Spike Lee

Director | Producer | Writer

Spike Lee was born Shelton Jackson Lee on March 20, 1957, in Atlanta, Georgia. At a very young age,...

Born: March 20, 1957

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Filmography

Known For

Do the Right Thing Director (1989)
Malcolm X Director (1992)
She's Gotta Have It Director (1986)
Known For

BlacKkKlansman Director (2018)
Director

Coach: Words Matter (2019)
BlacKkKlansman (2018)
Pass Over (2018)
Brave, Visions for Moncler (2017)
She's Gotta Have It (2017)
Rodney King (2017)
Spike Lee's Lil Joints (2015-2016)
Wake Up (2016)
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall (2016)
Kevon Carter: We Gotta Do Better (2015)
Chi-Raq (2015)
NBA 2K16 (2015)
Go Brasil Go! (2014)
Mo'ne Davis: I Throw Like a Girl (2014)
Jerrod Carmichael: Love at the Store (2014)
Katt Williams: Priceless: Afterlife (2014)
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus (2014)
Kelly Rowland: The Game (2014)
Amex Unstaged Pharrell Williams Live at the Apollo (2014)
Eminem Feat. Nate Ruess: Headlights (2014)
Arena Brasileira: Official Video Clip (2013)
Oldboy (2013)
Bad 25 (2012)
Red Hook Summer (2012)
Da Brick (2011)
If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise (2010)
Michael Jackson: This Is It (2009)
Kobe Doin' Work (2009)
Passing Strange (2009)
Great Performances (1998-2009)
Miracle at St. Anna (2008)
M.O.N.Y. (2007)
Lovers & Haters (2007)
Shark (2006)
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (2006)
Inside Man (2006)
All the Invisible Children (2005)
Jesus Children of America (2005)
Miracle's Boys (2005)
Sucker Free City (2004)
She Hate Me (2004)
25th Hour (2002)
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002)
Jim Brown: All American (2002)
Come Rain or Come Shine (2001)
The Concert for New York City (2001)
A Huey P. Newton Story (2001)
The Making of 'Bamboozled' (2001)
Un matin partout dans le monde (2000)
Bamboozled (2000)
The Original Kings of Comedy (2000)
And Ya Don't Stop: Hip Hop's Greatest Videos, Vol. 1 (2000)
Pavarotti & Friends 99 for Guatemala and Kosovo (1999)
Summer of Sam (1999)
John Leguizamo: Freak (1998)
He Got Game (1998)
Michael Jackson: HIStory on Film - Volume II (1997)
4 Little Girls (1997)
Get on the Bus (1996)
Michael Jackson: They Don't Care About Us, Prison Version (1996)
Michael Jackson: They Don't Care About Us (1996)
Girl 6 (1996)
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (1995)
Lumière and Company (1995)
Clockers (1995)
Crooklyn (1994)
Crooklyn Dodgers: Crooklyn (1994)
Naughty by Nature: Hip Hop Hooray (1993)
Arrested Development: Revolution (1993)
Malcolm X (1992)
Fishbone: Sunless Saturday (1991)
Jungle Fever (1991)
Mo' Better Blues (1990)
Tracy Chapman: Born to Fight (1990)
Public Enemy: Fight the Power (1989)
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Experience Unlimited: Da Butt (1988)
School Daze (1988)
Anita Baker: No One in the World (1987)
Horn of Plenty (1986)
She's Gotta Have It (1986)
Grandmaster Melle Mel: White Lines (Don't Do It) (1983)
Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads (1983)
Sarah (1981)
The Answer (1980)
Director

Last Hustle in Brooklyn (1979)
Producer

See You Yesterday (2019)
Cherish (2018)
Amazing Grace (2018)
Tales from the Hood 2 (2018)
BlacKkKlansman (2018)
Time 2 Surrender (2018)
Nigerian Prince (2018)
Black 14 (2018)
Pass Over (2018)
She's Gotta Have It (2017)
Rodney King (2017)
Spike Lee's Lil Joints (2015-2016)
Wake Up (2016)
Chi-Raq (2015)
NBA 2K16 (2015)
Spike Lee's Lil Joints and of the Son: The Legacy of David & Jackie Robinson (2015)
The Girl Is in Trouble (2015)
Touched with Fire (2015)
Cronies (2015)
Independent Lens (2015)
Mo'ne Davis: I Throw Like a Girl (2014)
Katt Williams: Priceless: Afterlife (2014)
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus (2014)
Beats of the Beautiful Game (2014)
Dirty Hands (2014)
Evolution of a Criminal (2014)
Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth (2013)
Oldboy (2013)
You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You (2012)
Red Hook Summer (2012)
Da Brick (2011)
Doubles with Slight Pepper (2011)
Pariah (2011)
If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise (2010)
Dream Street (2010)
Saint John of Las Vegas (2009)
Kobe Doin' Work (2009)
Great Performances (2009)
Miracle at St. Anna (2008)
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (2006)
All the Invisible Children (2005)
Jesus Children of America (2005)
Sucker Free City (2004)
She Hate Me (2004)
Good Fences (2003)
25th Hour (2002)
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002)
Jim Brown: All American (2002)
Home Invaders (2001)
3 A.M. (2001)
Bamboozled (2000)
The Original Kings of Comedy (2000)
Love & Basketball (2000)
The Best Man (1999)
Summer of Sam (1999)
He Got Game (1998)
4 Little Girls (1997)
Get on the Bus (1996)
Girl 6 (1996)
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (1995)
Clockers (1995)
Tales from the Hood (1995)
New Jersey Drive (1995)
Drop Squad (1994)
Crooklyn (1994)
Malcolm X (1992)
Coca Cola Pop Music Backstage Pass to Summer (1991)
Jungle Fever (1991)
Mo' Better Blues (1990)
Do the Right Thing (1989)
School Daze (1988)
She's Gotta Have It (1986)
Producer

Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads (1983)
Writer

She's Gotta Have It (2017-2019)
Coach: Words Matter (2019)
BlacKkKlansman (2018)
Chi-Raq (2015)
NBA 2K16 (2015)
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus (2014)
Kelly Rowland: The Game (2014)
Red Hook Summer (2012)
She Hate Me (2004)
Bamboozled (2000)
Summer of Sam (1999)
He Got Game (1998)
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (1995)
Clockers (1995)
Crooklyn (1994)
Malcolm X (1992)
Jungle Fever (1991)
Mo' Better Blues (1990)
Do the Right Thing (1989)
School Daze (1988)
Horn of Plenty (1986)
She's Gotta Have It (1986)
Writer

Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads (1983)
Actor

Red Hook Summer Mr. Mookie (2012)
Life, in Hollywood: Homevideo (2011)
30 for 30 Spike Lee (2010)
Just for Me Stories Narrator (2001)
3 A.M. Filmmaker (2001)
Lisa Picard Is Famous Spike Lee (2000)
Summer of Sam John Jeffries (1999)
Girl 6 Jimmy (1996)
Clockers Chucky (1995)
Crooklyn Snuffy (1994)
Naughty by Nature: Hip Hop Hooray Spike Lee (1993)
Ghostwriter Special Agent Pete (1992)
Malcolm X Shorty (1992)
Jungle Fever Cyrus (1991)
Mo' Better Blues Giant (1990)
Do the Right Thing Mookie (1989)
Experience Unlimited: Da Butt Spike Lee (1988)
School Daze Half-Pint (1988)
Saturday Night Live Mars Blackmon (1986)
Actor

She's Gotta Have It Mars Blackmon (1986)
Soundtrack

Chi-Raq (2015)
Soundtrack

Do the Right Thing (1989)
Archive footage

Entertainment Tonight (2009-2019)
Tucker Carlson Tonight (2019)
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us' (2018)
The Nineties (2017)
Mike & Mike (2014-2017)
Extra (2016)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2016)
Democracy Now! (2016)
The Insider (2014)
20 Feet from Stardom (2013)
30 for 30 (2010-2012)
Chelsea Lately (2012)
Comedy Lab (2010)
Cleanflix (2009)
Filmania: Eiga no tatsujin (2009)
New Orleans Story (2008)
The O'Reilly Factor (2008)
Reinventando Hollywood (2008)
La rentadora (2007)
80s (2005)
Black in the 80s (2005)
Headliners & Legends: Denzel Washington (2002)
Who Is Alan Smithee? (2002)
The Miles Davis Story (2001)
Biography (1999)
The Universal Story (1996)
Archive footage

Ghostwriter (1993)
Hollywood Mavericks (1990)
Miscellaneous Crew

Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth (2013)
Una noche (2012)
Miscellaneous Crew

If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise (2010)
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (2004)
Editor

She's Gotta Have It (1986)
Editor

Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads (1983)
Camera and Electrical Department

If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise (2010)
Camera and Electrical Department

Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads (1983)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Cinematographer

Come Rain or Come Shine (2001)

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Awards

Won 1 Oscar.

Another 73 wins & 132 nominations.

Did You Know

Trivia

Son of Bill Lee.

Quotes

[re Oldboy (2013)] Rage doesn't have to fester for years, but revenge? That stuff takes time. It's the oldest staple of films, in stories. It goes back to the Bible.

Trademark

Often casts Denzel Washington and Michael Imperioli.

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Personal Details

Born

Shelton Jackson Lee
March 20, 1957
Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Height:

5' 5" (1.65 m)

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