Adam Spiegel (born October 22, 1969), known professionally as Spike Jonze, is an American director, producer and actor, whose work includes music videos, commercials, film and television. He is best known for his collaborations with writer Charlie Kaufman, which include the 1999 film Being John Malkovich and the 2002 film Adaptation., and for his work as director of the 2009 film Where the Wild Things Are. He was also a co-creator and executive producer of MTV's Jackass. He is currently the creative director of VBS.tv. He is also part owner of skateboard company Girl Skateboards with riders Rick Howard and Mike Carroll. He also co-founded Directors Label with filmmakers Chris Cunningham and Michel Gondry. Description above from the Wikipedia article Spike Jonze, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2026Jackass: Best and Last — Self, Producer, Second Unit Director
• 2025Pavements — Thanks
• 2025Splinter — Executive Producer
• 2024Babygirl — Thanks
• 2024Dìdi (弟弟) — Dead Squirrel (voice)
• 2023Beau Is Afraid — Thanks
• 2023Geoff McFetridge: Drawing a Life — Self, Executive Producer
• 2022Babylon — Otto (uncredited)
• 2022Jackass 4.5 — Self, Producer, Writer
• 2022Jackass Forever — Self, Writer, Producer, Second Unit Director
• 2022You Resemble Me — Executive Producer
• 2021Bunny Hop — Executive Producer
• 2021Ghosts — Writer
• 2021Nine Days — Executive Producer
• 2021Sing 2 — Jerry (voice) (uncredited)
• 2020Beastie Boys Story — Self (voice), Director, Producer, Writer
• 2020Girl - Nervous Circus — Executive Producer
• 2019Aziz Ansari: Right Now — Director
• 2018Doll — Executive Producer
• 2017Changers: A Dance Story — Director
• 2017Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine — Executive Producer
• 2017Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond — Producer
• Nirvanna the Band the Show — Executive Producer
• 2017Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock — Thanks
• 2017The Third Industrial Revolution — Executive Producer
• 2014Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5 — Gloria / Self, Producer, Screenplay
• 2014Wet Dream: A Skateboard Tale — Executive Producer
• 2013Choose You — Director
• 2013Her — Alien Child (voice), Director, Writer, Producer, Lyricist
• 2013Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa — Gloria, Story, Screenplay, Producer
• 2013The Wolf of Wall Street — Dwayne (uncredited)
• 2012Pretty Sweet — Director, Executive Producer
• 2012Shut Up and Play the Hits — Additional Photography, Camera Operator
• 2011A Tribute to Ryan Dunn — Self, Executive Producer
• 2011Jackass 3.5 — Self, Writer, Producer
• 2011Moneyball — Alán (uncredited)
• 2011Scenes from the Suburbs — Director, Writer
• 2011To Die By Your Side — Macbeth, Director, Writer
• 2011Unbeleafable — Executive Producer
• 2010Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life — Plant, Producer
• 2010I'm Here — Director, Screenplay
• 2010Jackass 3D — Self, Writer, Producer
• 2010Maurice at the World's Fair — Director
• 2010The Birth of Big Air — Self, Producer
• The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret — Todd's Boss
• 2010The Lazarus Effect — Executive Producer
• 2010The Vampire Attack — Vampire, Director
• 2009Family Portrait — Camera Operator
• 2009Jackass: The Lost Tapes — Executive Producer
• 2009Melbourne Years — Director
• 2009Tell them anything you want: A portrait of Maurice Sendak — Himself, Director, Camera Operator
• 2009The Creature Within — Director
• 2009We Were Once a Fairytale — Director, Writer
• 2009Where the Wild Things Are — Bob (voice) / Terry (voice), Screenplay, Director
• 2008Jackass Presents: Mat Hoffman's Tribute to Evel Knievel — Producer
• 2008Synecdoche, New York — Producer
• 2008The Fall — Executive Producer, Presenter
• 2008The Final Flare — Director
• 2007Fully Flared — Director, Executive Producer
• 2007Heavy Metal in Baghdad — Executive Producer
• 2007Jackass 2.5 — Self, Writer, Producer
• 2006Jackass Number Two — Self, Producer, Writer
• 2006Krooked: Kronichles — Director
• 2006The Making of 'Jackass Number Two' — Self (uncredited), Executive Producer
• 2005Beastie Boys Solid Gold Hits — Director
• 2005Jackass Presents: Murderball — Writer
• 2005Super Champion Funzone — Executive Producer, Director
• 2005The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy — Thanks
• 2005The Medúlla Videos — Director
• 2004Hot Chocolate — Director
• 2004Lost on Location: Behind the Scenes of 'Lost in Translation' — Self, Camera Operator
• 2004Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost
• 2004Weezer: Video Capture Device - Treasures from the Vault 1991-2002 — Director, Treatment
• 2004Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Tell Me What Rockers to Swallow — Cinematography
• 2003Jackass Backyard BBQ — Executive Producer, Creator
• 2003Lost in Translation — Thanks
• 2003Mark Paints — Director
• 2003R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.) — Director
• 2003The Oasis Video That Never Happened — Director
• 2003The Work of Director Spike Jonze — Richard Coufey, Director, Writer
• 2003What's Up, Fatlip? — Himself, Director
• 2003Yeah Right! — Director, Executive Producer
• 2002Adaptation. — Director
• 2002Björk: Greatest Hits - Volumen 1993-2003 — Director
• 2002Björk: Volumen Plus — Director
• 2002Cydeways: The Best of The Pharcyde — Director
• 2002Harsh Euro Barge — Executive Producer
• 2002Jackass: Gumball Rally 3000 Special — Executive Producer
• 2002Jackass: The Movie — Self, Producer, Writer
• 2002Jackass: Too Hot For MTV — Producer
• 2002Keep Your Eyes Open — Officer Jonze
• 2002Lakai - Beware of the Flare — Executive Producer
• 2002The Making of 'Jackass: The Movie' — Creator, Executive Producer
• 2001Human Nature — Producer
• 2000An Intimate Look Inside the Acting Process with Ice Cube — Director
• 2000Beastie Boys: Video Anthology — Director
• Jackass — Self, Writer, Producer, Creator
• 2000The Virgin Suicides — Thanks
• 2000Untitled Al Gore Documentary — Himself (voice), Director
• 1999Being John Malkovich — Director
• 1999Clip Cult — Director
• 1999D.A.F.T. — Director
• 1999The Chocolate Tour — Director
• 1999Three Kings — Conrad Vig
• 1999Torrance Rises — Richard Coufey, Director
• 1998Amarillo By Morning — Himself, Director
• 1998Björk: Volumen — Director
• 1998Free Tibet — Cinematography
• 1997Big City Nights — Director
• 1997How They Get There — Director, Writer
• 1997Mouse — Director, Executive Producer
• 1997The Game — Airbag EMT Beltran
• 1996Bed, Bath and Beyond — Cinematography
• 1996Pig!
• 1995Chocolate - Las Nueve Vidas De Paco — Director
• 1994Beastie Boys: Sabotage — Director, Writer
• 1994Ciao L.A. — Director
• 1994Mi Vida Loca — Teenage Drug Customer
• 1993Goldfish — Director
• 1991Video Days — Director
• 1989Rubbish Heap — Director
• Jackass Number Two: Too Hot for Theaters
• Weezer: Security Threat

Appearances as themselves (19)

• 2026Marc by Sofia — Self
• 2025Vice Is Broke — Self (archive footage)
• 2023Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself — Self - Director
• 2022Mark’s Brain — Self
• Desus & Mero — Self - Illustrious Guest
• 2018Camitz - en annan tid, en annan plats — Self
• 2018Illegal Civilization 3 — Self
• 2018Matangi / Maya / M.I.A. — Self (archive footage)
• 2017Dumb: The Story of Big Brother Magazine — Self - photographer / filmmaker
• 2014Her: The Untitled Rick Howard Project — Self
• 2012All Noncombatants Please Clear the Set — Self
• 2011Jackass: The Beginning — Self
• 2011The Making of 'Jackass 3D' — Self - Executive Producer
• 2010Rappin' With The Rickster — Self
• 2009Collaborators — Self
• Epicly Later'd — Self
• 2007The Making of 'Jackass 2.5' — Self
• 2005Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' — Self (archive footage)
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Cameo (uncredited)