Spike Jonze

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q259913: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as director, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: Being John Malkovich (1999); Adaptation (2002); Where the Wild Things Are (2009); Her (2013); Beastie Boys documentary; music videos. Count them as actor (8 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

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No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

What was said about them, by kind

career (2)

career (career highlights): Spike Jonze → Moneyball. A speaker says Moneyball, Wolf of Wall Street and Babylon would be enough for Jonze's acting Hall of Fame.
“I mean, you could just do Moneyball Wolf of Wall Street and Babylon in the Hall of Fame.”
The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 0:46:16 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
career (career): Spike Jonze → Spike Jonze. Jonze's gaps between films, then a Vice TV detour as head programmer, explain his absence.
“I'm gonna run a cable network.”
Blank Check — Patreon · March Madness 2021 Recap - Round 2 · 0:31:54 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

lineage (source material): Spike Jonze → Where the Wild Things Are. Jonze made films from children's books by Sendak (name garbled as Herb Sendek).
“He wrote a number of wonderful children's books that Spike Jones based films on.”
The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 0:46:54 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

programming (1)

programming (programming): Spike Jonze → Sofia Coppola. Short filmographies make a Spike-then-Sofia back-to-back run possible.
“It'd be kind of cool to do Spike and Sophia back to back.”
Blank Check — Patreon · March Madness 2021 Recap - Round 2 · 0:30:56 · Ben Hosley (0.40 sure it was them)

verdict (3)

verdict (verdict): Sofia Coppola → Spike Jonze. Sofia dominated Spike Jonze.
“who I would say pretty roundly dominated Spike Jones.”
Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 0:48:30 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
verdict (verdict): Spike Jonze → Penelope Spheeris. Jonze beat Spheeris 57-43.
“Spike Jones, who beat Penelope Spheres.”
Blank Check — Patreon · March Madness 2021 Recap - Round 2 · 0:26:22 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
verdict (verdict): Spike Jonze → Her. Her was the critics' top film of its year; Griffin now fears it has an incel quality.
“I think it has like an incel quality to it.”
Blank Check — Patreon · March Madness 2021 Recap - Round 2 · 0:29:36 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

fun, about Spike Jonze: Great cameo in a beautiful peaceful living room, in sandals; Amanda owned similar sandals at 15 and wore them in March to Long Island high school.
“I think I own those sandals when I was like 15.”
The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’ · 0:33:34 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
fun, about Spike Jonze: Reading Jonze's whole filmography aloud, from Mi Vida Loca to Jackass 4.5 and Babylon, as the greatest actor since 1994.
“of the greatest actor we've ever seen since 1994?”
The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 0:45:19 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about Spike Jonze: Jonze ran Vice TV as artistic director, and later made a Beastie Boys documentary.
“I'm the head programmer.”
Blank Check — Patreon · March Madness 2021 Recap - Round 2 · 0:31:57 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)