Spike Lee
Directing
Born: Mar 20, 1957
From: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Credits: 30 titles
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé | Self | 2022 | — |
| Sidney | Self | 2022 | 7.4 |
| Denzel Washington: A Model American | Self | 2022 | 7.2 |
| Be Truly Free | Narrator (voice) | 2017 | — |
| Champs | Self | 2015 | 6.5 |
| Do The Right Thing 25 Year Anniversary A Beats Music Experience | self | 2014 | — |
| Brooklyn Boheme | Self | 2012 | 6.8 |
| Bad 25 | Self | 2012 | 7.3 |
| Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ | Self | 2012 | 5.0 |
| Red Hook Summer | Mr. Mookie | 2012 | 5.4 |
| Guest | Self | 2011 | 6.0 |
| Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. The New York Knicks | Self | 2010 | 7.6 |
| 40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight | Self | 2008 | — |
| Street Fight | Self | 2005 | 6.879 |
| By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' | Self | 2005 | 6.0 |
| The Evolution of an American Filmmaker | Self | 2003 | 7.25 |
| New York at the Movies | Self | 2002 | 9.0 |
| When We Were Kings | Self | 1996 | 7.578 |
| Girl 6 | Jimmy | 1996 | 5.013 |
| Crooklyn | Snuffy | 1994 | 6.8 |
| The Last Party | Self | 1993 | 5.222 |
| Malcolm X | Shorty | 1992 | 7.55 |
| Jungle Fever | Cyrus | 1991 | 6.407 |
| MTV's 10th Anniversary Special | Self | 1991 | — |
| Sous les marches du palais | Self | 1991 | — |
| Lonely in America | Spike Lee (Newsstand Customer) (uncredited) | 1990 | 4.429 |
| Mo' Better Blues | Giant | 1990 | 6.483 |
| Do the Right Thing | Mookie | 1989 | 7.766 |
| School Daze | Darrell 'Half-Pint' Dunlap | 1988 | 5.699 |
| She's Gotta Have It | Mars Blackmon | 1986 | 6.639 |
| Known for | Directing |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1957 |
| From | Atlanta, Georgia, USA |