Michel Gondry

Michel Gondry is an Academy Award-winning screenwriter and a film, commercial and music video director from Versailles, France.

On February 24, 2009, the trade publication Production Weekly announced via Twitter that Gondry had been tapped to direct the comic book film The Green Hornet. The Green Hornet features actor Seth Rogen in the lead role and is set to be released on June 25, 2009.L.A. Times: Michel Gondry directing... (February 24, 2009)

Michel Gondry's 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.

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

• 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 reves (aka The Science of Sleep): IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• 2008 Be Kind Rewind: IMDb | Mahalo | Rotten Tomatoes