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Spike Jonze filmography

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American actor and filmmaker Spike Jonze (born October 22, 1969) has directed four feature films, 60-plus music videos, and numerous commercials, short films and skateboarding videos. He has also occasionally worked as an actor.

Film

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Year Title Director Writer Producer
1999 Being John Malkovich Yes No No
2001 Human Nature No No Yes
2002 Jackass: The Movie No Yes Yes
Adaptation Yes No No
2006 Jackass Number Two No Yes Yes
2007 Jackass 2.5 No Yes Yes
2008 Synecdoche, New York No No Yes
2009 Where the Wild Things Are Yes Yes No
2010 Jackass 3D No Yes Yes
2011 Jackass 3.5 No Yes Yes
2013 Her Yes Yes Yes
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa No Yes Yes
2014 Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5 No Yes Yes
2022 Jackass Forever No Yes Yes
Jackass 4.5 No Yes Yes

Executive producer

Short film

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Year Title
Director Writer Actor Role Notes
1994 Ciao, L.A. Yes No No
1996 Pig! No No Yes Unknown
1997 How They Get There Yes Yes No
1999 Torrance Rises Yes No Yes Richard Koufey Co-directed with Lance Bangs
An Intimate Look Inside the Acting Process with Ice Cube Yes No No
2004 The Mystery of Dalarö Yes No No Short commercial film
2009 We Were Once a Fairytale Yes Yes No
2010 I'm Here Yes Yes No
The Vampire Attack Yes No Yes The Vampire
2011 Scenes From the Suburbs Yes No No
Mourir Auprès De Toi Yes Yes Yes Macbeth
2013 Choose You Yes No No
2016 Kenzo World Yes Yes No Short commercial film
2018 Welcome Home Yes Yes No
2022 Rone X (La)horde: Ghosts No Yes No

Documentary film

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Year Title
Director Producer Himself Notes
1998 Amarillo by Morning Yes No No Documentary short film
2002 What's Up, Fatlip? Yes No Yes
2007 Heavy Metal in Baghdad No Executive No
2008 Jackass Presents: Mat Hoffman's Tribute to Evel Knievel No Executive Yes Direct-to-video
2009 Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak Yes No No
2010 The Lazarus Effect No Executive No Documentary short film
2017 Epicly Later'd No No Yes TV documentary
Dumb: The Story of Big Brother Magazine No No Yes
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond No Yes No
2020 Beastie Boys Story Yes Yes Yes Also writer
2023 Geoff McFetridge: Drawing a Life No Executive Yes
Michel Gondry, Do it Yourself ! No No Yes

Acting roles

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Year Title
Role Notes
1994 Mi Vida Loca Teenage Drug Customer
1997 The Game Airbag EMT Beltran
1999 Three Kings Private First Class Conrad Vig
Being John Malkovich Derek Mantini's Assistant
2001 Keep Your Eyes Open Officer Jonze
2002 Jackass: The Movie Himself
Adaptation.
2006 Jackass Number Two Himself and Gloria
2007 Jackass 2.5
2008 Jackass Presents: Mat Hoffman's Tribute to Evel Knievel Himself
2009 Jackass: The Lost Tapes
Where the Wild Things Are Bob and Terry (voice)
2010 Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life Plant (voice)
Jackass 3D Himself and Kathy
2011 Jackass 3.5
Moneyball Alán Uncredited
2013 Her Alien Child (voice)
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa Gloria
The Wolf of Wall Street Dwayne Uncredited
2014 Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5 Gloria
2021 Sing 2 Jerry (voice) Uncredited
2022 Jackass Forever Himself
Jackass 4.5
Babylon Otto von Strassberger Uncredited
2024 Dìdi Dead Squirrel (voice)

Cinematographer

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Year Title
Notes
1996 Bed, Bath and Beyond Short film
1997 Free Tibet Documentary film
2006 Tell Me What Rockers to Swallow Concert film

Television

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Year Title Director Executive
Producer
Actor Role Notes
1995 Double Rush Yes No No Opening titles only
2000–2001 Jackass No Yes Yes Himself 4 episodes; also creator
2007–2012 Spike Spends Saturday With... No Yes Yes Himself Documentary series
2010–2012 The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret No No Yes Doug Whitney 8 episodes
2011 A Tribute to Ryan Dunn No Yes Yes Himself TV documentary
2015 Girls No No Yes Marcos Episode: "Home Birth"
2016 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Yes No No Episode: "February 29, 2016"
2016–present Viceland programs No Yes No Creative director
2017 Epicly Later'd: Bam Margera Yes Yes Yes Himself TV documentary
2019 Aziz Ansari: Right Now Yes Yes No Stand-up comedy special

Music videos

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Year Song Artist Notes
1992 "Hush" Wax
"High in High School" Chainsaw Kittens
"100%" Sonic Youth Co-directed with Tamra Davis
1993 "Cannonball" The Breeders Co-directed with Kim Gordon
"Country at War" X
"Daughters of the Kaos" Luscious Jackson
"Hang On" Teenage Fanclub
"Time for Livin'" Beastie Boys
1994 "All About Eve" Marxman
"Buddy Holly" Weezer
"Ditch Digger" Rocket from the Crypt
"Divine Hammer" The Breeders Co-directed with Kim Gordon & Richard Kern
"Feel the Pain" Dinosaur Jr.
"I Can't Stop Smiling" Velocity Girl
"If I Only Had a Brain" MC 900 Ft. Jesus
"Old Timer" that dog.
"Ricky's Theme" Beastie Boys
"Sabotage" Also writer
"Sure Shot"
"Undone - The Sweater Song" Weezer
1995 "California" Wax
"Car Song" Elastica
"Crush with Eyeliner" R.E.M.
"Freedom of '76" Ween
"It's Oh So Quiet" Björk
"Big Train" Mike Watt
"The Diamond Sea" Sonic Youth
"Who Is Next?" Wax
1996 "Drop" The Pharcyde
1997 "Da Funk" Daft Punk
"Electrolite" R.E.M.
"Elektrobank" The Chemical Brothers
"It's All About the Benjamins"
(Rock Remix)
Puff Daddy
"Liberty Calls" Mike Watt
"Shady Lane" Pavement
"Sky's the Limit" The Notorious B.I.G.
1998 "Home" Sean Lennon
"Root Down" (Version 2) Beastie Boys
1999 "Praise You" Fatboy Slim Also as lead dancer, Richard Koufey
2000 "What's Up, Fatlip?" Fatlip
"Wonderboy" Tenacious D As Marcus Von Bueler
2001 "Weapon of Choice" Fatboy Slim
"Island in the Sun" (Version 2) Weezer
2002 "Guess I'm Doing Fine" Beck
"It's in Our Hands" Björk
2003 "Sell Your Body (to the Night)" Turbonegro
"Big Brat" Phantom Planet
2004 "Get Back" Ludacris
"Y Control" Yeah Yeah Yeahs
2005 "Triumph of a Heart" Björk
2008 "Flashing Lights" Kanye West Co-directed with Kanye West
2009 "Heaven" UNKLE Co-directed with Ty Evans
"25" AsDSSka Co-directed with Crystal Moselle
2010 "Drunk Girls" LCD Soundsystem Co-directed with James Murphy
"The Suburbs" Arcade Fire Edited from the short film Scenes from the Suburbs
2011 "Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win" Beastie Boys featuring Santigold
"Otis" Jay-Z & Kanye West
2013 "Afterlife" Arcade Fire Directed live for the YouTube Music Awards
"Dope" Lady Gaga
2015 "Only One" Kanye West featuring Paul McCartney
2018 "I Love It" Kanye West & Lil Pump featuring Adele Givens Executive producer
2019 "Woman" Karen O & Danger Mouse Directed live for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Commercials

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Year Title Subject Notes
1995 "Guerrilla Tennis" Nike [1]
1996 "Epic Point" [2]
"" Snapple [3]
"Doctors" Levi's [4]
1997 "Bones" Wrangler
"Lucky"
"Tank"
"Bodacious"
"Fight"
"Skip"
"Chair" Nissan [5]
1998 "Sun Fizz" Sprite
"Car" Lee
"Twister" [6]
"Parachute"
1999 "Morning After" Nike
2002 "Crazy Legs" Levi's
"Lamp" IKEA
2004 "The Mystery of Dalarö" Volvo Also a short film
2005 "Hello Tomorrow" Adidas
"Pardon Our Dust" GAP [7]
2006 "Auditions" Miller
2009 "Sumo" SoftBank
2010 "Twizzler" Lakai
2016 "Kenzo World" Kenzo Also a short film
2018 "Welcome Home" Apple
2019 "The New Normal" MedMen
"Dream it with Idris Elba" Squarespace

Skateboarding videos

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Year Title Director Executive
Producer
Notes
1989 Rubbish Heap Yes No
1991 Video Days Yes No Also producer
1993 Goldfish Yes No
1995 Las Nueve Vidas De Paco Yes Yes
1996 Mouse Yes Yes Co-directed with Rick Howard
1999 The Chocolate Tour Yes Yes
2002 Harsh Euro Barge No Yes
Beware of the Flare No Yes
2003 Yeah Right! Yes Yes Co-directed with Ty Evans
2004 Hot Chocolate Yes Yes Co-directed with Ty Evans & Cory Weincheque
2005 Super Champion Funzone Yes Yes
2006 Krooked Kronichles Yes No
2007 Fully Flared Yes Yes Co-directed with Ty Evans & Cory Weincheque
2008 The Final Flare! Yes Yes Co-directed with Ty Evans, Cory Weincheque & Aaron Meza
2011 Unbeleafable No Yes
2012 Pretty Sweet Yes Yes Co-directed with Ty Evans & Cory Weincheque
2014 Wet Dream: a skateboard tale No Yes
2017 The Flare No No Producer
2018 Doll No Yes

Theater

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Year Title Director Writer
2017 Changers: A Dance Story Yes Yes
2019 Beastie Boys Story: As Told By Mike D & Ad-Rock Yes No

Podcast

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Year Title Role Notes
2017 Homecoming Randolph Geist 2 episodes

References

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  1. ^ "NIKE: GUERRILLA TENNIS {THE ONE SHOW: 1996 WINNERS AND FINALISTS, TAPE 1 OF 2}". The Paley Center for Media. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  2. ^ "NIKE: EPIC POINT {THE ONE SHOW: 1997 WINNERS AND FINALISTS, TAPE 1 OF 2}". The Paley Center for Media. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  3. ^ Elliott, Stuart (April 2, 1996). "THE MEDIA BUSINESS: ADVERTISING;Snapple looks to humor and Mikey for its comeback ad campaign". The New York Times. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
  4. ^ "LEVI'S AD WALKS FINE LINE BETWEEN HUMOR, BAD TASTE". Hartford Courant. December 9, 1996. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
  5. ^ "NISSAN FRONTIER: CHAIR {ADWEEK: BEST SPOTS OF NOVEMBER 1997}". The Paley Center for Media. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  6. ^ "LEE JEANS: TWISTER {ADWEEK: BEST SPOTS OF OCTOBER 1998}". The Paley Center for Media. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  7. ^ Stevenson, Seth (December 19, 2005). "Pants Pants Revolution". Slate. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
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