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Spike Lee
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1957-03-20,Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American filmmaker and actor. His work has continually explored race relations, issues within the black community, the role of media in contemporary life, urban crime and poverty, and other political issues. Lee received numerous accolades for his work, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Peabody Awards as well as nominations for three Golden Globe Awards and a Grammy Award. Lee studied filmmaking at both Morehouse College and the New York University Tisch School of the Arts, where he directed his student film Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads (1983), which won a Student Academy Award. He later founded the production company 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, where he has produced more than 35 films. He made his directorial debut with the comedy She's Gotta Have It (1986). He received widespread critical acclaim for the drama Do the Right Thing (1989), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He directed the historical epic Malcolm X (1992), earning the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. With the biographical crime dramedy BlacKkKlansman (2018), he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and the Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix Award. He has also written and directed films such as School Daze (1988), Mo' Better Blues (1990), Jungle Fever (1991), Crooklyn (1994), Clockers (1995), Bamboozled (2000), 25th Hour (2002), Inside Man (2006), Chi-Raq (2015), Da 5 Bloods (2020), and Highest 2 Lowest (2025). Lee has also acted in eleven of his feature films. He is also known for directing numerous documentary projects, including 4 Little Girls (1997), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film. He directed the HBO series When the Levees Broke (2006), which won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program and Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking. He also directed the HBO documentary If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise (2010) and the David Byrne concert film American Utopia (2020). Lee has received several honours, including the Honorary BAFTA Award in 2002, an Honorary César in 2003, the Academy Honorary Award in 2015, and the National Medal of Arts in 2023. Five of his films have been selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". He has received a Gala Tribute from the Film Society of Lincoln Center as well as the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize. His films have featured breakthrough performances from actors such as Denzel Washington, Laurence Fishburne, Samuel L. Jackson, Giancarlo Esposito, Rosie Perez, Delroy Lindo, John Turturro, and John David Washington. Description above from the Wikipedia article Spike Lee, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Do the Right Thing

7.765

Do the Right Thing
1989-06-14

6.4

Jungle Fever
1991-06-07

When We Were Kings

7.575

When We Were Kings
1996-10-25

7.6

Malcolm X
1992-11-18

Lonely in America

4.4

Lonely in America
1990-09-30

6.8

Crooklyn
1994-05-13

She's Gotta Have It

6.633

She's Gotta Have It
1986-08-08

6.879

Street Fight
2005-04-23

Mo' Better Blues

6.483

Mo' Better Blues
1990-08-03

5.012

Girl 6
1996-03-22

Brooklyn Boheme

6.8

Brooklyn Boheme
2012-02-27

7.3

Bad 25
2012-10-19

The Evolution of an American Filmmaker

7.25

The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
2003-05-20

New York at the Movies

9

New York at the Movies
2002-07-07

A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé

0

A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé
2022-05-17

0

Be Truly Free
2017-03-01

Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. The New York Knicks

7.672

Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. The New York Knicks
2010-03-14

7.267

Sidney
2022-09-10

6

Guest
2011-03-25

By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'

6

By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
2005-02-08

5.7

School Daze
1988-02-12

5.222

The Last Party
1993-08-27

MTV's 10th Anniversary Special

0

MTV's 10th Anniversary Special
1991-06-06

Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’

5

Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012-06-07

40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight

0

40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight
2008-05-18

Do The Right Thing 25 Year Anniversary A Beats Music Experience

0

Do The Right Thing 25 Year Anniversary A Beats Music Experience
2014-08-20

Sous les marches du palais

0

Sous les marches du palais
1991-09-14

Denzel Washington: A Model American

7.2

Denzel Washington: A Model American
2022-10-15

6.319

Champs
2015-03-13

Red Hook Summer

5.4

Red Hook Summer
2012-08-17

Michael Jordan to the Max

7.459

Michael Jordan to the Max
2000-05-05

French Cinema Mon Amour

5.2

French Cinema Mon Amour
2015-07-06

5.75

3 A.M.
2001-07-01

7.2

4 Little Girls
1997-07-09

How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)

7.2

How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)
2005-04-07

Making 'Do the Right Thing'

6.875

Making 'Do the Right Thing'
1989-11-03

Birth of a Movement

6.4

Birth of a Movement
2017-02-06

Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation

0

Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation
2005-06-07

Lisa Picard Is Famous

4.636

Lisa Picard Is Famous
2000-05-14

The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money

5.545

The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
1996-11-17

6.705

Clockers
1995-09-15

Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'

5.8

Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
2004-10-28

Pixote In Memoriam

7.5

Pixote In Memoriam
2007-10-30

Seven Songs for Malcolm X

10

Seven Songs for Malcolm X
1993-10-01

6.9

A Man's Story
2011-10-08

7

First Works
1989-10-10

6.486

Summer of Sam
1999-06-28

Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists

7.1

Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
2018-11-15

6.5

PoliWood
2009-07-03

It's Black Entertainment

8.667

It's Black Entertainment
2002-02-08

Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later

7

Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
2009-06-30

No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat

5.833

No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
2004-10-28

The Making of 'Bamboozled'

5.5

The Making of 'Bamboozled'
2001-04-17

Kobe Doin' Work

6.5

Kobe Doin' Work
2009-05-16

8.5

Decade
1989-12-09

Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella

10

Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella
1990-01-01

Farewell, Babylon!

0

Farewell, Babylon!
1993-08-28

Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1

6.8

Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1
2018-04-22

We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama

0

We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
2014-02-11

8

Below the Rim
1995-01-01

Director Spike Lee's New York City

0

Director Spike Lee's New York City
2015-04-10

Through the Fire

7.083

Through the Fire
2005-01-01

Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies

7

Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies
2008-01-20

Lights, Action, Music

7

Lights, Action, Music
2007-08-06

Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

1.5

Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014-06-22

Branford Marsalis: Steep

0

Branford Marsalis: Steep
1991-01-04

The Universal Story

8

The Universal Story
1996-04-21

On the Shoulders of Giants

6.3

On the Shoulders of Giants
2011-02-11

Our Hollywood Education

8

Our Hollywood Education
1992-05-28

7.587

Hoop Dreams
1994-09-12

A Century of Cinema

8.333

A Century of Cinema
1994-01-01

Ray Allen/AKA- Jesus Shuttlesworth

0

Ray Allen/AKA- Jesus Shuttlesworth
2015-02-06

The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'

9

The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'
2002-01-09

Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist

8

Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
2021-04-17

A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks

6.85

A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks
2021-06-18

Public Enemy: Fight the Power... Live!

0

Public Enemy: Fight the Power... Live!
1989-01-01

Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers

10

Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers
2004-08-01

Four Days in October

6.6

Four Days in October
2010-10-05

Samuel L. Jackson: Did I Stutter?

9

Samuel L. Jackson: Did I Stutter?
2023-07-08

Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall

7.013

Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
2016-01-24

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

7.75

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025-01-27

3.5

Drop Squad
1994-10-28

0

Gold Blooded
2022-09-27

Plankton Salesmen

0

Plankton Salesmen
2017-10-29

Lumière & Company

6.3

Lumière & Company
1995-12-20

Spike Lee's Lil' Joints: The Greatest Catch Ever

0

Spike Lee's Lil' Joints: The Greatest Catch Ever
2015-07-07

The Moviemakers: Spike Lee

0

The Moviemakers: Spike Lee
2023-01-01

Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella

0

Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella
1990-05-10

NBA 2K16’s Livin’ Da Dream: A Spike Lee Joint

0

NBA 2K16’s Livin’ Da Dream: A Spike Lee Joint
2015-09-25

The 51st AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy

0

The 51st AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy
2026-05-31

Inside the Actors Studio

7.625

Inside the Actors Studio
1994-08-14

Pretend It's a City

7.4

Pretend It's a City
2021-01-08

4.4

The View
1997-08-11

7.188

Ghostwriter
1992-10-03

4.7

Tamron Hall
2019-09-09

7.188

Ghostwriter
1992-10-03

6.333

The Early Show
1999-11-01

Real Time with Bill Maher

6.048

Real Time with Bill Maher
2003-02-21

In Living Color

7.6

In Living Color
1990-04-15

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

6.1

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015-09-08

5

Dear...
2020-06-05

Johnny Vaughan Tonight

7

Johnny Vaughan Tonight
2002-01-07

Basketball: A Love Story

7.3

Basketball: A Love Story
2018-09-18

Who Do You Think You Are?

6.8

Who Do You Think You Are?
2010-03-05

5.9

This Is Pop
2021-03-06

Saturday Night Live

6.938

Saturday Night Live
1975-10-11

6.414

The Daily Show
1996-07-22

Saturday Night Live

6.938

Saturday Night Live
1975-10-11

The Chris Rock Show

4.6

The Chris Rock Show
1997-02-07

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

5.849

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014-02-17

They Call Me Magic

7.2

They Call Me Magic
2022-04-21

7.5

Yo! MTV Raps
1988-09-21

0

It's the Shoes
2005-06-21

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

6.2

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015-08-02

5.1

Desus & Mero
2019-02-21

She's Gotta Have It

6.3

She's Gotta Have It
2017-11-23

7

The Oscars
1953-03-19

Great Performances

6.1

Great Performances
1971-01-28

Directors on Directors

0

Directors on Directors
2021-03-03

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

6.3

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973-04-02

8.1

Mr. Scorsese
2025-10-16

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

5.396

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003-01-26

Late Night with Seth Meyers

5.2

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014-02-25

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

5.622

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003-09-08

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

5.849

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014-02-17

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

7.3

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993-09-13

Late Show with David Letterman

6.439

Late Show with David Letterman
1993-08-30

7

The Oscars
1953-03-19

Hollywood Black

9

Hollywood Black
2024-08-11