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Спайк Ли, سبايك لي, 스파이크 리, スパイク・リー, สไปค์ ลี, 史派克·李, Σπάικ Λι, اسپایک لی, Shelton Jackson Lee
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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.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1957-03-20
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- school Known for: Directing
- star Popularity: 2.2
- info Birth Place Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Spike Lee
7.8
Do the Right Thing
1989-06-14
6.4
Jungle Fever
1991-06-07
7.5
When We Were Kings
1996-10-25
7.6
Malcolm X
1992-11-18
4
Lonely in America
1990-09-30
6.8
Crooklyn
1994-05-13
6.7
She's Gotta Have It
1986-08-08
6.8
Street Fight
2005-04-23
6.5
Mo' Better Blues
1990-08-03
5
Girl 6
1996-03-22
6.8
Brooklyn Boheme
2012-02-27
7.3
Bad 25
2012-11-22
7.3
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
2003-05-20
10
New York at the Movies
2002-07-07
0
Seen It All
2022-05-16
0
A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé
2022-05-17
0
Be Truly Free
2017-03-01
7.7
Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. The New York Knicks
2010-03-14
7.6
Sidney
2022-09-10
6
Guest
2011-03-25
5
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
2005-02-08
5.7
School Daze
1988-02-12
4.9
The Last Party
1993-08-27
0
MTV's 10th Anniversary Special
1991-06-06
5
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012-06-07
0
40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight
2008-05-18
0
Do The Right Thing 25 Year Anniversary A Beats Music Experience
0
Sous les marches du palais
1991-09-14
7.2
Denzel Washington: A Model American
2022-10-15
6.5
Champs
2015-03-13
0
Be A Part of It
2024-04-04
5.4
Red Hook Summer
2012-08-10
7.4
Michael Jordan to the Max
2000-05-05
5.3
French Cinema Mon Amour
2015-07-06
5.8
3 A.M.
2001-07-01
7.2
4 Little Girls
1997-07-09
7
How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)
2005-04-07
6.7
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
1989-11-03
6.4
Birth of a Movement
2017-02-06
0
Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation
2005-06-07
4.3
Lisa Picard Is Famous
2000-05-14
5.2
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
1996-11-17
6.8
Clockers
1995-09-15
5.8
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
2004-10-28
7
Pixote In Memoriam
2007-10-30
0
Seven Songs for Malcolm X
1993-10-01
6.9
A Man's Story
2011-10-08
0
First Works
1989-10-10
6.5
Summer of Sam
1999-06-28
7.1
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
2018-11-15
6.5
PoliWood
2009-07-03
8
It's Black Entertainment
2002-02-08
7
Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
2009-06-30
5
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
2004-10-28
1
The Making of 'Bamboozled'
2001-04-17
6.5
Kobe Doin' Work
2009-05-16
7
Decade
1989-12-09
10
Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella
1990-01-01
0
Farewell, Babylon!
1993-08-28
6.8
Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1
2018-04-22
0
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
2014-02-11
8
Below the Rim
1995-01-01
0
Director Spike Lee's New York City
2015-04-10
6.9
Through the Fire
2005-01-01
7
Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies
2008-01-20
7
Lights, Action, Music
2007-08-06
1.5
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014-06-22
0
Branford Marsalis: Steep
1991-01-04
7.7
The Universal Story
1996-04-21
6.3
On the Shoulders of Giants
2011-02-11
0
Our Hollywood Education
1992-05-28
7.6
Hoop Dreams
1994-09-12
8
A Century of Cinema
1994-01-01
0
Ray Allen/AKA- Jesus Shuttlesworth
2015-02-06
10
The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'
2002-01-09
8.2
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
2021-04-17
6.8
A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks
2021-06-18
0
Public Enemy: Fight the Power... Live!
1989-01-01
10
Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers
2004-08-01
6.5
Four Days in October
2010-10-05
9
Samuel L. Jackson: Did I Stutter?
2023-07-08
6.9
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
2016-02-06
7.9
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025-01-27
2.8
Drop Squad
1994-10-28
0
Gold Blooded
2022-09-27
0
Plankton Salesmen
2017-10-29
6.3
Lumière & Company
1995-12-20
7.5
Inside the Actors Studio
1994-08-14
7.4
Pretend It's a City
2021-01-08
4.3
The View
1997-08-11
7
Ghostwriter
1992-10-03
4.9
Tamron Hall
2019-09-09
7
Ghostwriter
1992-10-03
6.2
The Early Show
1999-11-01
7.6
In Living Color
1990-04-15
6
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003-02-21
6.2
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015-09-08
5
Dear...
2020-06-05
5
Johnny Vaughan Tonight
2002-01-07
7.4
Basketball: A Love Story
2018-09-18
6.6
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010-03-05
5.9
This Is Pop
2021-03-06
7
Saturday Night Live
1975-10-11
6.4
The Daily Show
1996-07-22
7
Saturday Night Live
1975-10-11
4.2
The Chris Rock Show
1997-02-07
5.9
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014-02-17
7.3
They Call Me Magic
2022-04-21
7.5
Yo! MTV Raps
1988-09-21
0
It's the Shoes
2005-06-21
6.2
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015-08-02
5.1
Desus & Mero
2019-02-21
6.3
She's Gotta Have It
2017-11-23
7.1
The Oscars
1953-03-19
5.8
Great Performances
1971-01-28
0
Directors on Directors
2021-03-03
6.3
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973-04-02
8.2
Mr. Scorsese
2025-10-16
5.5
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003-01-26
5.3
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014-02-25
5.7
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003-09-08
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5.7
Inside Man
2006-03-17
5.7
Be Truly Free
2017-03-01
5.7
25th Hour
2002-12-19
5.7
25th Hour
2002-12-19
5.7
Summer of Sam
1999-06-28
5.7
Jungle Fever
1991-06-07
5.7
Jungle Fever
1991-06-07
5.7
Malcolm X
1992-11-18
5.7
Malcolm X
1992-11-18
5.7
Do the Right Thing
1989-06-14
5.7
Do the Right Thing
1989-06-14
5.7
Boner
5.7
Boner
5.7
She Hate Me
2004-07-30
5.7
Kobe Doin' Work
2009-05-16
5.7
Kobe Doin' Work
2009-05-16
5.7
HIStory on Film, Volume II
1997-05-20
5.7
Clockers
1995-09-15
5.7
Clockers
1995-09-15
5.7
The Original Kings of Comedy
2000-08-18
5.7
Passing Strange
2009-08-21
5.7
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
2002-05-18
5.7
All the Invisible Children
2006-03-03
5.7
A Huey P. Newton Story
2001-06-18
5.7
Bamboozled
2000-10-06
5.7
Miracle at St. Anna
2008-09-15
5.7
He Got Game
1998-05-01
5.7
He Got Game
1998-05-01
5.7
He Got Game
1998-05-01
5.7
Jim Brown: All-American
2002-03-22
5.7
Jim Brown: All-American
2002-03-22
5.7
4 Little Girls
1997-07-09
5.7
4 Little Girls
1997-07-09
5.7
Crooklyn
1994-05-13
5.7
She's Gotta Have It
1986-08-08
5.7
She's Gotta Have It
1986-08-08
5.7
Mo' Better Blues
1990-08-03
5.7
Mo' Better Blues
1990-08-03
5.7
School Daze
1988-02-12
5.7
School Daze
1988-02-12
5.7
John Leguizamo: Freak
1998-10-10
5.7
Girl 6
1996-03-22
5.7
Sucker Free City
2004-09-16
5.7
Lumière & Company
1995-12-20
5.7
Genesis | Come Rain or Shine
2008-05-20
5.7
Get on the Bus
1996-10-16
5.7
Red Hook Summer
2012-08-10
5.7
Da 5 Bloods
2020-06-12
5.7
Oldboy
2013-11-14
5.7
Boner
5.7
Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads
1983-03-27
5.7
Bad 25
2012-11-22
5.7
You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You
2012-07-10
5.7
BlacKkKlansman
2018-08-09
5.7
Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth
2013-12-01
5.7
Seen It All
2022-05-16
5.7
You Resemble Me
2022-11-04
5.7
In Freedom
2023-10-25
5.7
Dirty Hands
2014-04-17
5.7
Miracle at St. Anna
2008-09-15
5.7
Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth
2013-12-01
5.7
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus
2015-02-13
5.7
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus
2015-02-13
5.7
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus
2015-02-13
5.7
Jerrod Carmichael: Love at the Store
2014-10-04
5.7
Throw Like A Girl
2014-10-21
5.7
Drop Squad
1994-10-28
5.7
Katt Williams: Priceless: Afterlife
2014-08-16
5.7
School Daze
1988-02-12
5.7
Tales from the Hood
1995-05-24
5.7
The Girl Is in Trouble
2015-03-12
5.7
Chi-Raq
2015-12-04
5.7
Chi-Raq
2015-12-04
5.7
Stop
2015-01-23
5.7
Summer of Sam
1999-06-28
5.7
Summer of Sam
1999-06-28
5.7
Malcolm X
1992-11-18
5.7
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
2016-02-06
5.7
Love & Basketball
2000-04-21
5.7
Red Hook Summer
2012-08-10
5.7
3 A.M.
2001-07-01
5.7
Suspect
1991-01-01
5.7
All the Invisible Children
2006-03-03
5.7
Highest 2 Lowest
2025-08-14
5.7
Highest 2 Lowest
2025-08-14
5.7
3 A.M.
2001-07-01
5.7
Red Hook Summer
2012-08-10
5.7
Pass Over
2018-01-26
5.7
She's Gotta Have It
1986-08-08
5.7
She's Gotta Have It
1986-08-08
5.7
Chi-Raq
2015-12-04
5.7
F*ck That Guy
2024-06-12
5.7
Prince and the N.P.G.: Diamonds and Pearls Video Collection
1992-10-06
5.7
Bamboozled
2000-10-06
5.7
Rodney King
2017-04-28
5.7
Rodney King
2017-04-28
5.7
Bamboozled
2000-10-06
5.7
Mo' Better Blues
1990-08-03
5.7
I Can't Breathe
2014-01-01
5.7
BlacKkKlansman
2018-08-09
5.7
She Hate Me
2004-07-30
5.7
Pass Over
2018-01-26
5.7
One Morning All Over the World
2000-01-01
5.7
Clockers
1995-09-15
5.7
I Can't Breathe
2014-01-01
5.7
Pariah
2011-12-27
5.7
BlacKkKlansman
2018-08-09
5.7
2 Fists Up
2016-05-31
5.7
2 Fists Up
2016-05-31
5.7
Come Rain or Come Shine
2001-10-20
5.7
Crooklyn
1994-05-13
5.7
Crooklyn
1994-05-13
5.7
Tales from the Hood 2
2018-07-13
5.7
The Black 14
2018-03-01
5.7
The Concert for New York City
2001-10-20
5.7
PUNTER
2024-08-12
5.7
Bernie Mac: Live from Charlotte
2000-06-01
5.7
Spike Lee Presents Mike Tyson
1990-12-08
5.7
Land of the Free
2019-01-15
5.7
Da 5 Bloods
2020-06-12
5.7
Da 5 Bloods
2020-06-12
5.7
4 Little Girls
1997-07-09
5.7
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
2002-05-18
5.7
Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads
1983-03-27
5.7
See You Yesterday
2019-05-03
5.7
Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads
1983-03-27
5.7
Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads
1983-03-27
5.7
The Original Kings of Comedy
2000-08-18
5.7
Girl 6
1996-03-22
5.7
Amazing Grace
2018-12-07
5.7
Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
2009-06-30
5.7
Saint John of Las Vegas
2010-01-29
5.7
Come Rain or Come Shine
2001-10-20
5.7
David Byrne's American Utopia
2020-09-10
5.7
David Byrne's American Utopia
2020-09-10
5.7
Pavarotti & Friends - For the Children of Liberia
1998-06-09
5.7
Pavarotti & Friends 99 for Guatemala and Kosovo
1999-06-01
5.7
Do the Right Thing
1989-06-14
5.7
New York New York
2020-05-07
5.7
She Hate Me
2004-07-30
5.7
Katt Williams: Priceless: Afterlife
2014-08-16
5.7
The Answer
1980-10-01
5.7
Horn of Plenty
1986-10-18
5.7
Sarah
1981-01-01
5.7
Horn of Plenty
1986-10-18
5.7
The Making of 'Bamboozled'
2001-04-17
5.7
Jesus Children of America
2005-11-06
5.7
Amex Unstaged Pharrell Williams Live at the Apollo
2014-06-03
5.7
Time 2 Surrender
2018-05-01
5.7
Ray Allen/AKA- Jesus Shuttlesworth
2015-02-06
5.7
Cherish
2018-11-30
5.7
Cronies
2015-01-25
5.7
Evolution of a Criminal
2014-03-08
5.7
Doubles with Slight Pepper
2011-09-12
5.7
Nigerian Prince
2018-04-24
5.7
Touched with Fire
2016-02-12
5.7
Home Invaders
2001-08-02
5.7
Good Fences
2003-01-22
5.7
New Jersey Drive
1995-04-19
5.7
The Best Man
1999-10-22
5.7
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
2005-06-24
5.7
One Night
2012-04-19
5.7
Get on the Bus
1996-10-16
5.7
Jungle Fever
1991-06-07
5.7
Son of the South
2021-02-05
5.7
Tales from the Hood 3
2020-10-06
5.7
3 Brothers: Radio Raheem, Eric Garner and George Floyd
2020-05-31
5.7
Gordon Hemingway & the Realm of Cthulhu
5.7
Nervous Energy
2025-03-08
5.7
Liberty
5.7
In Between Storms
2025-03-08
5.7
How I Learned to Die
2025-06-06
5.7
Talk Me
2025-05-22
5.7
The Concert for New York City
2001-10-20
5.7
Off-Time
2022-06-09
5.7
Brownies
2024-10-26
5.7
From Sidney, with Love
2025-08-30
5.7
The Truck
2024-08-29
5.7
Megadoc
2025-09-19
5.7
The Voice of Hind Rajab
2025-09-10
5.7
Shark
2006-09-21
5.7
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
2006-08-21
5.7
Miracle's Boys
2005-02-18
5.7
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
2006-08-21
5.7
If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise
2010-08-23
5.7
She's Gotta Have It
2017-11-23
5.7
She's Gotta Have It
2017-11-23
5.7
If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise
2010-08-23
5.7
NYC Epicenters 9/11➔2021½
2021-08-22
5.7
NYC Epicenters 9/11➔2021½
2021-08-22
5.7
The Captain
2022-07-18
5.7
Katrina: Come Hell and High Water
2025-08-27
5.7
Katrina: Come Hell and High Water
2025-08-27
5.7
She's Gotta Have It
2017-11-23
5.7
If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise
2010-08-23
5.7
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
2006-08-21