Born in France on May 8th 1963, Michel Gondry is an acclaimed Director and Screenwriter, working on many many music videos and Hollywood films, either directing or writing them. He has been active since 1986, first working on a short-film in France called "L'expedition Fatale". Gondry has worked with some of the world most renowned music artists for their videos, such as Bjork, Kanye West, The White Stripes, Radiohead and many many more. His most successful film is "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind", with which he won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 2004. He earned his reputation for his inventive visual style and manipulation of the mise-en-scene in his films and music videos. He is also a co-founder of Directors Label and Palm Pictures with fellow directors Spike Jonze and Chris Cunningham.
Music Videos and Film Work:
Although Michel Gondry made many short films in the beginning of his career, he really made himself known with contributions to successful music videos. His technique and unique flair made his a popular choice for artists, attracting names such as Bjork, Sinead O'Connor and The Rolling Stones, making videos for the artists called "Human Behaviour", "Fire on Babylon" and "Like a Rolling Stone", respectively. Those videos can be seen below.
Michel Gondry is a long term collaborator with Bjork, having directed over five of her videos since he began his career in this industry. In fact, his most recent music video was for Bjork, entitled "Crystalline". Gondry received much praise for his inventive style of music videos, using the mise-en-scene to create a world for the artist's song. Having worked on these music videos for a long time, Gondry diversified into the film industry, working on films such as "Human Nature" (although sharing the name of his music video with Bjork, there isn't much link between the two - only some shots from the music video are used in the film. Gondry however could have drawn inspiration from the music video which created.), "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind", "The Science of Sleep" and the popular comedy starring Jack Black and American rapper Mos Def. As mentioned earlier, "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" was his most successful film critically, winning an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Kate Winslet also received an Academy Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film, but she did not win the award. His biggest budget film, and also his biggest box office hit, is a film called "The Green Hornet", which stars Canadian comedian Seth Rogen, who also co-wrote the film. The film also stars Hollywood A-Listers Christoph Waltz and Cameron Diaz. Trailers for the films "The Green Hornet" and "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" can be seen below.
Awards:
Throughout his career as a director in films, music videos and advertisements, Michel Gondry has won many awards, and has some of the highest accolades that a director can hope for. All his awards and nominations can be seen here: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0327273/awards
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