Spike Lee

Directing · Born 1957-03-20 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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…

Filmography

• Do the Right Thing as Mookie
• Jungle Fever as Cyrus
• When We Were Kings as Self
• Malcolm X as Shorty
• Lonely in America as Spike Lee (Newsstand Customer) (uncredited)
• Crooklyn as Snuffy
• She's Gotta Have It as Mars Blackmon
• Street Fight as Self
• Mo' Better Blues as Giant
• Girl 6 as Jimmy