Back when he was still Adam Spiegel, Jonze was born and raised in Rockville and Bethesda Maryland - and later, in Gulph Mills, Pennsylvania.

He first got into skateboarding in Rockville.

"It was billed as 'Break dancing on wheels! It's gymnastics! It's an art form!' " says Mark Lewman.

"So naturally, it attracted the cream-of-the-crop weirdos, losers, and sociopathic kids. They were doing their own 'zines and setting up their own local shows."