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Michel Gondry

Michel Gondry (French: [miʃɛl ɡɔ̃dʁi]; born 8 May 1963) is a French filmmaker noted for his inventive visual style and distinctive manipulation of mise en scène.[1] Along with Charlie Kaufman, he won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay as one of the writers of the 2004 film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, which he also directed.

For the video game developer, see Michael Condrey.

Michel Gondry

(1963-05-08) 8 May 1963

Versailles, France
  • Director
  • screenwriter
  • producer

1986–present

His other films include the music documentary Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2005), the surrealistic science fantasy comedy The Science of Sleep (2006), the comedy Be Kind Rewind (2008), the superhero action comedy The Green Hornet (2011), the drama The We and the I (2012), and the romantic science fantasy tragedy Mood Indigo (2013).

Early life[edit]

Gondry was born in Versailles. He is the grandson of inventor Constant Martin.[2]

Personal life[edit]

His brother Olivier "Twist" Gondry is also a television commercial and music video director creating videos for bands such as The Stills, Hot Hot Heat, Daft Punk and The Vines.[21]


He has a son.[22]

(2003)

The Work of Director Michel Gondry

(2009)

Michel Gondry 2: More Videos (Before and After DVD 1)

Henry Keazor, Thorsten Wuebbena, . Bielefeld 2005, pp. 90, 288; ISBN 978-3-89942-728-8

Video Thrills The Radio Star. Musikvideos: Geschichte, Themen, Analysen

You'll Like This Film Because You're In It (2008). PictureBox

[44]

Markus Altmeyer, Die Filme und Musikvideos von Michel Gondry. Zwischen Surrealismus, Pop und Psychoanalyse, Marburg 2008;  978-3-8288-9764-9

ISBN

Henry Keazor, "`Emotional Landscapes´: Die Musikvideos von Michel Gondry und Björk", in: Klanglandschaften, ed. by and Jörn Pieter Hiekel, Hofheim 2009, pp. 45–63; ISBN 978-3-936000-59-7

Manuel Gervink

Henry Keazor/Thorsten Wuebbena, "Introduction" and Giulia Gabrielli, "An Analysis of the Relation between Music and Image. The Contribution of Michel Gondry", in: Keazor, Henry; Wuebbena, Thorsten: . Bielefeld 2010; ISBN 978-3-8376-1185-4, pp. 16–18, 89–109.

Rewind, Play, Fast Forward. The Past, Present and Future of the Music Video

at IMDb 

Michel Gondry

at AllMovie

Michel Gondry

New York Times Magazine profile on Michel Gondry (09/2006)

Le Romantique

Animating Noam Chomsky: French Director Michel Gondry on New Film "Is the Man Who is Tall Happy?" December 3, 2013

Democracy Now! Interview