Known for Directing
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.
Born
May 8, 1963 (age 63)
Birthplace
Versailles, France
Filmography
109 films, 8 shows


Maya, Give Me Another Title
2025 · 1h 3m
country: France
After, Maya, Give Me a Title, the sequel to Maya's adventures told by Blanche Gardin. Maya and her father live in two different countries. To maintain the bond with his daughter and continue to tell her stories, her father asks her every month "Maya, give me a title." From this title, he creates a cartoon for her in which she is the heroine. Michel Gondry then brings to life a poetic and amusing journey that will make little ones dream...and adults smile.


Maya, Give Me a Title
2024 · 1h 1m
country: France
Maya and her dad, Michel Gondry, live in two different countries. In order to stay in touch, her dad asks her every evening, “Maya, give me a title”. Based on her answer, he creates a short animated reply in which Maya is the hero. Michel Gondry brings to life a poetic and amusing journey that will have the little ones dreaming... and the grown-ups smiling.


The Book of Solutions
2023 · 1h 42m
country: France
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.


A Short Visit to My College
2020 · 2m
country: France
Michel Gondry travels by various means—and at great peril—from Los Angeles, USA to Charny, France to visit his former place of education.


Boris Vian Opened My Eyes and Broke My Back
2020 · 9m
country: France
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.


Our Infinity
2018 · 1m
country: United States
After falling in love at a Las Vegas resort, two people find themselves alone in the universe.


Détour
2017 · 11m
country: France
A young girl's tricycle gets lost as a French family leaves home for their summer holiday. After becoming accidentally separated from the family, the tricycle is propelled on an unbelievable journey of seemingly unplanned events through the stunning French countryside.


Microbe and Gasoline
2015 · 1h 43m
country: France
Two young friends embark on a road trip across France in a vehicle they built themselves.


Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?
2013 · 1h 28m
country: France
A series of interviews featuring linguist, philosopher and activist Noam Chomsky done in hand-drawn animation.


Mood Indigo
2013 · 2h 11m
country: France
A woman suffers from an unusual illness caused by a flower growing in her lungs.


Haircut Mouse
2012 · 3m
country: Unknown


The We and the I
2012 · 1h 43m
country: United States
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.


Taxi Driver
2011 · 3m
country: France
Martin Scorsese's classic drama "sweded" by Michel Gondry.


Jean Vigo
2011 · 1m
country: Unknown
A short animation made by Michel Gondry produced for the Criterion Collection release of The Complete Jean Vigo.


The Green Hornet
2011 · 1h 59m
country: United States
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.


The Thorn in the Heart
2009 · 1h 26m
country: France
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)
2009 · 14m
country: United States
Interview of Ayako Fujitani and her dad Steven Seagal.


My New New York Diary
2008 · 18m
country: United States
A collaborative film created by Michel Gondry and Julie Doucet


Tokyo!
2008 · 1h 52m
country: South Korea
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.


Radiohead: The Best Of
2008
country: Unknown
21 videos are featured on the new Radiohead: The Best Of DVD, including Just, Street Spirit, Karma Police, Paranoid Android, No Surprises, Knives Out, Pyramid Song and There There. The DVD also includes the more experimental visuals created for Radiohead songs not released as singles, and nine videos make their DVD release debuts on the new collection.


Be Kind Rewind
2008 · 1h 42m
country: United States
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
2007 · 1h 10m
country: France
Michel Gondry assembles alternate version of his The Science of Sleep from cut scenes and B-roll footage.
Gondry Solves Rubik’s Cube With His Nose
Gondry Solves Rubik’s Cube With His Nose
2007 · 1m
country: Unknown
As a follow-up to solving it with his feet, Michel Gondry now solves a Rubik's cube with his NOSE in less than a minute.


The Science of Sleep
2006 · 1h 46m
country: France
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
2005 · 1h 40m
country: United States
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.


I've Been Twelve Forever: The Work of Director Michel Gondry
2004 · 1h 17m
country: United States
A documentary about the inspiration of director Michel Gondry. An extraordinary world where onirism, memories and childhood have the utmost importance.


Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004 · 1h 48m
country: United States
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.


The Work of Director Michel Gondry
2003 · 3h 59m
country: Unknown
A look at the work of director Michel Gondry, through his music videos, short films, and commercials.
Three Dead People
Three Dead People
2003 · 3m
country: France
This is a short film made by Gondry as a birthday present for his friend Karen, who likes to ride on her horse.
Drumb and Drumber
Drumb and Drumber
2003 · 2m
country: France
Short piece directed by Michel Gondry, showing himself playing the drums.
Tiny
Tiny
2003 · 2m
country: France
A boy asks a girl to dance. She says no because he is too tiny.


The Hardest Button to Button
2003 · 4m
country: Unknown
"The Hardest Button to Button" is the third White Stripes video directed by Michel Gondry, after "Fell in Love with a Girl" and "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" (two years later, he would direct the music video for "The Denial Twist").


Björk: Greatest Hits - Volumen 1993-2003
2002
country: Germany
The visual companion of the Greatest Hits audio release, includes all Björk 21 music videos available at that moment in chronological order.


Massive Attack: Eleven Promos
2001 · 58m
country: Unknown
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
2001 · 1h 36m
country: France
Obsessive scientist Nathan and his lover, the naturalist Lila, discover Puff: a man born and raised in the wild. As Nathan trains the wild man in the civilized ways of the world, Lila fights to preserve the man’s natural state. In the power struggle that ensues, an unusual love triangle emerges.
One Day...
One Day...
2001 · 9m
country: United States
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...


Intégrale clips
2000
country: Unknown


D.A.F.T.
1999 · 1h
country: France
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."


Clip Cult
1999 · 1h 6m
country: Germany
A compilation of 12 cutting-edge music videos, including Bjork's "All Is Full Of Love", Squarepusher's "Come On My Selector", Autechre's "Second Bad Vilbel", Leftfield's "Africa Shox", Fatboy Slim's "Praise You" and Aphex Twin's "Come To Daddy" and "Windowlicker".


Björk: Volumen
1998 · 1h 4m
country: Unknown
"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
1998 · 14m
country: France
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
1988 · 4m
country: Unknown
A short film created by Gondry on the 24th birthday of his brother Oliver ‘Twist’ Gondry


L’Expédition Fatale
1987 · 2m
country: France
After a hellish journey in the bush, Professor Maboulus and his team arrive at the goal of the expedition...


Un joyeux Noël
1986
country: France