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Michel Gondry is one of the most acclaimed and respected video directors in the industry. While studying at a French art school when he began directing videos for the band Oui Oui (in which he drummed). The clip's success attracted other bands, and it wasn't long before he was working internationally. In '93 Gondry met pop singer Bjork, commencing one of his longest and most successful creative relationships. The first collaboration, the video for Human Behavior, won practically every existing music video award. Gondry went on to helm another five of Bjork's videos, including Joga and Bachelorette, while also collaborating with a wide-range of artists such as The Rolling Stones, Beck, Kylie Minogue, Daft Punk, Chemical Brothers, Foo Fighters, Lenny Kravitz, Sheryl Crow and Cibo Matto. Michel Gondry is also responsible for one of the most recognisable film clips ever, The White Stripes' Fell In Love with a Girl in which Lego was given life. Michel's most recent triumph was his work as director on the much lauded Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind starring Jim Carey and Kate Winslet.
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