Directing · b. 1957 · Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Spike Lee

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...

Directed

Highest 2 Lowest 2025 Da 5 Bloods 2020 David Byrne's American Utopia 2020 New York New York 2020 3 Brothers: Radio Raheem, Eric Garner and George Floyd 2020 Land of the Free 2019 BlacKkKlansman 2018 Pass Over 2018 Be Truly Free 2017 Rodney King 2017 Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall 2016 2 Fists Up 2016 Da Sweet Blood of Jesus 2015 Chi-Raq 2015 Ray Allen/AKA- Jesus Shuttlesworth 2015 NBA 2K16’s Livin’ Da Dream: A Spike Lee Joint 2015 Spike Lee's Lil' Joints: The Greatest Catch Ever 2015 Jerrod Carmichael: Love at the Store 2014 Throw Like A Girl 2014 Katt Williams: Priceless: Afterlife 2014 I Can't Breathe 2014 Amex Unstaged Pharrell Williams Live at the Apollo 2014 Do The Right Thing 25 Year Anniversary A Beats Music Experience 2014 Oldboy 2013 Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth 2013 Red Hook Summer 2012 Bad 25 2012 Kobe Doin' Work 2009 Passing Strange 2009 Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later 2009 Miracle at St. Anna 2008 Inside Man 2006 All the Invisible Children 2006 Jesus Children of America 2005 She Hate Me 2004 Sucker Free City 2004 25th Hour 2002 Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet 2002 Jim Brown: All-American 2002 A Huey P. Newton Story 2001 The Concert for New York City 2001 Come Rain or Come Shine 2001 The Making of 'Bamboozled' 2001 The Original Kings of Comedy 2000 Bamboozled 2000 One Morning All Over the World 2000 Bernie Mac: Live from Charlotte 2000 Summer of Sam 1999 Pavarotti & Friends 99 for Guatemala and Kosovo 1999 He Got Game 1998 John Leguizamo: Freak 1998 Pavarotti & Friends - For the Children of Liberia 1998 HIStory on Film, Volume II 1997 4 Little Girls 1997 Girl 6 1996 Get on the Bus 1996 Clockers 1995 Lumière & Company 1995 Crooklyn 1994 Malcolm X 1992 Prince and the N.P.G.: Diamonds and Pearls Video Collection 1992 Jungle Fever 1991 Mo' Better Blues 1990 Spike Lee Presents Mike Tyson 1990 Do the Right Thing 1989 School Daze 1988 She's Gotta Have It 1986 Horn of Plenty 1986 Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads 1983 Sarah 1981 The Answer 1980

Cinematography

Come Rain or Come Shine 2001 The Concert for New York City 2001

Acting

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music Self (archive footage) 2025 Samuel L. Jackson: Did I Stutter? self 2023 The Moviemakers: Spike Lee Self 2023 A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé Self 2022 Sidney Self 2022 Denzel Washington: A Model American Self 2022 Gold Blooded Self 2022 Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist Self 2021 A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks Self 2021 Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists Self 2018 Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1 Self 2018 Birth of a Movement Self 2017 Plankton Salesmen Self (archive footage) 2017 Champs Self 2015 French Cinema Mon Amour Self 2015 Director Spike Lee's New York City Self 2015 We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama 2014 Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee Self 2014 Brooklyn Boheme Self 2012 Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ Self 2012 Guest Self 2011 A Man's Story Self 2011 On the Shoulders of Giants 2011 Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. The New York Knicks Self 2010 Four Days in October Self (archive footage) 2010 PoliWood Self 2009 40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight Self 2008 Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies 2008 Pixote In Memoriam Self 2007 Lights, Action, Music Self 2007

Other Credits

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