FILM DIRECTOR

Spike Jonze

1969 - Today

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Adam Spiegel (born October 22, 1969), known professionally as Spike Jonze (), is an American filmmaker, actor and photographer. His work includes films, commercials, music videos, skateboard videos and television. Jonze began his career as a teenager photographing BMX riders and skateboarders for Freestylin' Magazine and Transworld Skateboarding, and co-founding the youth culture magazine Dirt. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Spike Jonze has received more than 9,240,105 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Spike Jonze is the 961st most popular film director (up from 989th in 2019), the 6,167th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,491st in 2019) and the 226th most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Spike Jonzes by language

Over the past year Spike Jonze has had the most page views in the with 1,140,865 views, followed by Spanish (80,534), and French (55,253). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (101.06%), Cantonese (85.34%), and Latvian (75.27%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Spike Jonze ranks 961 out of 2,041. Before him are Antonio Pietrangeli, Serge Bourguignon, Alexander Mackendrick, Souleymane Cissé, Andre DeToth, and Shane Black. After him are Helmut Käutner, David Miller, John Flynn, Dariusz Wolski, Danis Tanović, and Hal Needham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Spike Jonze ranks 180. Before him are Hélène Grimaud, Stephen Hendry, Byron Moreno, Gary Speed, Shawn Crahan, and Shawnee Smith. After him are Matthew Settle, Noah Taylor, Danis Tanović, Jason Becker, Dana White, and Helmut Lotti.

Others Born in 1969

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Spike Jonze ranks 6,167 out of 20,380. Before him are Shawnee Smith (1969), Neal Stephenson (1959), Dinah Shore (1916), John Podesta (1949), Robert R. Livingston (1746), and Jack Canfield (1944). After him are Jon Lovitz (1957), John Hejduk (1929), Florence Vidor (1895), Daniel Wu (1974), Red Garland (1923), and Dan Rather (1931).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Spike Jonze ranks 226. Before him are Ralph Nelson (1916), Paul Morrissey (1938), Ben Sharpsteen (1895), Matt Reeves (1966), Alexander Mackendrick (1912), and Shane Black (1961). After him are David Miller (1909), John Flynn (1932), Hal Needham (1931), Damien Chazelle (1985), Gary Ross (1956), and Gregg Toland (1904).

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Filmography

Her
Director
In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer, purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every need. To Theodore's surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and his operating system. This unconventional love story blends science fiction and romance in a sweet tale that explores the nature of love and the ways that technology isolates and connects us all.
Dec 18o 20137.858 / 10
Being John Malkovich
Director
One day at work, unsuccessful puppeteer Craig finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for anybody who enters its mad and controlling world of overtaking another human body.
Oct 29o 19997.415 / 10
Adaptation.
Director
Nicolas Cage is Charlie Kaufman, a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting ambitions of his freeloading twin brother Donald. While struggling to adapt "The Orchid Thief," by Susan Orlean, Kaufman's life spins from pathetic to bizarre. The lives of Kaufman, Orlean's book, become strangely intertwined as each one's search for passion collides with the others'.
Dec 6o 20027.4 / 10