The Work of Director Michel Gondry

Michel Gondry is an Academy Award-winning filmmaker, whose works include being a commercial director, music video director, and a screenwriter. He is noted for his inventive visual style and manipulation of mise en scène. Gondry was born in Versailles, France. He is the grandson of inventor... Constant Martin. He has a teenage son named Paul, who is also an artist. Gondry's vision and career began with his emphasis on emotion, according to Gondry himself in an interview for The Film That Changed My Life by journalist Robert K. Elder. Much of his inspiration, he says, came from the film Le voyage en ballon. When I watch this movie, I dream I’m flying and then I do stories where people are flying. I think it’s directly influencing. His career as a filmmaker began with creating music videos for the French rock band Oui Oui, in which he also served as a drummer. The style of his videos for Oui Oui caught the attention of music artist Björk, who asked him to direct the video for her song "Human Behaviour". The collaboration proved long-lasting, with Gondry directing a total of seven music videos for Björk.
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