Spike Lee

Spike Lee

Spike Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American filmmaker and actor. He was born Shelton Lee in Atlanta, Georgia. At a very young age, he moved from pre-civil rights Georgia, to Brooklyn, New York. His father was a jazz musician, and his mother, a school teacher. His mother dubbed him Spike, due to his tough nature. He attended school in Morehouse College in Atlanta and developed his film making skills at Clark Atlanta University. After graduating, he went to the Tisch School of Arts graduate film program. He made a controversial short, The Answer (1980), a reworking of D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation (1915) -- a ten-minute film. Lee went on to produce a 45-minute film Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads (1983), which won a student academy award. Lee's next film, "The Messenger," in 1984, was somewhat biographical. In 1986, Spike Lee made the film, She's Gotta Have It (1986), a comedy about sexual relationships. The movie was made for 175,000 dollars, and made seven million. Since then, Lee has become a well-known, intelligent, and talented film maker. His next movie was School Daze (1988), which was set in a historically black school and focused mostly on the conflict between the school and the Fraternities, of which he was a strong critic, portraying them as materialistic, irresponsible, and uncaring. Lee went on to do his landmark film, Do the Right Thing (1989), a movie specifically about his own town in Brooklyn, New York. The movie garnered an Oscar nomination, for Danny Aiello, for supporting actor. It also sparked a debate on racial relations. Lee went on to produce the jazz biopic Mo' Better Blues (1990) which showed his talent for directing and acting, and was the first of many Spike Lee films to feature Denzel Washington. His next film, Jungle Fever (1991), was about interracial dating. Lee's handling of the subject proved yet again highly controversial. Lee's next film was the self-titled biography of Malcolm X (1992), which had Denzel Washington portraying the civil rights leader. The movie was a success, and resulted in an Oscar nomination for Washington. His next films were the comparatively light, Crooklyn (1994), and the intense crime drama, Clockers (1995). In 1996, Lee directed two movies: the badly received comedy, Girl 6 (1996), and the politically pointed, Get on the Bus (1996), about a group of men going to the Million Man March. His next film, He Got Game (1998), proved to be another excursion into the collegiate world as he shows the darker side of recruiting college athletes. The movie, in limited release, yet again featured Denzel Washington. In 2000 came Bamboozled which made a mockery out of television and the way African-Americans are perceived by white America and the way African-Americans perceive themselves. The movie, however, was a resounding critical success. Lee also has produced films like New Jersey Drive (1995), Tales from the Hood (1995), and Drop Squad (1994). He also has produced and or directed movies about Huey P. Newton, Jim Brown, and has commented in many documentaries about varied subjects. Lee is an obsessive New York Knicks fan. He and his wife, Tonya Lewis Lee, have two children.
Known For: Directing
Birthday: 1957-03-20
Place of Birth: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Also Known As: Спайк Ли, سبايك لي, 스파이크 리, スパイク・リー, สไปค์ ลี, 史派克·李, Σπάικ Λι

Movies List of Spike Lee

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Do the Right Thing

1989 Movie
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Jungle Fever

1991 Movie
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When We Were Kings

1996 Movie
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Malcolm X

1992 Movie
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Lonely in America

1990 Movie
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Crooklyn

1994 Movie
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She's Gotta Have It

1986 Movie
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Street Fight

2005 Movie
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Mo' Better Blues

1990 Movie
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Girl 6

1996 Movie
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Brooklyn Boheme

2012 Movie
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Bad 25

2012 Movie
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Seen It All

2022 Movie
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Be Truly Free

2017 Movie
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Sidney

2022 Movie
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Guest

2011 Movie
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School Daze

1988 Movie
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The Last Party

1993 Movie
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Plankton Salesmen

2017 Movie
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Champs

2015 Movie
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Red Hook Summer

2012 Movie
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3 A.M.

2001 Movie
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4 Little Girls

1997 Movie
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Number 4

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Birth of a Movement

2017 Movie
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Lisa Picard Is Famous

2000 Movie
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Clockers

1995 Movie
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Pixote In Memoriam

2007 Movie
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A Man's Story

2011 Movie
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First Works

1989 Movie
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Summer of Sam

1999 Movie
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PoliWood

2009 Movie
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Kobe Doin' Work

2009 Movie
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Decade

1989 Movie
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Farewell, Babylon!

1993 Movie
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Below the Rim

1995 Movie
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Through the Fire

2005 Movie
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Lights, Action, Music

2007 Movie
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The Universal Story

1996 Movie
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Hoop Dreams

1994 Movie
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A Century of Cinema

1994 Movie
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Four Days in October

2010 Movie