Editing Spike Jonze (section)

==Early life and education==
Adam Spiegel was born on October 22, 1969,<ref>{{cite book |last=Schneider |first=Steven Jay |title=501 Movie Directors |date=2007 |publisher=ABC Books |isbn=978-0-73332-052-1 |page=626 |quote=...born: Adam Spiegel, October 22, 1969}}</ref> in [[New York City]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Spike Jonze The Nine Club With Chris Roberts - Episode 78 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9it7xFFbJb4 | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/9it7xFFbJb4| archive-date=October 30, 2021|website=[[YouTube]] | date=January 2018 |access-date=February 14, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> the son of Arthur H. Spiegel III and Sandra L. Granzow.<ref name="jonzeunmasked" /><ref name="Obituary" /> His father was of [[History of the Jews in Germany|German Jewish]] ancestry.<ref>{{cite web|first=Nate|last=Bloom|author-link=Nate Bloom |url=http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/archives/article_0e91ba62-3b80-53d3-8fd3-e6a8ec77dfcc.html |title=Jewish Stars 10/16 – Cleveland Jewish News: Archives |work=[[Cleveland Jewish News]] |date=October 16, 2009|access-date=January 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129073235/https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/archives/article_0e91ba62-3b80-53d3-8fd3-e6a8ec77dfcc.html |archive-date=January 29, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> Jonze is the great-grandson of [[Arthur Spiegel]] and the great-great-grandson of [[Joseph Spiegel]], founder of the [[Spiegel (catalog)|Spiegel catalog]].<ref name="jonzeunmasked" /> Arthur H. Spiegel III was the founder of a healthcare [[consulting firm]].<ref name="jonzeunmasked" /><ref name="Grantland">{{cite web|last1=Pappademas|first1=Alex|title=Career Arc: Spike Jonze|url=http://grantland.com/features/her-career-spike-jonze/|website=[[Grantland]]|access-date=March 20, 2018|date=December 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325135753/https://grantland.com/features/her-career-spike-jonze/ |archive-date=March 25, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> Jonze's parents divorced when he was a young child and his father remarried.<ref name="jonzeunmasked" /><ref name="Obituary">{{cite web|title=Obituary for Spiegel |url=http://obits.abqjournal.com/obits/print_obit/115374|website=[[Albuquerque Journal]]|access-date=March 20, 2018|date=June 27, 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325135753/https://grantland.com/features/her-career-spike-jonze/ |archive-date=March 25, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> Jonze was raised by his mother in [[Bethesda, Maryland]],<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mottram|first1=James|title=Spike Jonze interview: Her is my 'boy meets computer' movie |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/spike-jonze-interview-her-is-my-boy-meets-computer-movie-9096821.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129112600/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/spike-jonze-interview-her-is-my-boy-meets-computer-movie-9096821.html |archive-date=January 29, 2023 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|website=[[The Independent]]|access-date=March 20, 2018|date=January 31, 2014}}</ref> where she worked in [[public relations]],<ref name="jonzeunmasked" /> along with his brother [[Sam i|Sam "Squeak E. Clean" Spiegel]], who is now a producer and DJ,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Tewksbury|first1=Drew|title=The Continuing Adventures of Squeak E. Clean|url=http://www.laweekly.com/music/the-continuing-adventures-of-squeak-e-clean-2166106|website=[[LA Weekly]]|access-date=March 20, 2018|date=July 22, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220528230100/https://www.laweekly.com/the-continuing-adventures-of-squeak-e-clean/ |archive-date=May 28, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> and his sister Julia.<ref name="Obituary" /> While studying at [[Walt Whitman High School (Bethesda, Maryland)|Walt Whitman High School]], Jonze spent much of his time at a Bethesda community store, where owner Mike Henderson gave him the nickname "Spike Jonze" in reference to the satirical bandleader [[Spike Jones]].<ref name="jonzeunmasked">{{cite news|url=https://nymag.com/nymetro/movies/features/1267/|title=Spike Jonze Unmasked|last=Smith|first=Ethan|date=October 18, 1999|access-date=August 19, 2008|work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609044849/https://nymag.com/nymetro/movies/features/1267|archive-date=June 9, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> While in high school, Jonze was close friends with future Jackass co-creator [[Jeff Tremaine]]. They became friends through their shared interest in [[BMX]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.military.com/undertheradar/2014/01/director-jeff-tremaine-talks-bad-grandpa#:~:text=I%20went%20to%20high%20school,Art%20Director%20at%20the%20magazine |title=Director Jeff Tremaine Talks 'Bad Grandpa' |publisher=[[Military.com]] |date=January 28, 2014 |access-date=February 13, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703042953/https://www.military.com/undertheradar/2014/01/director-jeff-tremaine-talks-bad-grandpa |archive-date=July 3, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>

A keen BMX rider, Jonze began working at the Rockville BMX store in [[Rockville, Maryland]], at the age of 16. A common destination for touring professional BMX teams, Jonze began photographing BMX demos at Rockville and formed a friendship with ''Freestylin' Magazine'' editors Mark Lewman and Andy Jenkins.<ref name="Epicly Later'd">{{cite episode |title=Spike Jonze |series=Epicly Later'd |date=September 20, 2017 |url=https://www.viceland.com/en_us/video/epicly-laterd-spike-jonze/59b6c61404b23c9f0a226882 |network=[[Viceland]]|season=1 |number=3 |last=O'Dell|first=Patrick|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605141347/https://www.vicetv.com/en_us/video/epicly-laterd-spike-jonze/59b6c61404b23c9f0a226882 |archive-date=June 5, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> Impressed with Jonze's photography work, the pair offered him a job as a photographer for the magazine, and he subsequently moved to California to pursue career opportunities in photography.<ref name="Epicly Later'd" /> Jonze fronted ''Club Homeboy'', an international BMX club, alongside Lewman and Jenkins.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lewman|first1=Mark|title=Spike Jonze Tribute – Ask What If |url=http://www.huckmagazine.com/art-and-culture/film-2/spike-jonze-tribute/ |website=[[Huck (magazine)|Huck]]|access-date=March 12, 2018|date=December 18, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180610142626/http://www.huckmagazine.com/art-and-culture/film-2/spike-jonze-tribute |archive-date=June 10, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> The three also created the youth culture magazines ''Homeboy'' and ''[[Dirt (magazine)|Dirt]]'',<ref>{{cite web|last1=Y. Moss|first1=Marie|title=Here's The Dirt |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1991/09/04/heres-the-dirt-10/|website=[[Chicago Tribune]]|access-date=March 20, 2018|date=September 4, 1991 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407011813/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1991-09-04-9103060582-story.html |archive-date=April 7, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> the latter of which was spun off from the female-centered ''[[Sassy (magazine)|Sassy]]'' and was aimed towards young boys.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Elizabeth Williams|first1=Mary|title=Dirt Alumni Clean Up |url=https://www.wired.com/1995/08/dirt-alumni-clean-up/|magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|access-date=March 20, 2018|date=August 1, 1995|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121172941/https://www.wired.com/1995/08/dirt-alumni-clean-up/|archive-date=January 21, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>