Michel Gondry

Michel Gondry

Michel Gondry is an Academy Award-winning screenwriter and a film, commercial and music video director from Versailles, France. His career started with music videos when he began working with Bjork, and he went on to direct several notable videos for artists like The White Stripes ("Fell in Love with a Girl"), Radiohead ("Knives Out"), and Foo Fighters ("Everlong"). In 2001 he joined Spike Jonze as a music video director transitioning to the big screen via a feature-length Charlie Kaufman film when he directed Human Nature. Next he directed 2004's Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, which he co-wrote with Kaufman, a screenplay that earned Gondry an Academy Award. His other films include The Science of Sleep and Dave Chappelle's Block Party.

Fast Facts

A drummer for French rock band Oui Oui
Wanted to be a painter or an inventor
Played drums on Kanye West's "Diamonds from Sierra Leone"
Grandfather invented one of the first synthesizers
Father sold electric guitars

Notable Music Videos

Bjork: "Human Nature"
Daft Punk: "Around the World"
Foo Fighters: "Everlong"
Lenny Kravitz: "Believe"
Paul McCartney: "Dance Tonight"
Radiohead: "Knives Out"
The Rolling Stones: "Gimme Shelter"
Sheryl Crow: "A Change Would Do You Good"
The White Stripes: "Fell in Love with a Girl"

Categories

Entertainment | Filmmakers and Producers | Film Directors and Producers | Sundance 2008

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The Mahalo Top 7

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Video: White Stripes - "Fell in Love With a Girl" (making) (Time: 3:18)

Michel Gondry News and Articles

IMDb: Michel Gondry News
Director File: Michel Gondry
The A.V. Club: Michel Gondry (February 20, 2008)
WIRED: Be Kind Rewind Director Michel Gondry Forgoes Dreamy Plots for Straight-Up Comedy (December 24, 2007)
Rolling Stone: Bjork, Michel Gondry Reunite for “Independence” Video (December 7, 2007)
MTV.com: Michel Gondry Goes Mainstream With Jack Black (October 3, 2007)
The New York Times: Le Romantique (2006)
Cinematical.com: Sundance Interview: Be Kind Rewind (January 17, 2008)

Michel Gondry Photos

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Michel Gondry Videos

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Yahoo! Movies: Be Kind Rewind Trailer (Time: 2:28)
The New York Times: Interactive Feature: The Making of the Making of Be Kind Rewind (February 21, 2008)
YouTube: Michel Gondry, Bjork and a Paint-Piano (Time: 3:50)
YouTube: Björk - Human Behavior (Time: 4:25)
YouTube: Michel Gondry Levi's Commercial (Time: 1:32)
YouTube: Michel Gondry - Drumb and Drumber (Time: 1:17)
YouTube: Michel Gondry: Rubik's Cube (Time 2:04)
YouTube: Michel Gondry Solves a Rubiks Cube with his Nose (Time 0:19)

Michel Gondry Gossip and Blogs

Google Blog Search: Michel Gondry
/Film Blog: Michel Gondry Posts
Cinematical: Sundance Interview: 'Be Kind Rewind' Director Michel Gondry (January 17, 2008)
FirstShowing.net: Michel Gondry's Be Kind Rewind Poster!
DJ Ivi Blog Post: Behind The Scenes Video With Bjork And Michel Gondry
SiouxWIRE Blog Post: MICHEL GONDRY Interview Collection

Michel Gondry Biographies and Profiles

Michel Gondry Timeline

Note: Many of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.
May 8, 1963: Born
2001 Human Nature: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes
2004 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: IMDb | Mahalo | Rotten Tomatoes
2005 Block Party: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes
2006 La Science des rêves (aka The Science of Sleep): IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes
2008 Be Kind Rewind: IMDb | Mahalo | Rotten Tomatoes

Michel Gondry DVDs and Merchandise

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Related Pages on Mahalo

Be Kind Rewind | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Charlie Kaufman | Kanye West | Mya | France | Dave Chappelle | Jim Carrey | Kate Winslet | Elijah Wood | Kirsten Dunst | Jack Black | Mia Farrow | Danny Glover | Mos Def

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