Michel Gondry, born may 8th 1963, began his videography career by directing music videos. It was only natural for him to progress on to making short films, and eventually feature films.
He began making music videos in his native country france in 1988, but had previously made two short films in the two previous years; L'expedition fatale, and Jazzmosphère. Since then he has directed dozens of videos for artists including – Daft Punk and Kanye West.
One of his most experimental, and weird, projects was a short 1 minute film called pecan pie; starring Jim Carrey. The short film is about a man singing like elvis driving a car (that’s actually a bed) and he goes to a petrol station to be refuelled. The lighting used seems to be the natural light from the surroundings, and the shots used are very simple to further enhance the simplicity of the film and idea. However, the concept is quite effective and makes the film easier to understand but at the same time make it more wacky and outlandish.
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