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Spike Lee

Spike Lee

Directing · Writing · As actor

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…

Directing

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🎬 BlacKkKlansman Movie · 2018 🎬 Do the Right Thing Movie · 1989 🎬 Inside Man Movie · 2006 🎬 Highest 2 Lowest Movie · 2025 🎬 Oldboy Movie · 2013 🎬 25th Hour Movie · 2002 🎬 Malcolm X Movie · 1992 🎬 Jungle Fever Movie · 1991 🎬 Da 5 Bloods Movie · 2020 🎬 He Got Game Movie · 1998 🎬 Summer of Sam Movie · 1999 🎬 Lumière & Company Movie · 1995 🎬 The Concert for New York City Movie · 2001 🎬 Mo' Better Blues Movie · 1990 🎬 Get on the Bus Movie · 1996 🎬 Da Sweet Blood of Jesus Movie · 2015 🎬 She Hate Me Movie · 2004 🎬 Bamboozled Movie · 2000 🎬 Bad 25 Movie · 2012 🎬 Chi-Raq Movie · 2015 🎬 Red Hook Summer Movie · 2012 🎬 Miracle at St. Anna Movie · 2008 🎬 All the Invisible Children Movie · 2006 🎬 Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet Movie · 2002 🎬 Crooklyn Movie · 1994 🎬 Jesus Children of America Movie · 2005 🎬 A Huey P. Newton Story Movie · 2001 🎬 The Making of 'Bamboozled' Movie · 2001 🎬 Girl 6 Movie · 1996 🎬 School Daze Movie · 1988 🎬 Clockers Movie · 1995 🎬 Pavarotti & Friends - For the Children of Liberia Movie · 1998 🎬 The Original Kings of Comedy Movie · 2000 🎬 Passing Strange Movie · 2009 🎬 HIStory on Film, Volume II Movie · 1997 🎬 Jim Brown: All-American Movie · 2002 🎬 Prince and the N.P.G.: Diamonds and Pearls Video Collection Movie · 1992 🎬 Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall Movie · 2016 🎬 4 Little Girls Movie · 1997 🎬 Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella Movie · 1990 🎬 Pavarotti & Friends 99 for Guatemala and Kosovo Movie · 1999 🎬 Sucker Free City Movie · 2004 🎬 Kobe Doin' Work Movie · 2009 🎬 Spike Lee's Lil' Joints: The Greatest Catch Ever Movie · 2015 🎬 Mike Tyson: Verdade Fora De Disputa Movie · 2013 🎬 Rodney King Movie · 2017 🎬 Ray Allen/AKA- Jesus Shuttlesworth Movie · 2015 🎬 John Leguizamo: Freak Movie · 1998 🎬 🎬 I Can't Breathe Movie · 2014 🎬 Katt Williams: Priceless: Afterlife Movie · 2014 🎬 Bernie Mac: Live from Charlotte Movie · 2000

Writing

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🎬 Bamboozled Movie · 2000 🎬 School Daze Movie · 1988

As actor

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🎬 Sidney Self 🎬 Do the Right Thing Mookie 🎬 Malcolm X Shorty 🎬 Jungle Fever Cyrus 🎬 A Man's Story Self 🎬 Mo' Better Blues Giant 🎬 When We Were Kings Self 🎬 🎬 Making 'Do the Right Thing' Self 🎬 The Evolution of an American Filmmaker Self 🎬 Bad 25 Self 🎬 🎬 New York at the Movies Self 🎬 Red Hook Summer Mr. Mookie 🎬 Hoop Dreams Self 🎬 By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' Self 🎬 Crooklyn Snuffy 🎬 Sophie Marceau, à voix haute Self (archive footage) 🎬 Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist Self 🎬 The Making of 'Bamboozled' Self 🎬 Girl 6 Jimmy 🎬 🎬 Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies Movie · 2008 🎬 School Daze Darrell 'Half-Pint' Dunlap 🎬 40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight Self 🎬 Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee Self 🎬 The Last Party Self 🎬 Pixote In Memoriam Self 🎬 Four Days in October Self (archive footage) 🎬 Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. The New York Knicks Self 🎬 The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family' Self 🎬 A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks Self 🎬 Below the Rim Movie · 1995 🎬 Michael Jordan to the Max Self 🎬 No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat Self 🎬 Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall Self 🎬 Lights, Action, Music Self 🎬 MTV's 10th Anniversary Special Self 🎬 Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella Movie · 1990 🎬 Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers Self 🎬 13 Steps - Die unglaubliche Karriere von Edwin Moses Movie · 2024 🎬 Lisa Picard Is Famous Spike Lee 🎬 Brooklyn Boheme Self 🎬 Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1 Self 🎬 Seven Songs for Malcolm X Movie · 1993 🎬 Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella Self 🎬 Kobe Doin' Work Self 🎬 French Cinema Mon Amour Self 🎬 Street Fight Self 🎬 Spike Lee's Lil' Joints: The Greatest Catch Ever self 🎬 Ray Allen/AKA- Jesus Shuttlesworth Movie · 2015

🎥 Filmography — directing and writing

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📺 Shark Series · 2006 🎬 Inside Man Movie · 2006 🎬 BlacKkKlansman Movie · 2018 🎬 Highest 2 Lowest Movie · 2025 🎬 Oldboy Movie · 2013 📺 She's Gotta Have It Series · 2017 🎬 25th Hour Movie · 2002 🎬 Bamboozled Movie · 2000 🎬 Bad 25 Movie · 2012 📺 Katrina: Come Hell and High Water Series · 2025 🎬 Do the Right Thing Movie · 1989 🎬 Malcolm X Movie · 1992 🎬 She Hate Me Movie · 2004 🎬 APART Movie · 2026 🎬 Girl 6 Movie · 1996 🎬 Summer of Sam Movie · 1999 📺 When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts Series · 2006 🎬 Clockers Movie · 1995 🎬 Boner Movie 🎬 Da 5 Bloods Movie · 2020 🎬 He Got Game Movie · 1998 📺 NYC Epicenters 9/11➔2021½ Series · 2021 🎬 Miracle at St. Anna Movie · 2008 🎬 Jungle Fever Movie · 1991

🎭 Filmography — as actor/actress

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📺 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Series · 2014 📺 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Series · 2015 📺 Late Night with Seth Meyers Series · 2014 📺 The Daily Show Series · 1996 📺 Late Show with David Letterman Series · 1993 📺 Real Time with Bill Maher Series · 2003 📺 Saturday Night Live Series · 1975 📺 The View Series · 1997 📺 Jimmy Kimmel Live! Series · 2003 📺 Great Performances Series · 1971 📺 The Tamron Hall Show Series · 2019 📺 Late Night with Conan O'Brien Series · 1993 📺 The Ellen DeGeneres Show Series · 2003 📺 The South Bank Show Series · 1978 📺 📺 Film '72 Series · 1971 📺 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Series · 2015 📺 In Living Color Series · 1990 📺 Desus & Mero Series · 2019 📺 Basketball: A Love Story Series · 2018 📺 The Oscars Series · 1953 📺 Who Do You Think You Are? Series · 2010 📺 Yo! MTV Raps Series · 1988 📺 The Chris Rock Show Series · 1997 📺 The Men in Blazers Show Series · 2014