

Spike Lee
Known for exceptional directing in global cinema.
Profession
Directing
Birthday
20 Mar 1957
Age
69 Years
Born In
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Total Projects
129
Years Active
73 Yrs
Avg Rating
6.7 ★
Overview
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...
Known For
Filmography

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The 51st AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy
The 51st AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy
as Self

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Mr. Scorsese
Mr. Scorsese
as Self

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Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self (archive footage)

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Hollywood Black
Hollywood Black
as Self (archive footage)

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Samuel L. Jackson: Did I Stutter?
Samuel L. Jackson: Did I Stutter?
as self

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The Moviemakers: Spike Lee
The Moviemakers: Spike Lee
as Self

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Denzel Washington: A Model American
Denzel Washington: A Model American
as Self

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Gold Blooded
Gold Blooded
as Self

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Sidney
Sidney
as Self

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A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé
A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé
as Self

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They Call Me Magic
They Call Me Magic
as Self

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A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks
A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks
as Self

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Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
as Self

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This Is Pop
This Is Pop
as Self (archive footage)

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Directors on Directors
Directors on Directors
as Self

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Pretend It's a City
Pretend It's a City
as Self

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Dear...
Dear...
as Self

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Tamron Hall
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest

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Desus & Mero
Desus & Mero
as Self - Illustrious Guest

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Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
as Self

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Basketball: A Love Story
Basketball: A Love Story
as Self (archive footage)

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Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1
Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1
as Self

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She's Gotta Have It
She's Gotta Have It
as Drum Major

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Plankton Salesmen
Plankton Salesmen
as Self (archive footage)

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Be Truly Free
Be Truly Free
as Narrator (voice)

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Birth of a Movement
Birth of a Movement
as Self

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Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
as Self

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NBA 2K16’s Livin’ Da Dream: A Spike Lee Joint
NBA 2K16’s Livin’ Da Dream: A Spike Lee Joint
as Reporter (voice)

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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest

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Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self

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Spike Lee's Lil' Joints: The Greatest Catch Ever
Spike Lee's Lil' Joints: The Greatest Catch Ever
as self

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French Cinema Mon Amour
French Cinema Mon Amour
as Self

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Director Spike Lee's New York City
Director Spike Lee's New York City
as Self

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Champs
Champs
as Self

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Ray Allen/AKA- Jesus Shuttlesworth
Ray Allen/AKA- Jesus Shuttlesworth

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Do The Right Thing 25 Year Anniversary A Beats Music Experience
Do The Right Thing 25 Year Anniversary A Beats Music Experience
as self

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Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
as Self

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Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest

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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self

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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest

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We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama

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Bad 25
Bad 25
as Self

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Red Hook Summer
Red Hook Summer
as Mr. Mookie

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Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
as Self

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Brooklyn Boheme
Brooklyn Boheme
as Self

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A Man's Story
A Man's Story
as Self

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Guest
Guest
as Self

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On the Shoulders of Giants
On the Shoulders of Giants

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Four Days in October
Four Days in October
as Self (archive footage)

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Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. The New York Knicks
Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. The New York Knicks
as Self

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Who Do You Think You Are?
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self

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PoliWood
PoliWood
as Self

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Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
as Self

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Kobe Doin' Work
Kobe Doin' Work
as Self

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40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight
40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight
as Self

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Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies
Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies

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Pixote In Memoriam
Pixote In Memoriam
as Self

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Lights, Action, Music
Lights, Action, Music
as Self

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It's the Shoes
It's the Shoes
as Self

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Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation
Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation
as Self

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Street Fight
Street Fight
as Self

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How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)
How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)

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By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
as Self

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Through the Fire
Through the Fire

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Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
as Self

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No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
as Self

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Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers
Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers
as Self

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The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self

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The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
as Self

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Real Time with Bill Maher
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self

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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest

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New York at the Movies
New York at the Movies
as Self

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It's Black Entertainment
It's Black Entertainment
as Self

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The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'
The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'
as Self

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Johnny Vaughan Tonight
Johnny Vaughan Tonight
as Self

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3 A.M.
3 A.M.
as Filmmaker

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The Making of 'Bamboozled'
The Making of 'Bamboozled'
as Self

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Lisa Picard Is Famous
Lisa Picard Is Famous
as Spike Lee

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Michael Jordan to the Max
Michael Jordan to the Max
as Self

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The Early Show
The Early Show
as Self

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Summer of Sam
Summer of Sam
as John Jeffries

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The View
The View
as Self

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4 Little Girls
4 Little Girls
as Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)

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The Chris Rock Show
The Chris Rock Show
as Self

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The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
as Self

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When We Were Kings
When We Were Kings
as Self

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The Daily Show
The Daily Show
as Self - Guest

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The Universal Story
The Universal Story
as Self (archive footage)

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Girl 6
Girl 6
as Jimmy

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Lumière & Company
Lumière & Company
as Self (segment "Sarah Moon")

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Clockers
Clockers
as Chucky

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Below the Rim
Below the Rim

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Drop Squad
Drop Squad
as Himself

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Hoop Dreams
Hoop Dreams
as Self

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Inside the Actors Studio
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self

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Crooklyn
Crooklyn
as Snuffy

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A Century of Cinema
A Century of Cinema
as Self

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Seven Songs for Malcolm X
Seven Songs for Malcolm X

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Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest

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Late Show with David Letterman
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self - Guest

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Farewell, Babylon!
Farewell, Babylon!
as Self

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The Last Party
The Last Party
as Self

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Malcolm X
Malcolm X
as Shorty

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Ghostwriter
Ghostwriter
as Special Agent Pete (archive footage)

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Ghostwriter
Ghostwriter
as Special Agent Pete

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Our Hollywood Education
Our Hollywood Education
as Self

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Sous les marches du palais
Sous les marches du palais
as Self

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Jungle Fever
Jungle Fever
as Cyrus

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MTV's 10th Anniversary Special
MTV's 10th Anniversary Special
as Self

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Branford Marsalis: Steep
Branford Marsalis: Steep
as Self

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Lonely in America
Lonely in America
as Spike Lee (Newsstand Customer) (uncredited)

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Mo' Better Blues
Mo' Better Blues
as Giant

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Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella
Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella

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In Living Color
In Living Color

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Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella
Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella
as Self

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Decade
Decade
as Self

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Making 'Do the Right Thing'
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
as Self

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First Works
First Works
as Self

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Do the Right Thing
Do the Right Thing
as Mookie

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Public Enemy: Fight the Power... Live!
Public Enemy: Fight the Power... Live!

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Yo! MTV Raps
Yo! MTV Raps
as Self

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School Daze
School Daze
as Darrell 'Half-Pint' Dunlap

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She's Gotta Have It
She's Gotta Have It
as Mars Blackmon

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Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
as Mars Blackmon

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Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
as Self (uncredited)

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The American Film Institute Salute to ...
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self

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Great Performances
Great Performances
as Self

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The Oscars
The Oscars
as Self

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The Oscars
The Oscars
as Self - Audience Member