Spike Jonze
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10/21/1969
Rockville, MD |
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| Started his directing career with music videos, making videos for Sonic Youth, the Beastie Boys and Weezer. |
| Directed a short documentary for presidential candidate Al Gore for the 2000 Democratic National Convention. |
| Cocreated the MTV series Jackass. |
| Co-owner of the Girl Skateboard Company. |
| Cofounded Dirt magazine, a publication aimed at a teenage-boy audience, with high-school friends Andy Jenkins and Mark Lewman. |
| Won several awards, including an MTV Movie Award and a New York Film Critics Circle Award, for his 1999 film directorial debut Being John Malkovich. |
| Was given his nickname when he was a teenager by his coworkers at a BMX store. |
