Spike Jonze was born October 22nd 1969 and he is a well known American director, producer, screenwriter and actor, whose work includes music videos, commercials, film and television. He is well known for his music video collaborations with Weezer and The Beastie Boys.
Spike Jonze is well respected for making influential and alternative videos, he is known to work with the artist to bring out true emotion and capture the artists own illustration.
( His interpretation of making music videos)
One music video that Spike Jonze is well known for is Fat Boy Slims 'Praise you'. He actually starred in the music video under the pseudonym Richard Koufey along with a fictional dance group. The video was shot in guerilla style (that is on a location without obtaining permission from the owners of the property) in front of puzzled on lookers outside a movie theatre in Westwood, California. The 'Praise you' video came into being because Spike Jonze was unable to work with Fat Boy Slim on the video for 'The Rockefeller Skank's' so he sent his own solo dance video to "Skank" as a gift; Jonze's 'alternate' music video was so well received by slim that Jonze's fictional Torrance Community Dance Group was green-lighted for the official video of 'Praise you'.
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