theOscarSite Facts:
Birth Name:
  • Adam Spiegel
Birth Place:
  • Rockville, Maryland
Factoids:
  • aka Richard Coufey, Richard Couffe, Richard Koufey
  • Jonze is related to the family that owns the Spiegel catalog company.
  • Jonze made up one-third of the former genius minds behind Dirt Magazine.
  • One of the most renowned directors for skateboard and music videos, he has received numerous awards and recognition from MTV for his outstanding work in the medium. Most notable among these is Blind's 1991 magnum opus "Video Days" and the famous "Beastie Boys: Sabotage" (1994).
Quote:
  • "As a feature film director you got to be a guarding dog of the whole production. You got to be able to hold 100 script pages in the head at the same time. If you miss a detail it's wasted. I don't know how the music video generation can affect the movie business, but I'm curious what feature films the English Chris Cunningham and the Swedish guy Jonas Åkerlund are going to make."
Significant Other:
  • Wife: Sofia Coppola, director, screenwriter, actress, clothing designer; born 1971; married June 26, 1999; divorced 2003
Family:
  • Father: Arthur Spiegel III, consultant; divorced
  • Mother: Sandy Granzow, publicist; divorced
  • Sister: older
Feature Film
Credits:
  • Ripley's Believe It or Not! (2009)
    Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
    Adaptation (2002)
    Three Kings (1999)
    Being John Malkovich (1999)
    Amarillo by Morning (1998)
    How They Get There (1997)
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