Head over to Defgrip to check out a post on Spike Jonze. They have a couple of his videos and stuff from YouTube in there.You may know the name or know some of the stuff Spike's done but it really is worth checking out because his Filmography is insane!
I first noticed him as the director of the Blind skate video "Video Days". Then of course he started to come up after directing the Beastie Boys' video "Sabotage". Then in 1999 he won a bunch of awards for the Fatboy Slim video "Praise You".
In 2003 he directed most of the "Yeah Right" skate video which really took skatevid production to a whole new level. He incorporated motion control cameras, greenscreen compositing, and other special effects.
Well, here's a clip from Yeah Right that has Owen Wilson, Mike Caroll, and Eric Koston in it. There are no special effects in it but see if you can figure out how Owen Wilson is able to do a bluntslide down this rail.... Definitely worth a look (I promise it is NOT Owen skating)!
-- if you can't figure it out leave me a comment and I will tell you.
Spike Jonze Wikipedia entry
Oh Yeah, get out from behind the computer and go ride!!
