Jonathan Glazer is a British film director, best known for the gangster film Sexy Beast and the sci-fi horror film Under the Skin. Starting out as a steady-handed but mostly conventional director, his work has grown increasingly abstract, favoring very loose literary adaptations, a focus on atmosphere over plot, and methodical cinematography reminiscent of Stanley Kubrick.
A well-known music video director who provided the visuals for Radiohead's "Karma Police" and Jamiroquai's "Virtual Insanity", he is considerably less prolific as a feature filmmaker, having only made four since 2000. Still, he's made each one count: Sexy Beast earned Ben Kingsley an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor, and Under the Skin is often regarded as one of the best films of the 2010s. His most recent film, The Zone of Interest, won the Grand Prix at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival and later won him an Oscar in Best Sound and Best International Feature Film.
Films
- Sexy Beast (2000)
- Birth (2004)
- Under the Skin (2013)
- The Zone of Interest (2023)
Tropes associated with his work include:
- Dada Ad: Along with his film work, Glazer is also a prolific advertising director. Given his style of filmmaking, his commercials tend to fall into this sort of style, being highly artistic and ranging in tone from "weird but still understandable" to "utterly incomprehensible".
