Creator / Michel Gondry

Michel Gondry (born 1963) is a French film, commercial, and music video director known to be a visual trickster of pop music videos and surreal, fantastical, whimsical dramas and the innovator of bullet time.

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Filmography:

• La Lettre (1998)
• Human Nature (2001)
• Pecan Pie (2003)
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
• Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2005)
• The Science of Sleep (2006)
• Be Kind Rewind (2008)
• Tokyo! (2008) - with Bong Joon-ho and Leos Carax^note Interior Design segment, which is an adaptation of Gabrielle Bell's Cecil and Jordan in New York comic strip
• The Thorn In The Heart (2009)
• The Green Hornet (2011)
• Mood Indigo (2013)
• Is The Man Who Is Tall Happy? (2013)
• Kidding (2018)

Notable music videos:

• Oui Oui - "Les Cailloux" (1989) ^note Gondry was this French indie rock band's drummer, and he directed all of their videos
• Inspiral Carpets - "Two World Collide" (1992)
• Donald Fagen - "Snowbound" (1993)
• Björk - "Human Behaviour" (1993)
• Lucas - "Lucas with the Lid Off" (1994)
• Sinéad O'Connor - "Fire On Babylon" (1994)
• Björk - "Army of Me" (1995)
• Björk - "Isobel" (1995)
• Massive Attack feat. Tracey Thorn - "Protection" (1995)
• Cibo Matto - "Sugar Water" (1996)
• Björk - "Hyperballad" (1996)
• Daft Punk - "Around the World" (1997)
• Foo Fighters - "Everlong" (1997)
• Neneh Cherry - "Feel It" (1997)
• Beck - "Deadweight" (1997)
• Sheryl Crow - "A Change Would Do You Good" (1997)
• Björk - "Bachelorette" (1997)
• Stardust - "Music Sounds Better With You" (1998)
• The Chemical Brothers feat. Noel Gallagher - "Let Forever Be" (1998)
• Radiohead - "Knives Out" (2001)
• The Chemical Brothers - "Star Guitar" (2001)
• The White Stripes - "Fell In Love With a Girl" (2002)
• The White Stripes - "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" (2002)
• Queens of the Stone Age - "No One Knows" (2002)
• Kylie Minogue - "Come Into My World" (2002)
• The White Stripes - "The Hardest Button to Button" (2003)
• The Vines - "Ride" (2004)
• Gary Jules & Michael Andrews - "Mad World" (2004)
• Steriogram - "Walkie Talkie Man" (2004)
• The White Stripes - "The Denial Twist" (2005)
• Kanye West feat. Adam Levine - "Heard 'Em Say" (2005) ^note Gondry directed one of the two videos for this song, but the only one currently on Youtube is the other one, directed by Bill Plympton.
• Paul McCartney - "Dance Tonight" (2007)
• Björk - "Declare Independence" (2008)
• Metronomy - "Love Letters" (2014)
• IDLES - "Model Village" (2020)

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Tropes associated with Michel Gondry:

• Breakthrough Hit: Although his 1993 video for Björk's "Human Behaviour" received much acclaim, it wasn't until the following year that Gondry really established himself with the video for Danish rapper Lucas' "Lucas with the Lid Off". The video was an impressive, elaborate single-take effort that first earned Gondry his reputation as a music video auteur and a master visual stylist. He was nominated for a Grammy for his work, and the video was partly credited with turning the song into an international hit.
• Genre Mashup: His films usually twist and combine various different genres, from superhero comedy to surreal, sci-fi drama.
• Genre Roulette: He's worked in a variety of different genres, from sci-fi romantic dramedy (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), to animated documentary (Is The Man Who Is Tall Happy?) to stand-up concert film (Dave Chappelle's Block Party).
• Scenery Porn: His films are known for their visual splendor.

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