Michel Gondry

Michel Gondry's vision and career began with his emphasis on emotion, according to Gondry himself much of his inspiration 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.’ He pioneered the "bullet time" technique later adapted in The Matrix.

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Gondry made his feature film debut in 2001 with Human Nature, garnering mixed reviews. His second film, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was released in 2004 and received very favorable reviews, becoming one of the most critically acclaimed films of the year. Eternal Sunshine utilizes many of the image manipulation techniques that Gondry had experimented with in his music videos.

   

His following film, The Science of Sleep, hit theaters in September, 2006. This film stars Mexican actor Gael García Bernal, and marked a return to the fantastical, surreal techniques he employed in Eternal Sunshine. According to the Guinness World Records 2004, Michel Gondry's Levi's 501 Jeans "Drugstore" spot holds the record for "Most awards won by a TV commercial".

On January 3 2013, Gondry released his latest animated short Haircut Mouse on his official Vimeo channel.