All All. Sign In. Advanced search. Search filters Expand all. Birth date. Enter full date. Page topics. Only includes names with the selected topics. Death date. Gender identity. Male Female Non-binary Other. Adult names. Exclude Include. Michel Gondry. He grew up in Versailles with a family who was very influenced by pop music. When he was young, Gondry wanted to be a painter or an inventor. In the 80s he entered in an art school in Paris where he could develop his graphic skills and where he also met friends with whom he created a pop-rock band called Oui-Oui.
The band released 2 albums 'Chacun tout le monde' and 'Formidable' and several singles until their separation in Gondry was the drummer of the band and also directed their video clips in which it was possible to see his strange world, influenced by the 60s and by his childhood. This led to commissions for other artists around the world, including Massive Attack. He also made a lot of commercials for Gap, Smirnoff, Air France, Nike, Coca Cola, Adidas, Polaroid and Levi - the latter making him the most highly-awarded director for a one-off commercial.
Hollywood became interested in Gondry's success and he directed his first feature movie Human Nature , adapting a Charlie Kaufman 's scenario, which was shown in the Cannes Festival.
Although it wasn't a big success, this film allowed him to direct Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind , for which he again collaborated with Charlie Kaufman. The movie became a popular independent film and he and his co-writers won an Oscar for it. Albert Dupontel. Actor Writer Director Irreversible Jean Cocteau. Writer Actor Director Beauty and the Beast Jean Cocteau was one of the most multi-talented artists of the 20th century.
In addition to being a director, he was a poet, novelist, painter, playwright, set designer, and actor. He began writing at 10 and was a published poet by age He collaborated with the "Russian Ballet" company of Sergei Diaghilev , and was active in many art movements, but always remained a poet at heart.
