Michael Gondry born May 8, 1963) is an Academy Award-winning filmmaker, whose works include being a commercial director, music video director, and a screenwriter. 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.
One of his videos was shown on MTV and when Björk saw it, she asked him to make her first solo video for 'Human Behaviour'. The partnership is famous: Gondry directed five other Björk's videos, benefiting by the huge budgets. 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.
I think he manages to convey himself through his film basically he can do what many do not. His work is unusual however you can tell that he is passionate about being arty and his work express his love and experience of the industry, growing up around many strong current influences.
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