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

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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

* Nine Days (2020)
* You Resemble Me (2021)
* Geoff McFetridge: Drawing a Life (2023)

### Short film

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Year  | Title

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 | Co-directed with Jeff Tremaine[1]
"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; directed by Kanye West and Amanda Adelson
2019  | "Woman"  | Karen O & Danger Mouse | Directed live for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2024  | "All My Love"  | Coldplay | Co-directed with Mary Wigmore

## Commercials

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Year  | Title  | Subject  | Notes

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1995  | "Guerrilla Tennis"  | Nike | [2]
1996  | "Epic Point"  | [3]
""  | Snapple | [4]
"Doctors"  | Levi's | [5]
1997  | "Bones"  | Wrangler |
"Lucky"  |
"Tank"  |
"Bodacious"  |
"Fight"  |
"Skip"  |
"Chair"  | Nissan | [6]
1998  | "Sun Fizz"  | Sprite |
"Car"  | Lee |
"Twister"  | [7]
"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 | [8]
2006  | "Auditions"  | Miller | [9]
2009  | "Sumo"  | SoftBank |
2010  | "Twizzler"  | Lakai |
2016  | "Kenzo World"  | Kenzo | Also a short film
2018  | "Welcome Home"  | Apple
2019  | "The New Normal"  | MedMen | [10]
"Dream it with Idris Elba"  | Squarespace |
2025  | "Someday"  | Apple | [11]

## Skateboarding videos

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Year  | Title  | Director  | Executive
Producer  | Notes

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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

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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

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2017  | Homecoming | Randolph Geist  | 2 episodes

## References

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1. ^ "The Jackass video crew shoots a new Turbnegro video!". Epitaph Records. April 9, 2003. Retrieved May 8, 2025.
2. ^ "NIKE: GUERRILLA TENNIS {THE ONE SHOW: 1996 WINNERS AND FINALISTS, TAPE 1 OF 2}". The Paley Center for Media. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
3. ^ "NIKE: EPIC POINT {THE ONE SHOW: 1997 WINNERS AND FINALISTS, TAPE 1 OF 2}". The Paley Center for Media. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
4. ^ 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.
5. ^ "LEVI'S AD WALKS FINE LINE BETWEEN HUMOR, BAD TASTE". Hartford Courant. December 9, 1996. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
6. ^ "NISSAN FRONTIER: CHAIR {ADWEEK: BEST SPOTS OF NOVEMBER 1997}". The Paley Center for Media. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
7. ^ "LEE JEANS: TWISTER {ADWEEK: BEST SPOTS OF OCTOBER 1998}". The Paley Center for Media. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
8. ^ Stevenson, Seth (December 19, 2005). "Pants Pants Revolution". Slate. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
9. ^ "Good Casting Call". AdAge. January 27, 2006. Retrieved May 8, 2025.
10. ^ Beer, Jeff (February 25, 2019). "Spike Jonze and Jesse Williams made a totally normal weed ad for MedMen". Fast Company. Retrieved May 8, 2025.
11. ^ Apple (March 18, 2025). Someday, by Spike Jonze | AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation. Retrieved March 21, 2025 – via YouTube.

## External links

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* Spike Jonze filmography at IMDb
* Spike Jonze filmography at Rotten Tomatoes

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Spike Jonze

* Filmography
* Awards and nominations

Feature films|

* Being John Malkovich (1999)
* Adaptation (2002)
* Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
* Her (2013)

Documentaries|

* Amarillo by Morning (1998)
* Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak (2009)
* Aziz Ansari: Right Now (2019)
* Beastie Boys Story (2020)

Short films|

* How They Get There (1997)
* Torrance Rises (1999)
* We Were Once a Fairytale (2009)
* I'm Here (2010)

Skateboarding films|

* Video Days (1991)
* Yeah Right! (2003)
* Fully Flared (2007)

TV series created|

* Jackass

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