Michel Gondry

Michel Gondry

Birth : 1963-05-08, Versailles, France

History

Michel Gondry (born May 8, 1963) is a French film, commercial, and music video director and a screenwriter. He is noted for his inventive visual style and manipulation of mise en scène.

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Michel Gondry
Michel Gondry

Movies

The Book of Solutions
Writer
Marc, a bipolar and paranoid filmmaker, cannot tolerate seeing his current project picked apart by his producers. The clips he’s been able to sneak a look at lead him to fear the worst. With his editor as an accomplice, he manages to spirit away the rushes to his aunt’s place in the Cévennes, to finish the film as he envisions it. Instead, its completion is constantly postponed, as he creates endless diversions and impasses, which alternate between the comic and the downright disturbing.
The Book of Solutions
Director
Marc, a bipolar and paranoid filmmaker, cannot tolerate seeing his current project picked apart by his producers. The clips he’s been able to sneak a look at lead him to fear the worst. With his editor as an accomplice, he manages to spirit away the rushes to his aunt’s place in the Cévennes, to finish the film as he envisions it. Instead, its completion is constantly postponed, as he creates endless diversions and impasses, which alternate between the comic and the downright disturbing.
The Méliès Mystery
Self
A documentary that details the process of restoring 270 of the 520 lost films of pioneering director Georges Méliès, all orchestrated by a Franco-American collaboration between Lobster Films, the National Film Center, and the Library of Congress.
Marcel Duchamp: The Art of the Possible
Self - Filmmaker
A remarkable walk through the life and work of the French artist Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968), one of the most important creators of the 20th century, revolutionary of arts, aesthetics and pop culture.
Une petite visite à mon collège
Director
Boris Vian Opened My Eyes and Broke My Back
Cinematography
Several years after "Mood Indigo," his adaptation of Boris Vian's 1947 novel "Froth on a Daydream," Michel Gondry returns, with his characteristic originality and uniqueness, to further explore his overwhelming experience with Vian's work. Gondry narrates this short autobiographical animation as an homage to his beloved novelist and trumpeter.
Boris Vian Opened My Eyes and Broke My Back
Writer
Several years after "Mood Indigo," his adaptation of Boris Vian's 1947 novel "Froth on a Daydream," Michel Gondry returns, with his characteristic originality and uniqueness, to further explore his overwhelming experience with Vian's work. Gondry narrates this short autobiographical animation as an homage to his beloved novelist and trumpeter.
Boris Vian Opened My Eyes and Broke My Back
Director
Several years after "Mood Indigo," his adaptation of Boris Vian's 1947 novel "Froth on a Daydream," Michel Gondry returns, with his characteristic originality and uniqueness, to further explore his overwhelming experience with Vian's work. Gondry narrates this short autobiographical animation as an homage to his beloved novelist and trumpeter.
Night of the Scorpio
Creator
An unstoppable force brings two people together to send sparks flying through the night in Las Vegas.
Our Infinity
Director
After falling in love at a Las Vegas resort, two people find themselves alone in the universe.
Détour
Screenplay
A short film following the adventures of a small tricycle as it sets off along the French roads in search of its young owner.
Détour
Director
A short film following the adventures of a small tricycle as it sets off along the French roads in search of its young owner.
Blockbuster
Himself
Dumped over a video he made to amuse his ailing dad, a heartsick Jérémy hatches an elaborate scheme to win back his superhero-loving girlfriend, Lola.
Animeland: Racconti tra manga, anime e cosplay
Himself
Microbe and Gasoline
Director
Two young friends embark on a road trip across France in a vehicle they built themselves.
Microbe and Gasoline
Writer
Two young friends embark on a road trip across France in a vehicle they built themselves.
Daft Punk Unchained
Self
Daft Punk Unchained is the first film about the pop culture phenomenon that is Daft Punk, the duo with 12 million albums sold worldwide and seven Grammy Awards. Throughout their career Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo have always resisted compromise and the established codes of show business. They have remained determined to maintain control of every link in the chain of their creative process. In the era of globalisation and social networks, they rarely speak in public and neither do they show their faces on TV. This documentary explores this unprecedented cultural revolution revealing a duo of artists on a permanent quest for creativity, independence and freedom.
Pif, Behind the gimmicks
Himself
Taking stock of the extraordinary adventure of "Pif Gadget", a French publishing phenomenon of the 1970s-80s and even of the whole history of children's press. For the comic-strip magazine with the iconic dog, created in 1969 by the French Communist Party, often reached a million copies. With editions available for all of Europe (including Germany, under the title Yps), and on both sides of the Iron Curtain.
Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?
Animation
A series of interviews featuring linguist, philosopher and activist Noam Chomsky done in hand-drawn animation.
Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?
Producer
A series of interviews featuring linguist, philosopher and activist Noam Chomsky done in hand-drawn animation.
Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?
Writer
A series of interviews featuring linguist, philosopher and activist Noam Chomsky done in hand-drawn animation.
Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?
Director
A series of interviews featuring linguist, philosopher and activist Noam Chomsky done in hand-drawn animation.
Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?
Himself
A series of interviews featuring linguist, philosopher and activist Noam Chomsky done in hand-drawn animation.
Professor Goudet's Lessons
Self
Stéphane Goudet is all over the Tati box-set as the preeminent Tati scholar, so it is only fitting that he conclude the disc with a half hour lecture that concludes the themes and methods of the filmmaker.
Mood Indigo
Screenplay
A woman suffers from an unusual illness caused by a flower growing in her lungs.
Mood Indigo
Director
A woman suffers from an unusual illness caused by a flower growing in her lungs.
La Souris coiffeur
Director
The We and the I
Screenplay
The We and the I is the heartfelt and comical story of the final bus ride home for a group of young high school students and graduates.
The We and the I
Director
The We and the I is the heartfelt and comical story of the final bus ride home for a group of young high school students and graduates.
Dreamers
Dreamers is a film directed by Noelle Deschamps in 2012. Creation was always imagined as a mysterious process. Following these filmmakers, brings to light their passion, their imagination and their magical process.
Taxi Driver
Director
Martin Scorsese's classic drama "sweded" by Michel Gondry.
Taxi Driver
Martin Scorsese's classic drama "sweded" by Michel Gondry.
The Extraordinary Voyage
Self - Filmmaker
An account of the extraordinary life of film pioneer Georges Méliès (1861-1938) and the amazing story of the copy in color of his masterpiece “A Trip to the Moon” (1902), unexpectedly found in Spain and restored thanks to the heroic efforts of a group of true cinema lovers.
Jean Vigo
Director
A short animation made by Michel Gondry produced for the Criterion Collection release of The Complete Jean Vigo.
The Green Hornet
Director
Britt Reid, the heir to the largest newspaper fortune in Los Angeles, is a spoiled playboy who has been, thus far, happy to lead an aimless life. After his father dies, Britt meets Kato, a resourceful company employee. Realizing that they have the talent and resources to make something of their lives, Britt and Kato join forces as costumed crime-fighters to bring down the city's most-powerful criminal, Chudnofsky.
Con Artist
Self
A docu-comedy feature film about a once-famous millionaire "business artist" forced to confront his own legendarily obnoxious behavior, while trying to find love through fame.
The Thorn in the Heart
Writer
Michel Gondry chronicles the life of Gondry family matriarch, his aunt Suzette Gondry, and her relationship with her son, Jean-Yves.
The Thorn in the Heart
Himself
Michel Gondry chronicles the life of Gondry family matriarch, his aunt Suzette Gondry, and her relationship with her son, Jean-Yves.
The Thorn in the Heart
Director
Michel Gondry chronicles the life of Gondry family matriarch, his aunt Suzette Gondry, and her relationship with her son, Jean-Yves.
How to Blow Up a Helicopter (Ayako's Story)
Director
Interview of Ayako Fujitani and her dad Steven Seagal.
My New New York Diary
Self
A collaborative film created by Michel Gondry and Julie Doucet
My New New York Diary
Director
A collaborative film created by Michel Gondry and Julie Doucet
Tokyo!
Writer
Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller, emerges from a manhole and begins terrorizing pedestrians. After his arrest, he stands trial and lashes out at a hostile courtroom. A man who has resigned himself to a life of solitude reconsiders after meeting a charming pizza delivery woman. And finally, a happy young couple find themselves undergoing a series of frightening metamorphoses.
Tokyo!
Director
Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller, emerges from a manhole and begins terrorizing pedestrians. After his arrest, he stands trial and lashes out at a hostile courtroom. A man who has resigned himself to a life of solitude reconsiders after meeting a charming pizza delivery woman. And finally, a happy young couple find themselves undergoing a series of frightening metamorphoses.
Passaic Mosaic
Executive Producer
A short documentary, looking at life in Passaic, New Jersey, whilst the film Be Kind Rewind (2008) is being shot there.
Be Kind Rewind
Producer
A man whose brain becomes magnetized unintentionally destroys every tape in his friend's video store. In order to satisfy the store's most loyal renter, an aging woman with signs of dementia, the two men set out to remake the lost films.
Be Kind Rewind
Screenplay
A man whose brain becomes magnetized unintentionally destroys every tape in his friend's video store. In order to satisfy the store's most loyal renter, an aging woman with signs of dementia, the two men set out to remake the lost films.
Be Kind Rewind
Director
A man whose brain becomes magnetized unintentionally destroys every tape in his friend's video store. In order to satisfy the store's most loyal renter, an aging woman with signs of dementia, the two men set out to remake the lost films.
The Science of Sleep - Film B
Director
Michel Gondry assembles alternate version of his The Science of Sleep from cut scenes and B-roll footage.
The Science of Sleep
Producer
A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is lovestruck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.
The Science of Sleep
Author
A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is lovestruck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.
The Science of Sleep
Director
A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is lovestruck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
Producer
The American comedian/actor delivers a story about the alternative Hip Hop scene. A small town Ohio mans moves to Brooklyn, New York, to throw an unprecedented block party.
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
Director
The American comedian/actor delivers a story about the alternative Hip Hop scene. A small town Ohio mans moves to Brooklyn, New York, to throw an unprecedented block party.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Story
Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Director
Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.
I've Been Twelve Forever
Himself
A documentary about the inspiration of director Michel Gondry. An extraordinary world where onirism, memories and childhood have the utmost importance.
I've Been Twelve Forever
Director
A documentary about the inspiration of director Michel Gondry. An extraordinary world where onirism, memories and childhood have the utmost importance.
The Work of Director Michel Gondry
A look at the work of director Michel Gondry, through his music videos, short films, and commercials.
Tiny
Animation
A boy asks a girl to dance. She says no because he is too tiny.
Tiny
Writer
A boy asks a girl to dance. She says no because he is too tiny.
Tiny
Director
A boy asks a girl to dance. She says no because he is too tiny.
Drumb and Drumber
himself
Short piece directed by Michel Gondry, showing himself playing the drums.
Drumb and Drumber
Director
Short piece directed by Michel Gondry, showing himself playing the drums.
Three Dead People
Writer
This is a short film made by Gondry as a birthday present for his friend Karen, who likes to ride on her horse.
Three Dead People
Director
This is a short film made by Gondry as a birthday present for his friend Karen, who likes to ride on her horse.
The Work of Director Michel Gondry
Director
A look at the work of director Michel Gondry, through his music videos, short films, and commercials.
Pecan Pie
Director
A man in his pajamas drives in a bed that moves like a car, while singing Elvis Presley's "Pecan Pie".
Pecan Pie
Writer
A man in his pajamas drives in a bed that moves like a car, while singing Elvis Presley's "Pecan Pie".
Björk: Greatest Hits - Volumen 1993-2003
Director
Massive Attack: Eleven Promos
Director
Massive Attack are one of the innovative frontrunners within the world of Electronica. Credited with creating the sound of trip-hop, Massive Attack continue to develop new sound worlds with each successive release. Massive Attack has just as dstinctive a vision when it comes to videos as they do for their music. "Eleven Promos" compiles eleven videos from the mind of Massive Attack including such memorable tracks as "Unfinished Sympathy," "Safe from Harm," "Protection," and "Angel." Video directors represented are: Michel Gondry, Jonathan Glazer and Wiz among others. Other tracklistings: Daydreaming; Be Thankful for What You've Got; Sly; Karmacoma; Risingson; Teardrop.
Human Nature
Director
A philosophical burlesque, Human Nature follows the ups and downs of an obsessive scientist, a female naturalist, and the man they discover, born and raised in the wild. As scientist Nathan trains the wild man, Puff, in the ways of the world - starting with table manners - Nathan's lover Lila fights to preserve the man's simian past, which represents a freedom enviable to most.
One Day...
Writer
After he gets out of the toilets, a man is being chased by a human-sized turd, claiming to be the man's child. "Why have you abandoned me?" is the question the turd keeps on asking. First, the man is embarrassed by the annoying presence of the turd, then he slowly accepts it alongside him...
One Day...
The Man
After he gets out of the toilets, a man is being chased by a human-sized turd, claiming to be the man's child. "Why have you abandoned me?" is the question the turd keeps on asking. First, the man is embarrassed by the annoying presence of the turd, then he slowly accepts it alongside him...
One Day...
Director
After he gets out of the toilets, a man is being chased by a human-sized turd, claiming to be the man's child. "Why have you abandoned me?" is the question the turd keeps on asking. First, the man is embarrassed by the annoying presence of the turd, then he slowly accepts it alongside him...
D.A.F.T.
A strange combination of techno and New Wave music, the French duo Daft Punk caused an international dance sensation with their catchy hit "Around The World." This fantastic French import showcases the fact that the duo's innovation carries over to the video realm from the musical one. D.A.F.T. features their first four famous videos -- "Da Funk," "Around The World," "Burnin," and "Revolution 909."
D.A.F.T.
Director
A strange combination of techno and New Wave music, the French duo Daft Punk caused an international dance sensation with their catchy hit "Around The World." This fantastic French import showcases the fact that the duo's innovation carries over to the video realm from the musical one. D.A.F.T. features their first four famous videos -- "Da Funk," "Around The World," "Burnin," and "Revolution 909."
Björk: Volumen
Director
"Volumen" collects every video from Bjork's career {up until Hunter}, and showcases the work of famed video director's Spike Jonze, Sophie Muller and Michael Gondry
The Letter
Writer
Michael Gondry's examination of childhood love is replete with his trademark surreality. One evening at the turn of the century, Stephane discusses with his brother the end of the millenium, but also girls, particularly Aurelie, a classmate with whom he is secretly in love. The following day, Aurelie has a letter to give to him....
The Letter
Director
Michael Gondry's examination of childhood love is replete with his trademark surreality. One evening at the turn of the century, Stephane discusses with his brother the end of the millenium, but also girls, particularly Aurelie, a classmate with whom he is secretly in love. The following day, Aurelie has a letter to give to him....
My Brother's 24th Birthday
Director
A short film created by Gondry on the 24th birthday of his brother Oliver ‘Twist’ Gondry
L’Expédtion Fatale
Director
After a hellish journey in the bush, Professor Maboulus and his team arrive at the goal of the expedition...
Come into My World
Director
"Come into My World" is a song recorded by Australian singer Kylie Minogue for her eighth studio album Fever (2001). The accompanying music video for "Come into My World", directed by Michel Gondry, features duplicated Kylies walking in Paris with a lot of local townspeople.
As She Climbed Across the Table
Director
A scientist couple's relationship is threatened by the woman's obsession with a lab experiment.