Spike Jonze

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

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

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

What the speakers said they did

Directing (12) everyone in directing

• director, Her (The Big Picture, The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along)
• director/voice actor, Where the Wild Things Are (The Big Picture, The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along)
• director of Being John Malkovich (Sean's #5), Being John Malkovich (The Big Picture, Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster)
• director of Adaptation, Adaptation (The Big Picture, Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster)
• director, Being John Malkovich (Blank Check — Patreon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free))
• music-video director (Blank Check — Patreon, David Fincher Music Videos)
• commercial director (Blank Check — Patreon, Marvel Nerdfest)
• director, Adaptation (Blank Check — Patreon, March Madness 2021 Recap - Round 2)
• director, Where the Wild Things Are (Blank Check — Patreon, March Madness 2021 Recap - Round 2)
• director, Her (Blank Check — Patreon, March Madness 2021 Recap - Round 2)
• director, music videos (Blank Check — Patreon, March Madness 2021 Recap - Round 2)
• director, Beastie Boys documentary (Blank Check — Patreon, March Madness 2021 Recap - Round 2)

Acting (9) everyone in acting

• actor (cameo), Moneyball (The Big Picture, The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’)
• actor (director character in the war-epic set), Babylon (The Big Picture, The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along)
• actor, Being John Malkovich (The Big Picture, The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along)
• actor, Three Kings (The Big Picture, The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along)
• actor, Adaptation (The Big Picture, The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along)
• actor, The Wolf of Wall Street (The Big Picture, The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along)
• actor, Moneyball (The Big Picture, The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along)
• actor, Jackass (franchise of films, incl. Bad Grandpa, Jackass Forever) (The Big Picture, The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along)
• cameo (EMT who warns about the breakaway glass), The Game (Blank Check — Patreon, The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free))

Other (2) everyone in other

• was supposed to direct, Harold and the Purple Crayon (The Big Picture, The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along)
• attached director of an earlier version (transcribed as Spike Jones), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Blank Check — Patreon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free))

What was said about them, by kind

career (2)

1. 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)
2. 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)

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)

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)

1. 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)
2. 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)
3. 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

1. 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)
2. 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)
3. 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)