 31, 2014}}</ref> where she worked in [[public relations]],<ref name="jonzeunmasked" /> along with his brother [[Sam i|Sam "Squeak E. Clean" Spiegel]], who is now a producer and DJ,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Tewksbury|first1=Drew|title=The Continuing Adventures of Squeak E. Clean|url=http://www.laweekly.com/music/the-continuing-adventures-of-squeak-e-clean-2166106|website=[[LA Weekly]]|access-date=March 20, 2018|date=July 22, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220528230100/https://www.laweekly.com/the-continuing-adventures-of-squeak-e-clean/ |archive-date=May 28, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> and his sister Julia.<ref name="Obituary" /> While studying at [[Walt Whitman High School (Bethesda, Maryland)|Walt Whitman High School]], Jonze spent much of his time at a Bethesda community store, where owner Mike Henderson gave him the nickname "Spike Jonze" in reference to the satirical bandleader [[Spike Jones]].<ref name="jonzeunmasked">{{cite news|url=https://nymag.com/nymetro/movies/features/1267/|title=Spike Jonze Unmasked|last=Smith|first=Ethan|date=October 18, 1999|access-date=August 19, 2008|work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609044849/https://nymag.com/nymetro/movies/features/1267|archive-date=June 9, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> While in high school, Jonze was close friends with future Jackass co-creator [[Jeff Tremaine]]. They became friends through their shared interest in BMX.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.military.com/undertheradar/2014/01/director-jeff-tremaine-talks-bad-grandpa#:~:text=I%20went%20to%20high%20school,Art%20Director%20at%20the%20magazine |title=Director Jeff Tremaine Talks 'Bad Grandpa' |publisher=[[Military.com]] |date=January 28, 2014 |access-date=February 13, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703042953/https://www.military.com/undertheradar/2014/01/director-jeff-tremaine-talks-bad-grandpa |archive-date=July 3, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>

A keen BMX rider, Jonze began working at the Rockville BMX store in Rockville, Maryland, at the age of 16. A common destination for touring professional BMX teams, Jonze began photographing BMX demos at Rockville and formed a friendship with ''Freestylin' Magazine'' editors Mark Lewman and Andy Jenkins.<ref name="Epicly Later'd">{{cite episode |title=Spike Jonze |series=Epicly Later'd |date=September 20, 2017 |url=https://www.viceland.com/en_us/video/epicly-laterd-spike-jonze/59b6c61404b23c9f0a226882 |network=[[Viceland]]|season=1 |number=3 |last=O'Dell|first=Patrick|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605141347/https://www.vicetv.com/en_us/video/epicly-laterd-spike-jonze/59b6c61404b23c9f0a226882 |archive-date=June 5, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> Impressed with Jonze's photography work, the pair offered him a job as a photographer for the magazine, and he subsequently moved to California to pursue career opportunities in photography.<ref name="Epicly Later'd" /> Jonze fronted ''Club Homeboy'', an international [[BMX]] club, alongside Lewman and Jenkins.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lewman|first1=Mark|title=Spike Jonze Tribute – Ask What If|url=http://www.huckmagazine.com/art-and-culture/film-2/spike-jonze-tribute/|website=[[Huck (magazine)|Huck]]|access-date=March 12, 2018|date=December 18, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180610142626/http://www.huckmagazine.com/art-and-culture/film-2/spike-jonze-tribute |archive-date=June 10, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> The three also created the youth culture magazines ''Homeboy'' and ''[[Dirt (magazine)|Dirt]]'',<ref>{{cite web|last1=Y. Moss|first1=Marie|title=Here's The Dirt|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1991/09/04/heres-the-dirt-10/|website=[[Chicago Tribune]]|access-date=March 20, 2018|date=September 4, 1991|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407011813/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1991-09-04-9103060582-story.html |archive-date=April 7, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> the latter of which was spun off from the female-centered ''[[Sassy (magazine)|Sassy]]'' and was aimed towards young boys.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Elizabeth Williams|first1=Mary|title=Dirt Alumni Clean Up|url=https://www.wired.com/1995/08/dirt-alumni-clean-up/|magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|access-date=March 20, 2018|date=August 1, 1995|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121172941/https://www.wired.com/1995/08/dirt-alumni-clean-up/|archive-date=January 21, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Career==
===1985–1993: Photography, magazines, and early video work===
While shooting for various BMX publications in California, Jonze was introduced to a number of professional skateboarders who often shared ramps with BMX pros.<ref name="Epicly Later'd" /> Jonze formed a close friendship with [[Mark Gonzales]], co-owner of the newly formed [[Blind Skateboards]] at the time, and began shooting photos with the young Blind team including [[Jason Lee (actor)|Jason Lee]], [[Guy Mariano]] and Rudy Johnson in the late 1980s.<ref name="Epicly Later'd" /> Jonze became a regular contributor to ''[[Transworld Skateboarding]]'' and was subsequently given a job at [[World Industries]] by [[Steve Rocco]], who enlisted him to photograph advertisements and shoot promotional videos for his brands under the World Industries umbrella.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.skateboardingmagazine.com/how-street-skateboarding-was-revolutionized-in-the-90s/|title=How One Man Changed Skateboarding Forever|last=Tony|first=Owen|date=April 10, 2010|access-date=September 28, 2017|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125154542/http://www.skateboardingmagazine.com/how-street-skateboarding-was-revolutionized-in-the-90s/|archive-date=January 25, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Jonze filmed, edited and produced his first [[skateboarding]] video, ''Rubbish Heap'', for World Industries in 1989.<ref name="Paste">{{cite web|last1=Gandert|first1=Sean|title=Salute Your Shorts: Spike Jonze Skate Videos|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2009/03/salute-your-shorts-spike-jonze-skate-videos.html|website=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]|access-date=March 12, 2018|date=March 26, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125154542/http://www.skateboardingmagazine.com/how-street-skateboarding-was-revolutionized-in-the-90s/|archive-date=January 25, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> His following video project was ''[[Video Days]]'', a promotional video for Blind Skateboards, which was released in 1991 and is considered to be highly influential in the community.<ref name="Dazed">{{cite web|last1=Hammond|first1=Stuart|title=Spike Jonze skates against the grain|url=http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/30928/1/spike-jonze-skates-against-the-grain|website=[[Dazed]]|access-date=March 12, 2018|date=May 1, 2016}}</ref> The video's subject, Gonzales, presented a copy of ''Video Days'' to [[Kim Gordon]] during a chance encounter following a [[Sonic Youth]] show in early 1992.<ref name="Vogue">{{Cite news|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/essential-music-videos-for-skate-fans|title=17 Essential Music Videos for Skate Fans|work=Vogue|access-date=September 28, 2017|language=en}}</ref> Impressed with Jonze's videography skills, Gordon asked him to direct a music video featuring skateboarders. The video, co-directed by Jonze and [[Tamra Davis]], was for their 1992 single "[[100% (Sonic Youth song)|100%]]", which featured skateboarding footage of Blind Skateboards rider Jason Lee, who later became a successful actor.<ref name="Vogue" /> In 1993, Jonze co-directed the "trippy" music video for [[The Breeders]] song "[[Cannonball (The Breeders song)|Cannonball]]" with Gordon.<ref name="Stiernberg">{{cite web|last1=Stiernberg|first1=Bonnie|title=Our 15 Favorite Spike Jonze-Directed Music Videos|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2011/07/post-12.html|website=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]|access-date=March 12, 2018|date=July 6, 2011}}</ref>

Along with Rick Howard and [[Mike Carroll (skateboarder)|Mike Carroll]], Jonze co-founded the skateboard company [[Girl Skateboards]] in 1993.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Cox|first1=Stephen|title=20 Years of Girl: Spike Jonze Interview|url=http://deaflens.net/20-years-of-girl-spike-jonze-interview/|website=The Deaf Lens|access-date=March 15, 2018|date=November 5, 2014}}</ref> The following year, he directed the video for the [[Weezer]] song "[[Buddy Holly (song)|Buddy Holly]]", which featured the band performing the song interspersed with clips from the sitcom ''[[Happy Days]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Phull|first1=Hardeep|title=How Mary Tyler Moore became an unlikely icon for '90s kids|url=https://nypost.com/2017/01/25/how-mary-tyler-moore-became-an-unlikely-icon-for-90s-kids/|website=[[New York Post]]|access-date=March 15, 2018|date=January 25, 2017}}</ref> The video became immensely popular and was shown frequently on [[MTV]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Nashawaty|first1=Chris|title=Weezer loves "Happy Days"|url=https://ew.com/article/1994/12/09/weezer-loves-happy-days/|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=March 15, 2018|date=December 9, 1994}}</ref> A 2013 ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' readers' poll ranked it as the tenth best music video of the 1990s.<ref name="ReadersPoll">{{cite magazine|title=Readers' Poll: The 10 Greatest Music Videos of the 1990s|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/readers-poll-the-10-greatest-music-videos-of-the-1990s-20131023/10-weezer-buddy-holly-0257509|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=March 15, 2018|date=October 23, 2013}}</ref> Also in 1994, Jonze directed the videos for the [[Beastie Boys]]' songs "[[Sure Shot]]" and, more famously, "[[Sabotage (Beastie Boys song)|Sabotage]]".<ref name="BB">{{cite web|last1=Breihan|first1=Tom|title=Beastie Boys Team With Spike Jonze Again for New Music Video, Starring Action Figures|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/43069-beastie-boys-team-with-spike-jonze-again-for-new-music-video-starring-action-figures/|website=[[Pitchfork (magazine)|Pitchfork]]|access-date=March 15, 2018|date=July 1, 2011}}</ref> The latter parodies 1970s cop shows and is presented as the [[opening credits]] for a fictional show called ''Sabotage'', featuring the band members appearing as its [[protagonists]].<ref name="ReadersPoll" /> As with "Buddy Holly", the video attracted great popularity and was in "near-constant rotation on MTV."<ref>{{cite web|last1=L. Cooper|first1=Carol|title=Beastie Boys|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/the-Beastie-Boys#ref1112027|website=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]|access-date=March 15, 2018}}</ref> In the same year, Jonze also directed videos for the hip hop group [[Marxman]], The Breeders, [[Dinosaur Jr.]], and another Weezer song, "[[Undone – The Sweater Song]]".<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Kreps|first1=Daniel|title=Weezer's 'Undone – The Sweater Song' Turns 15: A Look Back|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/weezers-undone-the-sweater-song-turns-15-a-look-back-20090624|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=March 15, 2018|date=June 24, 2009}}</ref> Jonze made his film debut as an actor in a [[bit part]] in the drama ''[[Mi Vida Loca]]'' (1994).<ref>{{cite web|title=Mi Vida Loca|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mi_vida_loca_my_crazy_life/|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=March 15, 2018|quote=several musicians and film directors also make cameos, among them Spike Jonze}}</ref> In 1995, he was attached to direct an adapatation of ''[[Harold and the Purple Crayon]]''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/sim_premiere_1995-05_8_9|title=Premiere. [American Ed.] 1995-05: Vol 8 Iss 9|date=May 1995|publisher=Hachette Filipacchi Magazines }}</ref>

=== 1995–1999: In demand video director and ''Being John Malkovich'' ===
Jonze collaborated with [[Björk]] for the video for her 1995 single "[[It's Oh So Quiet]]", a cover of a 1951 [[Betty Hutton]] song. The video is set in an [[auto shop]] and sees Björk dancing and singing to the song in the style of a [[Musical film|musical]], inspired by [[Jacques Demy]]'s ''[[The Umbrellas of Cherbourg]]''.<ref name="Bjork">{{cite web|last1=Ehrlich|first1=David|title=The 10 best Bjork music videos|url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/blog/the-10-best-bjork-music-videos|website=[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]|access-date=March 15, 2018|date=March 3, 2015}}</ref> In the same year, he also directed a television commercial titled "Guerrilla Tennis" for [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] featuring tennis players [[Andre Agassi]] and [[Pete Sampras]] participating in a match in the middle of an intersection in Manhattan, the "rapid-paced" [[title sequence]] for the sitcom ''[[Double Rush]]'' and worked on videos for [[R.E.M.]], Sonic Youth and [[Ween]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=King|first1=Susan|title=Generations X-Press : English / Shukovsky Sitcom Leads With Bike Messengers and 'Murphy's' Former Painter|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-01-08-tv-17435-story.html|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=March 20, 2018|date=January 8, 1995}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Nashawaty|first1=Chris|title=Spike Jonze: The Sheik of Geek|url=https://ew.com/article/1995/03/17/spike-jonze-sheik-geek/|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=March 15, 2018|date=March 17, 1995}}</ref> Jonze sole video directing credit of 1996 was for [[The Pharcyde]]'s "[[Drop (The Pharcyde song)|Drop]]", which was filmed backwards and then reversed.<ref name="Vulture">{{cite web|last1=Harris|first1=Mark|title=Him and ''Her'': How Spike Jonze Made the Weirdest, Most Timely Romance of the Year|url=https://www.vulture.com/2013/10/spike-jonze-on-making-her.html|website=[[Vulture (magazine)|Vulture]]|access-date=March 15, 2018|date=October 6, 2013}}</ref> In 1997, Jonze made a short film called ''[[How They Get There]]'', starring Mark Gonzales as a man who is playfully imitating a woman's actions on the other side of a sidewalk before running into danger.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sciretta|first1=Peter|title=VOTD: Spike Jonze's 1997 Short Film How They Get There|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/votd-spike-jonzes-1997-short-film-how-they-get-there/|website=[[/Film]]|access-date=March 15, 2018|date=June 17, 2008}}</ref> Jonze worked with the electronic music duo [[Daft Punk]] on the music video for the instrumental song "[[Da Funk]]" in 1997. The clip, titled ''Big City Nights'', follows an [[anthropomorphic]] "man-dog" wandering the streets of [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite web|author1=Khal|title=The 10 Best Daft Punk Music Videos|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2013/04/84002-the-10-best-daft-punk-music-videos/da-funk|website=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]|access-date=March 15, 2018|date=April 25, 2013}}</ref> His video for [[the Chemical Brothers]]'s "[[Elektrobank]]" (1997) starred his future wife [[Sofia Coppola]] as a gymnast.<ref name="Slant">{{cite web|last1=Gonzales|first1=Ed|title=The Work of Spike Jonze|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/review/the-work-of-spike-jonze|website=[[Slant (magazine)|Slant]]|access-date=March 15, 2018|date=October 26, 2003}}</ref> Throughout 1997, he also worked on videos for R.E.M., [[Pavement (band)|Pavement]], [[Puff Daddy]], and [[The Notorious B.I.G.]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wagoner|first1=Allison|title=Spike Jonze's Top 9 Music Videos|url=http://www.houstonpress.com/music/spike-jonzes-top-9-music-videos-6504089|website=[[Houston Press]]|access-date=March 15, 2018|date=July 15, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Dentler|first1=Matt|title=Pavement's Best Video: Shady Lane by Spike Jonze|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2009/09/pavements-best-video-shady-lane-by-spike-jonze-224149/|work=[[IndieWire]]|access-date=March 15, 2018|date=September 3, 2009}}</ref><ref name="LA Weekly">{{cite web|last1=Mlynar|first1=Phillip|title=Top Five Spike Jonze Rap Videos That Are Better Than "Otis"|url=http://www.laweekly.com/music/top-five-spike-jonze-rap-videos-that-are-better-than-otis-2404379|website=[[LA Weekly]]|access-date=March 15, 2018|date=August 15, 2011}}</ref> He made a [[cameo appearance]] as a paramedic in [[David Fincher]]'s film ''[[The Game (1997 film)|The Game]]'' (1997).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Susman |first1=Gary |title=14 Things You Never Knew About David Fincher's 'The Game' |url=https://www.moviefone.com/2017/09/12/the-game-david-fincher-michael-douglas-trivia/ |publisher=[[Moviefone]] |access-date=May 5, 2019 |date=September 12, 2017}}</ref>

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Jonze filmed a short documentary in 1997, ''[[Amarillo by Morning (film)|Amarillo by Morning]]'', about two Texan boys who aspire to be [[bull riding|bull riders]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sciretta|first1=Peter|title=The Museum of Modern Art Presents Spike Jonze: The First 80 Years|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/the-museum-of-modern-art-presents-spike-jonze-the-first-80-years/|website=[[/Film]]|access-date=March 15, 2018|date=August 25, 2009}}</ref> He was also one of the [[cinematographers]] for the documentary ''Free Tibet'', which documents the 1996 [[Tibetan Freedom Concert]] in [[San Francisco]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Van Gelder|first1=Lawerence|title='Free Tibet': Good Causes Don't Always Make Good Films|url=https://partners.nytimes.com/library/film/091198tibet-film-review.html|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=March 15, 2018|date=September 11, 1998}}</ref> His 1998 commercial for [[Sprite (drink)|Sprite]] is considered an example of [[subvertising]] for its spoof take on the brand's mascot.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wickman |first1=Forrest |title=The Short Films of Spike Jonze—and What They Can Tell Us About ''Her'' |url=https://slate.com/culture/2013/12/spike-jonze-short-films-watch-i-m-here-how-they-get-there-lamp-we-were-once-a-fairy-tale-video.html |website=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |access-date=October 8, 2019 |date=December 19, 2013}}</ref> Jonze developed an [[alter ego]] named Richard Koufey, the leader of the Torrance Community Dance Group, an urban troupe that performs in public spaces.<ref name="jonzeunmasked" /> The Koufey persona appeared when Jonze, in character, filmed himself dancing to [[Fatboy Slim]]'s "[[Praise You]]" as it played on a boom box in a public area.<ref name="NME">{{cite web|title=Fatboy Slim Rolls With Jonze|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/fatboy-slim-146-1389558|website=[[NME]]|access-date=March 15, 2018|date=May 12, 1998}}</ref> Jonze showed the video to Slim, who appears briefly in the video.<ref name="TheWorkofDirectorSpikeJonze">{{cite video | people = Landay, Vincent (Producer) Brown, Richard (Producer) | date = 2003 | title = The Work of Director Spike Jonze | url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0386124/ | medium = DVD | publisher = Palm Pictures | location = New York City | time = Side A, Commentry Track of Praise You spoken by Normal Cook (Fatboy Slim)}}</ref> Jonze then assembled a group of dancers to perform to Slim's "[[Praise You]]" outside a [[Westwood, Los Angeles, California|Westwood, California]], movie theater and taped the performance.<ref name="jonzeunmasked" /><ref name="PraiseYouGuardian">{{cite web|title=Fatboy Slim's Praise You voted best video|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/jul/31/2|website=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=March 15, 2018|date=July 31, 2001}}</ref> The resulting clip was a huge success, and "Koufey" and his troupe were invited to New York City to perform the song for the 1999 [[MTV Video Music Awards]].<ref name="PraiseYouMTV">{{cite web|last1=Ives|first1=Brian|title=Spike Jonze Highlights Fatboy Slim's VMA "Performance"|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1428918/spike-jonze-highlights-fatboy-slims-vma-performance/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304170751/http://www.mtv.com/news/1428918/spike-jonze-highlights-fatboy-slims-vma-performance/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 4, 2016|publisher=[[MTV News]]|access-date=March 15, 2018|date=September 9, 1999}}</ref> The video received awards for Best Direction, Breakthrough, and Best Choreography, which Jonze accepted, still in character.<ref name="PraiseYouMTV" /> Jonze made a short [[mockumentary]] about the experience called ''[[Torrance Rises]]'' (1999).<ref name="Paste" />

The first feature film Jonze directed was ''[[Being John Malkovich]]'' in 1999. It stars [[John Cusack]], [[Cameron Diaz]], and [[Catherine Keener]], with [[John Malkovich]] as himself. The screenplay was written by [[Charlie Kaufman]] and follows a puppeteer who finds a portal in an office that leads to the mind of actor John Malkovich. Kaufman's script was passed on to Jonze by his father-in-law [[Francis Ford Coppola]] and he agreed to direct it,<ref>{{cite web |title=''Being John Malkovich'' a quirky wonder |work=[[Arizona Daily Star]] |url=http://azstarnet.com/entertainment/movies/article_ee681184-48ef-558a-956f-8f431ab4dc0c.html |first=Phil |last=Villarreal |date=January 7, 2007 |access-date=November 4, 2010}}</ref> "delighted by its originality and labyrinthine plot".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kobel|first1=Peter|title=The Fun and Games of Living a Virtual Life|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/24/arts/film-the-fun-and-games-of-living-a-virtual-life.html|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=March 15, 2018|date=October 24, 1999}}</ref> ''Being John Malkovich'' was released in October 1999 to laudatory reviews; the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' critic [[Roger Ebert]] found the film to be "endlessly inventive" and named it the best film of 1999,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ebert|first1=Roger|author-link1=Roger Ebert|title=Being John Malkovich|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/being-john-malkovich-1999|website=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|access-date=March 15, 2018|date=October 29, 1999}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Ebert|first1=Roger|title=The Best 10 Movies Movies of 1999|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/rogers-journal/the-best-10-movies-of-1999|website=[[RogerEbert.com]]|access-date=March 15, 2018|date=December 31, 1999}}</ref> while [[Owen Gleiberman]] of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' called it the "most excitingly original movie of the year".<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Gleiberman|first1=Owen|title=Being John Malkovich|url=https://ew.com/article/1999/11/12/being-john-malkovich-6/|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=March 15, 2018|date=November 12, 1999}}</ref> At the [[72nd Academy Awards]], the film was nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]], [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] and [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] for Keener.<ref>{{cite news|title=Nominees & Winners for the 72nd Academy Awards |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2000 |access-date=January 3, 2014 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] (AMPAS) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109141152/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2000 |archive-date=November 9, 2014}}</ref> Jonze co-starred opposite [[George Clooney]], [[Mark Wahlberg]] and [[Ice Cube]] in [[David O. Russell]]'s war comedy ''[[Three Kings (1999 film)|Three Kings]]'' (1999), which depicts a gold heist by four U.S. soldiers following the end of the [[Gulf War]]. Jonze's role in the film, the sweet, dimwitted, casually racist [[Private first class|PFC]] Conrad Vig, was written specifically for him.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Wolk|first1=Josh|title=George Clooney fought to star in ''Three Kings''|url=https://ew.com/article/1999/10/01/george-clooney-fought-star-three-kings/|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=March 15, 2018|date=October 1, 1999}}</ref> Jonze also directed a commercial for [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] called "The Morning After" in 1999, a parody of the hysteria surrounding [[Year 2000 problem|Y2K]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Grandy Taylor|first1=Frances|title=Why Worry? Y2K Is Funny Fodder for Ads|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-dec-10-cl-42498-story.html|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=March 15, 2018|date=December 10, 2009}}</ref>

=== 2000–2008: ''Adaptation'' and ''Jackass'' ===
Jonze returned to video directing in 2000, helming the video for the song "[[Wonderboy (Tenacious D song)|Wonderboy]]" by the comedy duo [[Tenacious D]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Willman|first1=Chris|title=Tenacious D's Date with Spike Jonze|url=https://ew.com/article/2001/09/14/tenacious-ds-date-spike-jonze/|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=March 20, 2018|date=September 14, 2001}}</ref> Along with [[Johnny Knoxville]] and childhood friend [[Jeff Tremaine]], Jonze co-created, executive produced and occasionally appeared in the television series ''[[Jackass (franchise)|Jackass]]'' in 2000, which aired on MTV for three seasons until 2002.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Anne Hughes|first1=Sarah|title=Johnny Knoxville, Spike Jonze pen emotional tributes to Ryan Dunn|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/celebritology/post/johnny-knoxville-spike-jonze-pen-emotional-tributes-to-ryan-dunn/2011/06/27/AGrDvnnH_blog.html|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=March 15, 2018|date=June 27, 2011}}</ref> The show featured a group of people performing dangerous stunts and pranks on each other. At the request of [[Al Gore]]'s [[Al Gore presidential campaign, 2000|presidential campaign in 2000]], Jonze directed a short video about Gore at his home. The video was shown at the [[Democratic National Convention]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Crouch|first1=Ian|title="Mitt," Al Gore, and Our Identification With Presidential Losers|url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/mitt-al-gore-and-our-identification-with-presidential-losers|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=January 24, 2014}}</ref> He collaborated with Fatboy Slim for a second a time in 2001, directing the video for "[[Weapon of Choice (song)|Weapon of Choice]]", starring [[Christopher Walken]] dancing around a deserted hotel lobby.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Levy |first1=Glen |title=The 30 All-TIME Best Music Videos - Fatboy Slim, 'Weapon of Choice' (2001) |url=https://entertainment.time.com/2011/07/28/the-30-all-time-best-music-videos/slide/fatboy-slim-weapon-of-choice-2001/ |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |access-date=October 19, 2024 |date=July 26, 2011}}</ref> The video won multiple awards at the [[2001 MTV Video Music Awards]] and the 2002 [[Grammy Award for Best Music Video]].<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Slim's 'Weapon' Bulges With Six MTV VMAs|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/78467/slims-weapon-bulges-with-six-mtv-vmas|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=March 15, 2018|date=September 7, 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Grammys 2002: The winners|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1845783.stm|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=March 15, 2018|date=February 28, 2002}}</ref> Jonze's second film, the comedy-drama ''[[Adaptation (film)|Adaptation]],'' (2002), was partially based on the non-fiction book ''[[The Orchid Thief]]'' by [[Susan Orlean]] and was written by Charlie Kaufman.<ref name="Adaptation">{{cite web|last1=Leigh|first1=Danny|title=Let's make a meta-movie|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2003/feb/14/artsfeatures|website=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=March 15, 2018|date=February 14, 2003}}</ref> The [[metafilm]] starred [[Nicolas Cage]] in a [[dual role]] as Kaufman and his fictional twin brother, Donald, as he attempts to adapt ''The Orchid Thief'' into a film and features dramatized events from the book. It co-starred [[Meryl Streep]] as Orlean and [[Chris Cooper]] as the subject of ''The Orchid Thief'', [[John Laroche]].<ref name="Adaptation" /> ''Adaptation.'' was met with widespread critical acclaim from critics, who praised it for its originality whilst simultaneously being funny and thought-provoking.<ref>{{cite web|title=Adaptation (2002)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1118700_adaptation?|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=March 15, 2018}}</ref>

[[File:SpikeJonze1SecondFilm.jpg|right|thumb|upright|Jonze holding a producer credit for ''[[The 1 Second Film]]'' in 2004]]
''[[Jackass: The Movie]]'', a continuation of the television show, was released in October 2002.<ref name="Vice">{{cite web|last1=Elise|first1=Marianne|title=An Oral History of 'Jackass: The Movie'|url=https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/8x8ky4/an-oral-history-of-jackass-the-movie|publisher=[[Vice Media|Vice]]|access-date=March 15, 2018|date=October 3, 2017}}</ref> Jonze co-produced, contributed to the writing of the segments, and made a cameo appearance in the film.<ref name="Vice"/><ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Wild|first1=David|title=Spike Jonze: The Man Who Wasn't There|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/features/the-man-who-wasnt-there-20030123|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=January 23, 2003}}</ref> Jonze directed a 60-second commercial called "[[Lamp (advertisement)|Lamp]]" for the furniture store [[IKEA]] in 2002,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Elliot|first1=Stuart|title=Ikea challenges the attachment to old stuff, in favor of brighter, new stuff.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/16/business/media-business-advertising-ikea-challenges-attachment-old-stuff-favor-brighter.html?scp=1&sq=IKEA%20Challenges%20the%20Attachment%20to%20Old%20Stuff,%20in%20Favor%20of%20Brighter,%20New%20Stuff&st=cse|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=September 16, 2002}}</ref> which won the Grand Prix at the [[Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival]], considered a prestigious award in the field of advertising.<ref name="Adweek" /> Also in 2002, Jonze directed the [[Levi Strauss & Co.|Levi]]'s commercial "Crazy Legs"<ref name="Adweek">{{cite web|last1=Nudd|first1=Tim|title=Spike Jonze Reveals His Favorite Ad and How to Stay Creative With Clients Around|url=http://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/spike-jonze-reveals-his-favorite-ad-and-how-stay-creative-clients-around-158353/|website=[[Adweek]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=June 16, 2014}}</ref> and the videos for [[Beck]]'s "[[Guess I'm Doing Fine]]",<ref name="Stiernberg" /> Björk's "[[It's in Our Hands]]" (filmed in [[night vision]]), and one of two versions of Weezer's "[[Island in the Sun (Weezer song)|Island in the Sun]]".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Pinkerton|first1=Nick|title=Spike Jonze Gets His Long-Overdue MOMA Retrospective|url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2009/10/06/spike-jonze-gets-his-long-overdue-moma-retrospective/|website=[[The Village Voice]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=October 6, 2009}}</ref> Jonze co-directed the Girl Skateboards video ''[[Yeah Right!]]'' in 2003, which featured extensive use of special effects and a cameo by [[Owen Wilson]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Baltimore|first1=Megan|title=Behind the Video: Girl Skateboards' Yeah Right|url=https://skateboarding.transworld.net/photos/behind-the-video-girl-skateboards-yeah-right/|website=[[Transworld Skateboarding]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=September 16, 2003}}</ref> That same year, he directed the video for [[Turbonegro]]'s single "Sell Your Body (to the Night)" which featured appearances by the members of Jackass.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fossum |first=Tommy |date=2003-04-08 |title=Jackass-dramatikk for Turboneger |url=https://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/jackass-dramatikk-for-turboneger/65880003 |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=dagbladet.no |language=no}}</ref>

Jonze co-founded ''[[Directors Label]]'' – a series of [[DVD]]s devoted to music video directors – in September 2003 with filmmakers [[Chris Cunningham]] and [[Michel Gondry]]. Jonze's volume, ''[[The Works of Spike Jonze|The Work of Director Spike Jonze]]'', was released in October and comprises his videos, as well as photographs, drawings and interviews.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chris Cunningham, Michel Gondry & Palm Pictures Present The Directors Label; Director-Compiled DVD Series to Debut October 28|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20030917005553/en/Spike-Jonze-Chris-Cunningham-Michel-Gondry-Palm|website=[[Business Wire]]|access-date=March 20, 2018|date=September 17, 2003}}</ref> Jonze made a faux documentary called ''The Mystery of Dalarö'' in 2004 as part of an advertising campaign for the [[Volvo S40]]. The film was credited to a fictional [[Venezuelan]] director named Carlos Soto, but was later revealed to have been directed by Jonze.<ref>{{cite web|title=Volvo 240 "The Mystery of Dalaro"|url=http://adage.com/article/digital/volvo-s40-mystery-dalaro/103667/|website=[[Advertising Age]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=April 1, 2005}}</ref> He directed a commercial for [[Adidas]] titled "[[Hello Tomorrow]]" in 2005, featuring the music of his brother [[Sam Spiegel (musician)|Sam "Squeak E. Clean" Spiegel]] and Jonze's then-girlfriend [[Karen O]] of the band [[Yeah Yeah Yeahs]].<ref>{{cite web|title=O My God!|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/yeah-yeah-yeahs-140-1359709/page/4006|website=[[NME]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=April 13, 2005}}</ref>

After directing videos for [[Ludacris]] and Yeah Yeah Yeahs' "[[Y Control]]" (which caused some controversy over its graphic images),<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Endelman|first1=Michael|title=Yeah Yeah Yeahs explain their disturbing new video|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2004/10/08/yeah-yeah-yeahs-explain-their-disturbing-new-video/|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=October 8, 2004}}</ref> Jonze collaborated with Björk for a third time on the playful music video for "[[Triumph of a Heart]]" (2005), in which her husband was played by a housecat.<ref name="Bjork" /> The second ''Jackass'' film, ''[[Jackass Number Two]]'', was released in 2006 and saw Jonze dress as an old lady whose breasts "accidentally" keep becoming exposed while wandering around [[Los Angeles]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Foundas|first1=Scott|title=Jackass: Number Two|url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2006/09/19/jackass-number-two/|website=[[The Village Voice]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=September 19, 2006}}</ref> Along with [[Dave Eggers]], he had a speaking part in the [[Beck]] song "The Horrible Fanfare/Landslide/Exoskeleton" from his 2006 album ''[[The Information (Beck album)|The Information]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sullivan|first1=Caroline|title=Beck, The Information|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/sep/29/popandrock.shopping2|website=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=September 29, 2006}}</ref> In 2007, he became the creative director of [[VBS.tv]], an online television network supplied by [[Vice Media|Vice]] and funded by MTV.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Levine|first1=Robert|title=A Guerrilla Video Site Meets MTV|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/19/business/media/19vice.html|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=November 19, 2007}}</ref> Jonze hosted his own interview show on the service.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Tanz|first1=Jason|title=The Snarky Vice Squad Is Ready to Be Taken Seriously. Seriously.|url=https://www.wired.com/2007/10/ff-vice/|magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=October 18, 2007}}</ref> He directed ads for [[Gap Inc.|GAP]] and Levi's,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Stevenson|first1=Seth|title=Pants Pants Revolution|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/business/ad_report_card/2005/12/pants_pants_revolution.html|website=[[Slant (magazine)|Slant]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=December 19, 2005}}</ref> and co-directed the skateboarding video ''[[Fully Flared]]'' with Ty Evans and Cory Weincheque in the same year.<ref name="Dazed" /> Jonze directed the music video for [[Kanye West]]'s single "[[Flashing Lights (Kanye West song)|Flashing Lights]]" in 2008. Filmed entirely in slow motion,<ref name="LA Weekly" /> the video stars West and model Rita G, and sees her driving around the [[Las Vegas, Nevada]], desert in a [[Ford Mustang]] before stopping to repeatedly stab West, who is tied up in the trunk.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Rodriguez|first1=Jayson|title=Kanye West's Latest Video Vixen Defends 'Flashing Lights' Clip: "It's Whatever You Want It To Be"|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1581721/kanye-wests-latest-video-vixen-defends-flashing-lights-clip-its-whatever-you-want-it-to-be/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808234555/http://www.mtv.com/news/1581721/kanye-wests-latest-video-vixen-defends-flashing-lights-clip-its-whatever-you-want-it-to-be/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 8, 2014|publisher=[[MTV News]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=February 15, 2008}}</ref> Jonze produced Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut ''[[Synecdoche, New York]]'' in 2008, which Jonze originally intended to direct.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Carr|first1=David|title=The Universe According to Kaufman|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/19/movies/19carr.html|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=October 19, 2008}}</ref>

=== 2009–2019: ''Where the Wild Things Are'', short films, and ''Her'' ===
''[[Where the Wild Things Are (film)|Where the Wild Things Are]]'' (2009), a film adaptation of [[Maurice Sendak]] children's picture book [[Where the Wild Things Are|of the same name]], was directed by Jonze and co-written by Jonze and [[Dave Eggers]], who expanded the original ten-sentence book into a feature film.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Turan|first1=Kenneth|title=Where the Wild Things Are|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-oct-16-et-wild-things16-story.html|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=October 16, 2009}}</ref> Sendak gave advice to Jonze while he was adapting the book and the two developed a friendship.<ref name="WtWTA">{{cite news|last1=Knafo|first1=Saki|title=Bringing 'Where the Wild Things Are' to the Screen|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/06/magazine/06jonze-t.html?scp=1&sq=jonze%20sendak&st=cse|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=September 2, 2009}}</ref> The film stars [[Max Records]] as Max, a lonely 8-year-old boy who runs away from home after an argument with his mother (played by Catherine Keener) and sails away to an island inhabited by creatures known as the "Wild Things," who declare Max their king.<ref name="WtWTA" /> The Wild Things were played by performers in creature suits, while CGI was required to animate their faces.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sancton|first1=Julian|title=Where the Wild Things Are Built: Jim Henson's Creature Shop|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2009/10/where-the-wild-things-are-built-jim-hensons-creature-workshop|website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=October 17, 2009}}</ref> [[James Gandolfini]], [[Lauren Ambrose]], Chris Cooper, [[Forest Whitaker]], [[Catherine O'Hara]], [[Paul Dano]], and [[Michael Berry Jr.]] provided the voices for the Wild Things, and Jonze voiced two owls named Bob and Terry.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Pahle|first1=Rebecca|title=10 Wild Facts About ''Where the Wild Things Are''|url=http://mentalfloss.com/article/70933/10-wild-facts-about-where-wild-things-are|website=[[Mental Floss]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=November 11, 2015}}</ref> The film's soundtrack was performed by Karen O and composer [[Carter Burwell]] scored his third film for Jonze.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Solarski|first1=Matthew|title=Karen O Pens Tunes for Jonze/Eggers Wild Things Film|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/28428-karen-o-pens-tunes-for-jonzeeggers-wild-things-film/|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=January 16, 2008}}</ref> ''Where the Wild Things Are'' was released in October 2009 to a generally positive critical reception but did not perform well at the box office. Some reviewers were unsure whether the film was intended for a younger or adult audience due to its dark tone and level of maturity.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Franzen|first1=Carl|title=Is 'Where the Wild Things Are' For Kids or Adults?|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2009/10/is-where-the-wild-things-are-for-kids-or-adults/347841/|website=[[The Atlantic (magazine)|The Atlantic]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=October 16, 2009}}</ref> Jonze himself said that he "didn't set out to make a children's movie; I set out to make a movie about childhood".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wong|first1=Grace|title=Spike Jonze goes 'Where the Wild Things Are'|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/14/wild.things/index.html|publisher=CNN|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=October 14, 2009}}</ref> A television documentary, ''[[Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak]]'', co-directed by Jonze and Lance Bangs, aired in 2009 and features a series of interviews with Sendak.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Murray|first1=Noel|title=''Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait Of Maurice Sendak''|url=https://www.avclub.com/tell-them-anything-you-want-a-portrait-of-maurice-send-1798207250|website=[[The A.V. Club]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=October 19, 2009}}</ref> Jonze wrote and directed ''[[We Were Once a Fairytale]]'' (2009), a short film starring Kanye West as himself acting belligerently while drunk in a nightclub.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Itzkoff|first1=Dave|title=Spike Jonze Explains His Kanye West Mini-Movie, 'We Were Once a Fairytale'|url=https://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/spike-jonze-explains-his-kanye-west-mini-movie-we-were-once-a-fairytale/|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=January 17, 2018|date=October 22, 2009}}</ref>

Jonze wrote and directed the science fiction romance short film ''[[I'm Here (film)|I'm Here]]'' in 2010, based on the children's book ''[[The Giving Tree]]''. The film stars [[Andrew Garfield]] as a robot with a head shaped like an old PC who falls in love with a more sleekly-designed female robot, played by [[Sienna Guillory]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wickman|first1=Forrest|title=The Short Films of Spike Jonze—and What They Can Tell Us About ''Her''|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/12/19/spike_jonze_short_films_watch_i_m_here_how_they_get_there_lamp_we_were_once.html|website=[[Slant (magazine)|Slant]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=December 19, 2013}}</ref> Jonze produced and provided his voice to a character in the short film ''[[Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life]]'' (2010), based on Maurice Sendak's book of the same name.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sciretta|first1=Peter|title=Photos and Video From the Spike Jonze-Produced Short Film Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/photos-and-video-from-the-spike-jonze-produced-short-film-higglety-pigglety-pop-or-there-must-be-more-to-life/|website=[[/Film]]|access-date=March 24, 2018|date=February 16, 2010}}</ref> He co-directed the video for [[LCD Soundsystem]]'s "[[Drunk Girls]]" with the band's frontman [[James Murphy (electronic musician)|James Murphy]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bettinger|first1=Brendan|title=Spike Jonze Co-Directed "Drunk Girls" Music Video for LCD Soundsystem|url=https://collider.com/spike-jonze-co-directed-drunk-girls-music-video-for-lcd-soundsystem/|website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=April 19, 2010}}</ref> and directed the video for [[Arcade Fire]]'s "[[The Suburbs/Month of May|The Suburbs]]" in 2010, the latter being an edited version of Jonze's short film ''[[The Suburbs#Promotion|Scenes from the Suburbs]]'' (2011), a [[dystopian]] vision of suburbia in the near-future and an expansion of the themes of nostalgia, alienation, and childhood found in the song.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Taylor|first1=Drew|title=SXSW Review: Spike Jonze & Arcade Fire's 'Scenes From The Suburbs' An Intense Look At Fading Youth|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2011/03/sxsw-review-spike-jonze-arcade-fires-scenes-from-the-suburbs-an-intense-look-at-fading-youth-119699/|work=[[IndieWire]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=March 18, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Biddlecombe|first1=Sarah|title=Songs inspired by the suburbs|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopmusic/11201821/Songs-inspired-by-the-suburbs.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopmusic/11201821/Songs-inspired-by-the-suburbs.html |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|website=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=March 20, 2018|date=November 1, 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> A third ''Jackass'' film, ''[[Jackass 3D]]'', premiered in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Yuan|first1=Jada|title=Johnny Knoxville and Spike Jonze Guard Their Groins at the ''Jackass 3-D'' Premiere|url=https://www.vulture.com/2010/10/johnny_knoxville_and_spike_jon.html|website=[[Vulture (magazine)|Vulture]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=October 12, 2010}}</ref> He was part of the main cast for the black comedy series ''[[The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret]]'' as the supervisor to [[David Cross]]' character for the first two seasons in 2010 and 2012, before being replaced by [[Jack McBrayer]] in the third season.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ferguson|first1=LaToya|title=Are you now or have you ever been ''Todd Margaret''?|url=https://www.avclub.com/are-you-now-or-have-you-ever-been-todd-margaret-1798186175|website=[[The A.V. Club]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=January 8, 2016}}</ref> Jonze resumed his longtime collaboration with the Beastie Boys in July 2011, directing the video for their song featuring [[Santigold]], "[[Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win]]", in which the band members are portrayed as [[action figures]].<ref name="BB" /> He then directed the video for Kanye West and [[Jay-Z]]'s 2011 single "[[Otis (song)|Otis]]", which saw the pair driving a customized [[Maybach 57 and 62|Maybach 57]] around an industrial lot.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Montgomery|first1=James|title=Jay-Z And Kanye 'Otis' Video: Maybach Massacre|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1668929/otis-video/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810124448/http://www.mtv.com/news/1668929/otis-video/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 10, 2014|publisher=[[MTV News]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=August 11, 2011}}</ref> Along with Simon Cahn, Jonze co-directed the [[stop-motion]] animated short film ''Mourir Auprès De Toi'' (2011), which is set in the [[Shakespeare and Company (bookstore)|Shakespeare and Company]] bookstore in Paris. Jonze voiced a skeletal [[Macbeth (character)|Macbeth]] in the film.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Haglund|first1=David|title=Spike Jonze's Stop-Motion Bookstore Love Story|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2011/10/19/spike_jonze_and_olympia_le_tan_s_short_film_mourir_aupres_de_toi.html|journal=[[Slant (magazine)|Slant]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=October 19, 2011}}</ref> Also in 2011, Jonze played a small supporting role in the sports drama ''[[Moneyball (film)|Moneyball]]'' as the husband of [[Robin Wright]]'s character, who is the ex-wife of [[Billy Beane]] (played by [[Brad Pitt]]).<ref name="VultureBuchanan">{{cite web|last1=Buchanan|first1=Kyle|title=How Spike Jonze Ended Up in The Wolf of Wall Street|url=https://www.vulture.com/2013/12/spike-jonze-wolf-of-wall-street-cameo.html|website=[[Vulture (magazine)|Vulture]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=December 26, 2013}}</ref> In 2012, Jonze co-directed the feature-length skateboarding film ''Pretty Sweet'' with his ''Fully Flared'' co-directors Ty Evans and Cory Weincheque.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Fischer|first1=Russ|title='Pretty Sweet' Trailer: Spike Jonze Returns to Skateboarding|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/pretty-sweet-trailer-spike-jonze-returns-to-skateboarding/|website=[[/Film]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=November 30, 2012}}</ref>

[[File:Spike Jonze.jpg|left|thumb|upright|Jonze in 2013]]
Jonze's fourth feature film, the romantic science fiction drama ''[[Her (2013 film)|Her]]'', was released in December 2013. The film was his first original screenplay and the first he had written alone, inspired by Charlie Kaufman by putting "all the ideas and feelings at that time" into his script for ''Synecdoche, New York''.<ref name="Her">{{cite web|last1=Michael|first1=Chris|title=Spike Jonze on letting Her rip and Being John Malkovich|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2013/sep/09/spike-jonze-her-scarlett-johansson|website=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=September 9, 2013}}</ref> It stars [[Joaquin Phoenix]], [[Amy Adams]], [[Rooney Mara]], [[Olivia Wilde]], and [[Scarlett Johansson]]. The film follows the recently divorced Theodore Twombly (Phoenix), a man who develops a relationship with a seemingly intuitive and humanistic female voice, named "Samantha" (Johansson), produced by an advanced computer operating system.<ref name="Her" /> Samantha was originally voiced by [[Samantha Morton]] during its production, but was later replaced by Johansson.<ref name="Her" /> Jonze provided his voice to a video game character in the film, Alien Child, who interacts with Theodore.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Gorochow|first1=Erica|title=Meet The Real World Designers Behind The Fictional Video Games Of 'Her|url=https://creators.vice.com/en_us/article/yp5gz7/meet-the-real-world-designers-behind-the-fictional-video-games-of-her|website=[[Vice Media|The Creators Project]]|publisher=[[Vice Media]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=February 13, 2014}}</ref> The film's score was composed by Arcade Fire and [[Owen Pallett]].<ref name=Behindthescenes>{{cite web|last=Battan|first=Carrie|title=Watch: Arcade Fire and Owen Pallett's Her Score, Behind the Scenes|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/54060-watch-arcade-fire-and-owen-palletts-her-score-behind-the-scenes|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=February 20, 2014|access-date=October 12, 2015}}</ref>

''Her'' was met with universal acclaim from critics.<ref>{{cite web|title=Her Reviews|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/her|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=March 16, 2018}}</ref> [[Todd McCarthy]] of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' praised Jonze for taking an old theme "the search for love and the need to 'only connect'" and embracing it "in a speculative way that feels very pertinent to the moment and captures the emotional malaise of a future just an intriguing step or two ahead of contemporary reality."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/her-film-review-648073|last1=McCarthy|first1=Todd|title=Her: Film Review|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=October 12, 2013}}</ref> Scott Foundas of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' opined that it was Jonze's "richest and most emotionally mature work to date".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Foundas|first1=Scott|title=Film Review: 'Her'|url=https://variety.com/2013/film/reviews/film-review-her-1200710608/|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=October 12, 2013}}</ref> At the [[86th Academy Awards]], Jonze was nominated for three Academy Awards for ''Her'', winning for [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] and receiving further nominations for [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] and [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]] for co-writing "[[The Moon Song]]" with Karen O.<ref name="Oscars2014">{{Cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2014 |title=The 86th Academy Awards (2014) Nominees and Winners |access-date=April 12, 2014 |work=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |publisher=AMPAS |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014193700/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2014 |archive-date=October 14, 2014}}</ref> Jonze won the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay]]  at the [[71st Golden Globe Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-mn-golden-globes-nominees-winners-complete-list,0,6845028.story#axzz2qF6gO59t|title=Golden Globes 2014: The complete list of nominees and winners|author=Los Angeles Times|date=January 12, 2014|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 28, 2015}}</ref>

Jonze co-wrote, co-produced, and appeared in ''[[Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa]]'' (2013), a hidden camera comedy film starring Johnny Knoxville as the vulgar grandfather Irvin Zisman. Jonze played his wife Gloria, but was cut from a majority of the film.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Taylor|first1=Drew|title=Review: 'Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa' Starring Johnny Knoxville And Co-Written & Produced By Spike Jonze|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2013/10/review-jackass-presents-bad-grandpa-starring-johnny-knoxville-and-co-written-produced-by-spike-jonze-248922/|work=[[IndieWire]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=October 26, 2013}}</ref> Jonze served as the creative director of the [[YouTube Music Awards]] on November 3, 2013. At the ceremony, he directed the live music video for Arcade Fire's "[[Afterlife (Arcade Fire song)|Afterlife]]", documented [[Lady Gaga]]'s live performance of "[[Dope (Lady Gaga song)|Dope]]" with [[Chris Milk]], and premiered a short film written by [[Lena Dunham]] that Jonze directed called ''Choose You''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Spike Jonze to direct live music videos for Arcade Fire and Lady Gaga at YouTube Awards|url=https://www.nme.com/news/arcade-fire/73546|work=[[NME]]|access-date=November 3, 2013|date=October 31, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Rosen|first1=Christopher|title=Lena Dunham Wrote A Choose-Your-Own Adventure Short For The YouTube Music Awards|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/lena-dunham-youtube-awards-spike-jonze-avicii_n_4212326|website=[[The Huffington Post]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=November 4, 2013}}</ref> Jonze had a small role in [[Martin Scorsese]]'s 2013 film ''[[The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film)|The Wolf of Wall Street]]'' as a stockbroker who teaches [[Jordan Belfort]] (played by [[Leonardo DiCaprio]]) the ins and outs of [[penny stocks]].<ref name="VultureBuchanan" /> Jonze got the part as the film shared the same [[casting director]] as ''Her'', who asked Jonze if he wanted to appear in the film.<ref name="VultureBuchanan" /> He directed the video for Kanye West's "[[Only One (Kanye West song)|Only One]]" in 2015, which was filmed on his [[iPhone]] in a foggy field and featured heartfelt interactions between West and daughter.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Campp|first1=Zoe|title=Kanye West Previews "Only One" Video, Talks Fatherhood, Adidas Partnership on "Ellen|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/58261-kanye-west-previews-only-one-video-talks-fatherhood-adidas-partnership-on-ellen/|website=[[Pitchfork (magazine)|Pitchfork]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=January 29, 2015}}</ref> Jonze made a guest appearance in the fourth season of Lena Dunham's television series ''[[Girls (TV series)|Girls]]'' in March 2015.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Gibson|first1=Megan|title=Spike Jonze Will Appear on ''Girls'' Next Season|url=https://time.com/3069412/spike-jonze-girls/|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=August 1, 2014}}</ref> Jonze directed the short commercial film ''Kenzo World'' to promote a fragrance by [[Kenzo (brand)|Kenzo]] in 2016. The film starred [[Margaret Qualley]] as a woman erratically dancing around a large mansion, with choreography by [[Ryan Heffington]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Vine|first1=Richard|title=Spike Jonze gets freaky for Kenzo – where film meets beauty|url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2016/aug/31/spike-jonze-gets-freaky-for-kenzo-where-film-meets-beauty|website=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=August 31, 2016}}</ref> Jonze is the creative director of multinational television channel brand [[Viceland]], which launched in February 2016.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Guthrie|first1=Marisa|title=It's Official: Vice Channel to Take Over A+E Networks' History Spinoff H2|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/vice-channel-replace-historys-h2-836322|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=November 3, 2015}}</ref>

In 2017, Jonze directed [[Frank Ocean]]'s summer festival tour, which included 8 shows which took place in different cities around the US and Europe. Jonze also produced and decorated, alongside Ocean and artist Tom Sachs among others, an elaborate stage with a runway and central platform for the same concert.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.fr/us/frank-ocean-spike-jonze-directed-filmed-nyc-concert-panorama-festival-2017-7/|title=Frank Ocean had a legendary director film his first New York concert in 5 years|website=Business Insider France|language=fr-FR|access-date=August 1, 2017}}</ref> Jonze wrote and directed the stage show ''Changers: A Dance Story'', starring [[Lakeith Stanfield]] and [[Mia Wasikowska]]. Featuring dance choreography by Ryan Heffington, the show premiered at an [[Opening Ceremony (brand)|Opening Ceremony]] fashion week presentation in September 2017 before opening to the public for a four-night run at the [[La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ryzik|first1=Melana|title=Twirly Legs and All: Spike Jonze Spreads His Dance Wings|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/08/arts/dance/twirly-legs-and-all-spike-jonze-spreads-his-dance-wings.html|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=September 8, 2017}}</ref> Jonze produced the documentary ''[[Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond]]'' (2017), which documents the production of the film ''[[Man on the Moon (film)|Man on the Moon]]'' (1999).<ref>{{cite news|last1=Stolworthy|first1=Jacob|title=Jim and Andy: Spike Jonze and Chris Smith on documentary charting Jim Carrey's controversial transformation into comedian Andy Kaufman|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/jim-carrey-jim-and-andy-the-great-beyond-netflix-documentary-andy-kaufman-spike-jonze-chris-smith-a8118121.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/jim-carrey-jim-and-andy-the-great-beyond-netflix-documentary-andy-kaufman-spike-jonze-chris-smith-a8118121.html |archive-date=May 24, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|website=[[The Independent]]|access-date=March 20, 2018|date=December 22, 2017}}</ref> The following year, he directed the short commercial film ''Welcome Home'' for Apple's [[HomePod]] devices, starring [[FKA Twigs]] dancing inside her apartment as its transforms into a surreal space and engages in a [[dance off]] with her [[doppelgänger]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sharf|first1=Zack|title=Spike Jonze Returns For A Surreal Apple Short Film Starring Double FKA Twigs — Watch|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2018/03/spike-jonze-apple-homepod-fka-twigs-1201936377/|work=[[IndieWire]]|access-date=March 20, 2018|date=March 6, 2018}}</ref> In 2019, Jonze directed a commercial and accompanying short film for the website building service [[Squarespace]] starring [[Idris Elba]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Obenson |first1=Tambay |title=Spike Jonze Directs Idris Elba in Charming Comedy Short Film for Squarespace |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2019/01/spike-jonze-idris-elba-short-film-squarespace-1202039850/ |website=[[IndieWire]] |access-date=February 2, 2019 |date=January 30, 2019}}</ref> as well a short film titled ''The New Normal'' advocating for [[Decriminalization of non-medical cannabis in the United States|marijuana legalization]] in partnership with the cannabis company [[MedMen]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sharf |first1=Zack |title=Spike Jonze Directs Short Film Advocating for Marijuana Legalization — Watch |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2019/03/spike-jonze-short-film-marijuana-legalization-watch-1202048244/ |website=[[IndieWire]] |access-date=March 1, 2019 |date=March 1, 2019}}</ref> In that year, Jonze also filmed the [[Aziz Ansari]] stand-up special ''[[Aziz Ansari: Right Now|Right Now]]'', operating close-up shots himself onstage.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=St. Félix |first1=Doreen |title=The Productive Ambivalence of Aziz Ansari in His Comeback Netflix Special |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-productive-ambivalence-of-aziz-ansari-in-his-comeback-netflix-special |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |access-date=October 6, 2019 |date=July 13, 2019}}</ref> He won two consecutive [[Directors Guild of America Award]]s for his commercial work in 2018 and 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dga.org/News/PressReleases/2019/190202-DGA-Awards-Winners.aspx|title=71st Annual DGA Awards Winners -|website=www.dga.org|language=en|access-date=January 26, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dga.org/News/PressReleases/2020/200125-DGA-Awards-Winners.aspx|title=72nd Annual DGA Awards Winners -|website=www.dga.org|language=en|access-date=January 26, 2020}}</ref>

=== 2020–present: ''Beastie Boys Story'' ===
Jonze directed the ''Beastie Boys Story: As Told by Michael Diamond & Adam Horovitz'' stage show, which took place in Philadelphia and Brooklyn for three nights in 2019 and saw the band's two surviving members tell the story of the Beastie Boys and their friendship.<ref name="BeastieBoysStory">{{cite web |last1=Kohn |first1=Eric |title='Beastie Boys Story' Review: Spike Jonze Directs a Moving Nostalgia Trip as the Rappers Tell Their Story |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2020/04/beastie-boys-story-review-1202225994/ |website=[[IndieWire]] |access-date=April 29, 2020 |date=April 20, 2020}}</ref> A feature-length documentary, ''[[Beastie Boys Story]]'', was also directed by Jonze and features footage from the shows.<ref name="BeastieBoysStory" /> It was released on [[Apple TV+]] in 2020 to positive reviews.<ref>{{cite web |title=Beastie Boys Story Reviews |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/beastie-boys-story |publisher=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=April 29, 2020}}</ref> He returned to acting in [[Damien Chazelle]]'s 2022 film ''[[Babylon (2022 film)|Babylon]]'', appearing as a German film director bearing a resemblance to [[Erich von Stroheim]].<ref name="Babylon">{{cite web |last1=Belinchón |first1=Gregorio |title='Babylon:' A love song to the lawless years of Hollywood |url=https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-01-21/babylon-a-love-song-to-the-lawless-years-of-hollywood.html#:~:text=The%20director%20who%20launched%20the,based%20on%20Erich%20von%20Stroheim. |website=[[El País]] |access-date=August 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829023902/https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-01-21/babylon-a-love-song-to-the-lawless-years-of-hollywood.html |archive-date=August 29, 2023 |date=January 21, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>
In early 2023, it was reported that Jonze had started working on a television series for [[Netflix]] with [[Brad Pitt]] and [[Joaquin Phoenix]] attached. However, the project was scrapped after he left it in October 2024.<ref>{{cite web |title=Spike Jonze Series Not Moving Forward At Netflix |url=https://deadline.com/2024/10/spike-jonze-series-netflix-dead-1236157805/ |publisher=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]] |access-date=October 24, 2024}}</ref>

==Personal life==
[[File:42-WHPO-P76594-19A.jpg|thumb|Jonze with President [[Bill Clinton]] and then-wife Sofia Coppola at ''[[Three Kings (1999 film)|Three Kings]]'' screening on October 14, 1999.]]
On June 26, 1999, Jonze married director [[Sofia Coppola]], whom he had first met in 1992 on the set of the music video for [[Sonic Youth]]'s "[[100% (Sonic Youth song)|100%]]".<ref name="jonzeunmasked" /><ref name="USA Today">{{cite web|title=Sofia Coppola, Spike Jonze to divorce|url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/2003-12-09-coppola-divorce_x.htm|website=[[USA TODAY]]|access-date=March 20, 2018|date=December 9, 2003}}</ref> On December&nbsp;5, 2003, the couple filed for divorce, citing "[[irreconcilable differences]]".<ref name="USA Today" /> The character of John, a career-driven photographer (played by [[Giovanni Ribisi]]) in Coppola's ''[[Lost in Translation (film)|Lost in Translation]]'' (2003), was rumored to be based on Jonze, though Coppola commented "It's not Spike, but there are elements of him there, elements of experiences."<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Valby|first1=Karen|title=Sofia Coppola talks about 'Lost in Translation'|url=https://ew.com/article/2007/07/26/sofia-coppola-talks-about-lost-translation/|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=March 20, 2018|date=July 26, 2007}}</ref>

Jonze dated singer [[Karen O]] throughout 2005, although the couple broke up shortly after.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mulkerrins|first1=Jane|title=Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O talks about going it alone and her new solo album Crush Songs|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/yeah-yeah-yeahs-frontwoman-karen-o-talks-about-going-it-alone-and-her-new-solo-album-crush-songs-9715196.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/yeah-yeah-yeahs-frontwoman-karen-o-talks-about-going-it-alone-and-her-new-solo-album-crush-songs-9715196.html |archive-date=May 24, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|website=[[The Independent]]|access-date=March 20, 2018|date=September 6, 2014}}</ref> ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' reported that Jonze dated actress [[Drew Barrymore]] in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|author1=''People'' Staff|title=Drew Barrymore Reunites with Spike Jonze|url=http://people.com/celebrity/drew-barrymore-reunites-with-spike-jonze/|website=[[People (magazine)|People]]|access-date=March 20, 2018|date=July 11, 2007}}</ref> From 2008 to 2009, Jonze dated actress [[Michelle Williams (actress)|Michelle Williams]], with whom he worked on ''[[Synecdoche, New York]]''.<ref>{{cite web|author=''US Weekly'' Staff| title=Michelle Williams Confirms Split From Spike Jonze|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/michelle-williams-confirms-split-from-spike-jonze-in-vogue-2009189/ |date=September 18, 2009 |website=[[US Weekly]] |access-date=March 3, 2024}}</ref> Jonze was reported to have begun dating Japanese actress [[Rinko Kikuchi]] in 2010 and the couple briefly lived together in [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Rinko Kikuchi dating director Spike Jonze|url=https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/rinko-kikuchi-reportedly-dating-spike-jonze|website=[[Japan Today]]|access-date=March 20, 2018|date=September 7, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Wiseman|first1=Eva|title=Rinko Kikuchi: the interview|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/feb/27/rinko-kikuchi-film-fashion-japan|website=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=March 20, 2018|date=February 27, 2011}}</ref> They separated in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kikuchi Rinko and Spike Jonze no more|url=https://news.yahoo.com/news/kikuchi-rinko-spike-jonze-no-more-075200525.html|access-date=June 16, 2021|website=[[Yahoo! News]] |date=May 15, 2012 |language=en-US}}</ref>

Since 2019, Jonze has been in a relationship with artist [[Allie Teilz]], whom he met in 2013 on the set of ''[[Her (2013 film)|Her]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Unveiling Allie Teilz |url=https://www.monsterchildren.com/articles/unveiling-allie-teilz |date=March 29, 2024 |access-date=July 10, 2024 |website=Monster Children |language=en-US}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |last=Freydkin |first=Donna |title='Her' stars: Romancing a tech world |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2013/12/15/joaquin-phoenix-amy-adams-her-spike-jonze-movie/4004515/ |date=December 15, 2013 |access-date=July 10, 2024 |website=[[USA TODAY]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Teilz and Jonze welcomed twin sons in 2023.<ref>{{Cite Instagram |user=allieteilz |postid=C2ld5oxRqb2 |date=January 27, 2024 |title=we are over the moon with the expansion of our family blessed with the birth of beautiful twins! the sweetest boys in the world on the day they were born i had eden ahbez 'nature boy' sung by nat king cole floating around my head... the greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be love in return 💓💓💓 |access-date=March 3, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Instagram |user=allieteilz |postid=C7mW8yrRJzx |date=May 31, 2024 |title=my 3 sweet suns 🩵🩵🩵 |access-date=June 2, 2024}}</ref> In 2024, Teilz announced they were expecting another child.<ref>{{Cite instagram |user=allieteilz |postid=C63u27zLcG8 |date=May 12, 2024 |title=🩷🧡 mom of 4 💜💙 |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C63u27zLcG8/?igsh=M2VpNG85dHM4b2Jy |access-date=May 22, 2024}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{{Main|Spike Jonze filmography}}

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+Directed features
!scope="col"| Year
!scope="col"| Title
!scope="col"| Distribution
|-
| 1999
!scope="row"| ''[[Being John Malkovich]]''
| [[Focus Features|USA Films]] / [[Universal Pictures]]
|-
| 2002
!scope="row"| ''[[Adaptation (film)|Adaptation]]''
| [[Sony Pictures Releasing]]
|-
| 2009
!scope="row"| ''[[Where the Wild Things Are (film)|Where the Wild Things Are]]''
|rowspan=2|[[Warner Bros. Pictures]]
|-
| 2013
!scope="row"| ''[[Her (2013 film)|Her]]''
|-
| 2020
!scope="row"| ''[[Beastie Boys Story]]''
| [[Apple TV+]]
|-
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by Spike Jonze}}

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+Accolades for Spike Jonze
|-
!scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year
!scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title
!scope="colgroup" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Academy Awards
!scope="colgroup" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| BAFTA Awards
!scope="colgroup" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Golden Globe Awards
|-
!scope="col"| Nominations
!scope="col"| Wins
!scope="col"| Nominations
!scope="col"| Wins
!scope="col"| Nominations
!scope="col"| Wins
|-
| 1999
!scope="row"| ''Being John Malkovich''
|align=center|3
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|1
|align=center|4
|
|-
| 2002
!scope="row"| ''Adaptation''
|align=center|4
|align=center|1
|align=center|4
|align=center|1
|align=center|6
|align=center|2
|-
| 2009
!scope="row"| ''Where the Wild Things Are''
|
|
|
|
|align=center|1
|
|-
| 2013
!scope="row"| ''Her''
|align=center|5
|align=center|1
|
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|1
|-
!!scope="row" colspan="2"|'''Total'''
!align=center|12
!align=center|2
!align=center|7
!align=center|2
!align=center|14
!align=center|3
|}

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{Cite book |last=Waxman |first=Sharon |author-link=Sharon Waxman |year=2005 |chapter=Chapter 6: The Essence of ''Malkovitch''; Making ''Boogie Nights'' |title=Rebels on the Backlot: Six Maverick Directors and How They Conquered the Hollywood Studio System |url=https://archive.org/details/rebelsonbacklots00waxm/|url-access=registration |location=New York |publisher=HarperEntertainment |isbn=9780060540173 |oclc=56617315}}

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