Editing Spike Jonze (section)

=== 2009–2019: ''Where the Wild Things Are'', short films, and ''Her'' ===
''[[Where the Wild Things Are (film)|Where the Wild Things Are]]'' (2009), a film adaptation of [[Maurice Sendak]] children's picture book [[Where the Wild Things Are|of the same name]], was directed by Jonze and co-written by Jonze and [[Dave Eggers]], who expanded the original ten-sentence book into a feature film.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Turan|first1=Kenneth|title=Where the Wild Things Are|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-oct-16-et-wild-things16-story.html|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=October 16, 2009}}</ref> Sendak gave advice to Jonze while he was adapting the book and the two developed a friendship.<ref name="WtWTA">{{cite news|last1=Knafo|first1=Saki|title=Bringing 'Where the Wild Things Are' to the Screen|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/06/magazine/06jonze-t.html?scp=1&sq=jonze%20sendak&st=cse|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=September 2, 2009}}</ref> The film stars [[Max Records]] as Max, a lonely 8-year-old boy who runs away from home after an argument with his mother (played by Catherine Keener) and sails away to an island inhabited by creatures known as the "Wild Things," who declare Max their king.<ref name="WtWTA" /> The Wild Things were played by performers in creature suits, while CGI was required to animate their faces.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sancton|first1=Julian|title=Where the Wild Things Are Built: Jim Henson's Creature Shop|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2009/10/where-the-wild-things-are-built-jim-hensons-creature-workshop|website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=October 17, 2009}}</ref> [[James Gandolfini]], [[Lauren Ambrose]], Chris Cooper, [[Forest Whitaker]], [[Catherine O'Hara]], [[Paul Dano]], and [[Michael Berry Jr.]] provided the voices for the Wild Things, and Jonze voiced two owls named Bob and Terry.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Pahle|first1=Rebecca|title=10 Wild Facts About ''Where the Wild Things Are''|url=http://mentalfloss.com/article/70933/10-wild-facts-about-where-wild-things-are|website=[[Mental Floss]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=November 11, 2015}}</ref> The film's soundtrack was performed by Karen O and composer [[Carter Burwell]] scored his third film for Jonze.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Solarski|first1=Matthew|title=Karen O Pens Tunes for Jonze/Eggers Wild Things Film|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/28428-karen-o-pens-tunes-for-jonzeeggers-wild-things-film/|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=January 16, 2008}}</ref> ''Where the Wild Things Are'' was released in October 2009 to a generally positive critical reception but did not perform well at the box office. Some reviewers were unsure whether the film was intended for a younger or adult audience due to its dark tone and level of maturity.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Franzen|first1=Carl|title=Is 'Where the Wild Things Are' For Kids or Adults?|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2009/10/is-where-the-wild-things-are-for-kids-or-adults/347841/|website=[[The Atlantic (magazine)|The Atlantic]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=October 16, 2009}}</ref> Jonze himself said that he "didn't set out to make a children's movie; I set out to make a movie about childhood".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wong|first1=Grace|title=Spike Jonze goes 'Where the Wild Things Are'|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/14/wild.things/index.html|publisher=CNN|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=October 14, 2009}}</ref> A television documentary, ''[[Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak]]'', co-directed by Jonze and Lance Bangs, aired in 2009 and features a series of interviews with Sendak.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Murray|first1=Noel|title=''Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait Of Maurice Sendak''|url=https://www.avclub.com/tell-them-anything-you-want-a-portrait-of-maurice-send-1798207250|website=[[The A.V. Club]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=October 19, 2009}}</ref> Jonze wrote and directed ''[[We Were Once a Fairytale]]'' (2009), a short film starring Kanye West as himself acting belligerently while drunk in a nightclub.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Itzkoff|first1=Dave|title=Spike Jonze Explains His Kanye West Mini-Movie, 'We Were Once a Fairytale'|url=https://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/spike-jonze-explains-his-kanye-west-mini-movie-we-were-once-a-fairytale/|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=January 17, 2018|date=October 22, 2009}}</ref>

Jonze wrote and directed the science fiction romance short film ''[[I'm Here (film)|I'm Here]]'' in 2010, based on the children's book ''[[The Giving Tree]]''. The film stars [[Andrew Garfield]] as a robot with a head shaped like an old PC who falls in love with a more sleekly-designed female robot, played by [[Sienna Guillory]].<ref name=":0" /> Jonze produced and provided his voice to a character in the short film ''[[Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life]]'' (2010), based on Maurice Sendak's book of the same name.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sciretta|first1=Peter|title=Photos and Video From the Spike Jonze-Produced Short Film Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/photos-and-video-from-the-spike-jonze-produced-short-film-higglety-pigglety-pop-or-there-must-be-more-to-life/|website=[[/Film]]|access-date=March 24, 2018|date=February 16, 2010}}</ref> He co-directed the video for [[LCD Soundsystem]]'s "[[Drunk Girls]]" with the band's frontman [[James Murphy (electronic musician)|James Murphy]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bettinger|first1=Brendan|title=Spike Jonze Co-Directed "Drunk Girls" Music Video for LCD Soundsystem|url=https://collider.com/spike-jonze-co-directed-drunk-girls-music-video-for-lcd-soundsystem/|website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=April 19, 2010}}</ref> and directed the video for [[Arcade Fire]]'s "[[The Suburbs/Month of May|The Suburbs]]" in 2010, the latter being an edited version of Jonze's short film ''[[The Suburbs#Promotion|Scenes from the Suburbs]]'' (2011), a [[dystopian]] vision of suburbia in the near-future and an expansion of the themes of nostalgia, alienation, and childhood found in the song.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Taylor|first1=Drew|title=SXSW Review: Spike Jonze & Arcade Fire's 'Scenes From The Suburbs' An Intense Look At Fading Youth|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2011/03/sxsw-review-spike-jonze-arcade-fires-scenes-from-the-suburbs-an-intense-look-at-fading-youth-119699/|work=[[IndieWire]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=March 18, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Biddlecombe|first1=Sarah|title=Songs inspired by the suburbs|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopmusic/11201821/Songs-inspired-by-the-suburbs.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopmusic/11201821/Songs-inspired-by-the-suburbs.html |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|website=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=March 20, 2018|date=November 1, 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> A third ''Jackass'' film, ''[[Jackass 3D]]'', premiered in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Yuan|first1=Jada|title=Johnny Knoxville and Spike Jonze Guard Their Groins at the ''Jackass 3-D'' Premiere|url=https://www.vulture.com/2010/10/johnny_knoxville_and_spike_jon.html|website=[[Vulture (magazine)|Vulture]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=October 12, 2010}}</ref> He was part of the main cast for the black comedy series ''[[The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret]]'' as the supervisor to [[David Cross]]' character for the first two seasons in 2010 and 2012, before being replaced by [[Jack McBrayer]] in the third season.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ferguson|first1=LaToya|title=Are you now or have you ever been ''Todd Margaret''?|url=https://www.avclub.com/are-you-now-or-have-you-ever-been-todd-margaret-1798186175|website=[[The A.V. Club]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=January 8, 2016}}</ref> Jonze resumed his longtime collaboration with the Beastie Boys in July 2011, directing the video for their song featuring [[Santigold]], "[[Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win]]", in which the band members are portrayed as [[action figures]].<ref name="BB" /> He then directed the video for Kanye West and [[Jay-Z]]'s 2011 single "[[Otis (song)|Otis]]", which saw the pair driving a customized [[Maybach 57 and 62|Maybach 57]] around an industrial lot.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Montgomery|first1=James|title=Jay-Z And Kanye 'Otis' Video: Maybach Massacre|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1668929/otis-video/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810124448/http://www.mtv.com/news/1668929/otis-video/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 10, 2014|publisher=[[MTV News]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=August 11, 2011}}</ref> Along with Simon Cahn, Jonze co-directed the [[stop-motion]] animated short film ''Mourir Auprès De Toi'' (2011), which is set in the [[Shakespeare and Company (bookstore)|Shakespeare and Company]] bookstore in Paris. Jonze voiced a skeletal [[Macbeth (character)|Macbeth]] in the film.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Haglund|first1=David|title=Spike Jonze's Stop-Motion Bookstore Love Story|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2011/10/19/spike_jonze_and_olympia_le_tan_s_short_film_mourir_aupres_de_toi.html|journal=[[Slant (magazine)|Slant]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=October 19, 2011}}</ref> Also in 2011, Jonze played a small supporting role in the sports drama ''[[Moneyball (film)|Moneyball]]'' as the husband of [[Robin Wright]]'s character, who is the ex-wife of [[Billy Beane]] (played by [[Brad Pitt]]).<ref name="VultureBuchanan">{{cite web|last1=Buchanan|first1=Kyle|title=How Spike Jonze Ended Up in The Wolf of Wall Street|url=https://www.vulture.com/2013/12/spike-jonze-wolf-of-wall-street-cameo.html|website=[[Vulture (magazine)|Vulture]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=December 26, 2013}}</ref> In 2012, Jonze co-directed the feature-length skateboarding film ''Pretty Sweet'' with his ''Fully Flared'' co-directors Ty Evans and Cory Weincheque.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Fischer|first1=Russ|title='Pretty Sweet' Trailer: Spike Jonze Returns to Skateboarding|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/pretty-sweet-trailer-spike-jonze-returns-to-skateboarding/|website=[[/Film]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=November 30, 2012}}</ref>

[[File:Spike Jonze.jpg|left|thumb|upright|Jonze in 2013]]
Jonze's fourth feature film, the romantic science fiction drama ''[[Her (2013 film)|Her]]'', was released in December 2013. The film was his first original screenplay and the first he had written alone, inspired by Charlie Kaufman by putting "all the ideas and feelings at that time" into his script for ''Synecdoche, New York''.<ref name="Her">{{cite web|last1=Michael|first1=Chris|title=Spike Jonze on letting Her rip and Being John Malkovich|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2013/sep/09/spike-jonze-her-scarlett-johansson|website=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=September 9, 2013}}</ref> It stars [[Joaquin Phoenix]], [[Amy Adams]], [[Rooney Mara]], [[Olivia Wilde]], and [[Scarlett Johansson]]. The film follows the recently divorced Theodore Twombly (Phoenix), a man who develops a relationship with a seemingly intuitive and humanistic female voice, named "Samantha" (Johansson), produced by an advanced computer operating system.<ref name="Her" /> Samantha was originally voiced by [[Samantha Morton]] during its production, but was later replaced by Johansson.<ref name="Her" /> Jonze provided his voice to a video game character in the film, Alien Child, who interacts with Theodore.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Gorochow|first1=Erica|title=Meet The Real World Designers Behind The Fictional Video Games Of 'Her|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/meet-the-real-world-designers-behind-the-fictional-video-games-of-her/|website=[[Vice Media|The Creators Project]]|publisher=[[Vice Media]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=February 13, 2014}}</ref> The film's score was composed by Arcade Fire and [[Owen Pallett]].<ref name=Behindthescenes>{{cite web|last=Battan|first=Carrie|title=Watch: Arcade Fire and Owen Pallett's Her Score, Behind the Scenes|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/54060-watch-arcade-fire-and-owen-palletts-her-score-behind-the-scenes|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=February 20, 2014|access-date=October 12, 2015}}</ref>

''Her'' was met with universal acclaim from critics.<ref>{{cite web|title=Her Reviews|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/her|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=March 16, 2018}}</ref> [[Todd McCarthy]] of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' praised Jonze for taking an old theme "the search for love and the need to 'only connect'" and embracing it "in a speculative way that feels very pertinent to the moment and captures the emotional malaise of a future just an intriguing step or two ahead of contemporary reality."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/her-film-review-648073|last1=McCarthy|first1=Todd|title=Her: Film Review|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=October 12, 2013}}</ref> Scott Foundas of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' opined that it was Jonze's "richest and most emotionally mature work to date".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Foundas|first1=Scott|title=Film Review: 'Her'|url=https://variety.com/2013/film/reviews/film-review-her-1200710608/|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=October 12, 2013}}</ref> At the [[86th Academy Awards]], Jonze was nominated for three Academy Awards for ''Her'', winning for [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] and receiving further nominations for [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] and [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]] for co-writing "[[The Moon Song]]" with Karen O.<ref name="Oscars2014">{{Cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2014 |title=The 86th Academy Awards (2014) Nominees and Winners |access-date=April 12, 2014 |work=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |publisher=AMPAS |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014193700/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2014 |archive-date=October 14, 2014}}</ref> Jonze won the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay]]  at the [[71st Golden Globe Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |author= |date=January 12, 2014 |title=Golden Globes 2014: The complete list of nominees and winners |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-mn-golden-globes-nominees-winners-complete-list,0,6845028.story#axzz2qF6gO59t |access-date=April 28, 2015 |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

Jonze co-wrote, co-produced, and appeared in ''[[Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa]]'' (2013), a hidden camera comedy film starring Johnny Knoxville as the vulgar grandfather Irvin Zisman. Jonze played his wife Gloria, but was cut from a majority of the film.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Taylor|first1=Drew|title=Review: 'Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa' Starring Johnny Knoxville And Co-Written & Produced By Spike Jonze|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2013/10/review-jackass-presents-bad-grandpa-starring-johnny-knoxville-and-co-written-produced-by-spike-jonze-248922/|work=[[IndieWire]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=October 26, 2013}}</ref> Jonze served as the creative director of the [[YouTube Music Awards]] on November 3, 2013. At the ceremony, he directed the live music video for Arcade Fire's "[[Afterlife (Arcade Fire song)|Afterlife]]", documented [[Lady Gaga]]'s live performance of "[[Dope (Lady Gaga song)|Dope]]" with [[Chris Milk]], and premiered a short film written by [[Lena Dunham]] that Jonze directed called ''Choose You''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Spike Jonze to direct live music videos for Arcade Fire and Lady Gaga at YouTube Awards|url=https://www.nme.com/news/arcade-fire/73546|work=[[NME]]|access-date=November 3, 2013|date=October 31, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Rosen|first1=Christopher|title=Lena Dunham Wrote A Choose-Your-Own Adventure Short For The YouTube Music Awards|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/lena-dunham-youtube-awards-spike-jonze-avicii_n_4212326|website=[[The Huffington Post]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=November 4, 2013}}</ref> Jonze had a small role in [[Martin Scorsese]]'s 2013 film ''[[The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film)|The Wolf of Wall Street]]'' as a stockbroker who teaches [[Jordan Belfort]] (played by [[Leonardo DiCaprio]]) the ins and outs of [[penny stocks]].<ref name="VultureBuchanan" /> Jonze got the part as the film shared the same [[casting director]] as ''Her'', who asked Jonze if he wanted to appear in the film.<ref name="VultureBuchanan" /> He directed the video for Kanye West's "[[Only One (Kanye West song)|Only One]]" in 2015, which was filmed on his [[iPhone]] in a foggy field and featured heartfelt interactions between West and daughter.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Campp|first1=Zoe|title=Kanye West Previews "Only One" Video, Talks Fatherhood, Adidas Partnership on "Ellen|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/58261-kanye-west-previews-only-one-video-talks-fatherhood-adidas-partnership-on-ellen/|website=[[Pitchfork (magazine)|Pitchfork]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=January 29, 2015}}</ref> Jonze made a guest appearance in the fourth season of Lena Dunham's television series ''[[Girls (TV series)|Girls]]'' in March 2015.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Gibson|first1=Megan|title=Spike Jonze Will Appear on ''Girls'' Next Season|url=https://time.com/3069412/spike-jonze-girls/|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=August 1, 2014}}</ref> Jonze directed the short commercial film ''Kenzo World'' to promote a fragrance by [[Kenzo (brand)|Kenzo]] in 2016. The film starred [[Margaret Qualley]] as a woman erratically dancing around a large mansion, with choreography by [[Ryan Heffington]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Vine|first1=Richard|title=Spike Jonze gets freaky for Kenzo – where film meets beauty|url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2016/aug/31/spike-jonze-gets-freaky-for-kenzo-where-film-meets-beauty|website=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=August 31, 2016}}</ref> Jonze is the creative director of multinational television channel brand [[Viceland]], which launched in February 2016.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Guthrie|first1=Marisa|title=It's Official: Vice Channel to Take Over A+E Networks' History Spinoff H2|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/vice-channel-replace-historys-h2-836322|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=November 3, 2015}}</ref>

In 2017, Jonze directed [[Frank Ocean]]'s summer festival tour, which included 8 shows which took place in different cities around the US and Europe. Jonze also produced and decorated, alongside Ocean and artist Tom Sachs among others, an elaborate stage with a runway and central platform for the same concert.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.fr/us/frank-ocean-spike-jonze-directed-filmed-nyc-concert-panorama-festival-2017-7/|title=Frank Ocean had a legendary director film his first New York concert in 5 years|website=Business Insider France|language=fr-FR|access-date=August 1, 2017}}</ref> Jonze wrote and directed the stage show ''Changers: A Dance Story'', starring [[Lakeith Stanfield]] and [[Mia Wasikowska]]. Featuring dance choreography by Ryan Heffington, the show premiered at an [[Opening Ceremony (brand)|Opening Ceremony]] fashion week presentation in September 2017 before opening to the public for a four-night run at the [[La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ryzik|first1=Melana|title=Twirly Legs and All: Spike Jonze Spreads His Dance Wings|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/08/arts/dance/twirly-legs-and-all-spike-jonze-spreads-his-dance-wings.html|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=March 16, 2018|date=September 8, 2017}}</ref> Jonze produced the documentary ''[[Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond]]'' (2017), which documents the production of the film ''[[Man on the Moon (film)|Man on the Moon]]'' (1999).<ref>{{cite news|last1=Stolworthy|first1=Jacob|title=Jim and Andy: Spike Jonze and Chris Smith on documentary charting Jim Carrey's controversial transformation into comedian Andy Kaufman|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/jim-carrey-jim-and-andy-the-great-beyond-netflix-documentary-andy-kaufman-spike-jonze-chris-smith-a8118121.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/jim-carrey-jim-and-andy-the-great-beyond-netflix-documentary-andy-kaufman-spike-jonze-chris-smith-a8118121.html |archive-date=May 24, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|website=[[The Independent]]|access-date=March 20, 2018|date=December 22, 2017}}</ref> The following year, he directed the short commercial film ''Welcome Home'' for Apple's [[HomePod]] devices, starring [[FKA Twigs]] dancing inside her apartment as its transforms into a surreal space and engages in a [[dance off]] with her [[doppelgänger]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sharf|first1=Zack|title=Spike Jonze Returns For A Surreal Apple Short Film Starring Double FKA Twigs — Watch|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2018/03/spike-jonze-apple-homepod-fka-twigs-1201936377/|work=[[IndieWire]]|access-date=March 20, 2018|date=March 6, 2018}}</ref> In 2019, Jonze directed a commercial and accompanying short film for the website building service [[Squarespace]] starring [[Idris Elba]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Obenson |first1=Tambay |title=Spike Jonze Directs Idris Elba in Charming Comedy Short Film for Squarespace |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2019/01/spike-jonze-idris-elba-short-film-squarespace-1202039850/ |website=[[IndieWire]] |access-date=February 2, 2019 |date=January 30, 2019}}</ref> as well a short film titled ''The New Normal'' advocating for [[Decriminalization of non-medical cannabis in the United States|marijuana legalization]] in partnership with the cannabis company [[MedMen]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sharf |first1=Zack |title=Spike Jonze Directs Short Film Advocating for Marijuana Legalization — Watch |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2019/03/spike-jonze-short-film-marijuana-legalization-watch-1202048244/ |website=[[IndieWire]] |access-date=March 1, 2019 |date=March 1, 2019}}</ref> In that year, Jonze also filmed the [[Aziz Ansari]] stand-up special ''[[Aziz Ansari: Right Now|Right Now]]'', operating close-up shots himself onstage.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=St. Félix |first1=Doreen |title=The Productive Ambivalence of Aziz Ansari in His Comeback Netflix Special |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-productive-ambivalence-of-aziz-ansari-in-his-comeback-netflix-special |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |access-date=October 6, 2019 |date=July 13, 2019}}</ref> He won two consecutive [[Directors Guild of America Award]]s for his commercial work in 2018 and 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dga.org/News/PressReleases/2019/190202-DGA-Awards-Winners.aspx|title=71st Annual DGA Awards Winners -|website=www.dga.org|date=February 2, 2019 |language=en|access-date=January 26, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dga.org/News/PressReleases/2020/200125-DGA-Awards-Winners.aspx|title=72nd Annual DGA Awards Winners -|website=www.dga.org|date=January 25, 2020 |language=en|access-date=January 26, 2020}}</ref>