Spike Lee
Known for: Directing
Born: March 20, 1957
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 stud…
Known for
Brooklyn Boheme
2012
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
2003
Be Truly Free
2017
Do The Right Thing 25 Year Anniversary A Beats Music Experience
2014
Sous les marches du palais
1991
Denzel Washington: A Model American
2022
The Making of 'Bamboozled'
2001
Farewell, Babylon!
1993
Director Spike Lee's New York City
2015
The Moviemakers: Spike Lee
2023
Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella
1990
Mo' Better Blues
1990
Bad 25
2012
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
2005
Birth of a Movement
2017
Our Hollywood Education
1992
A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks
2021
Jungle Fever
1991
Street Fight
2005
Girl 6
1996
Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. The New York Knicks
2010
How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)
2005
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
1996
Pixote In Memoriam
2007
Decade
1989
Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1
2018
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
2014
Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers
2004
The 51st AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy
2026
She's Gotta Have It
1986
A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé
2022
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
2004
Through the Fire
2005
Lights, Action, Music
2007
Ray Allen/AKA- Jesus Shuttlesworth
2015
Public Enemy: Fight the Power... Live!
1989
Champs
2015
First Works
1989
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
2018
Samuel L. Jackson: Did I Stutter?
2023
Spike Lee's Lil' Joints: The Greatest Catch Ever
2015
Do the Right Thing
1989
When We Were Kings
1996
Malcolm X
1992
Guest
2011
40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight
2008
It's Black Entertainment
2002
Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella
1990
Below the Rim
1995
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
2021
Four Days in October
2010
The Last Party
1993
Michael Jordan to the Max
2000
Branford Marsalis: Steep
1991
The Universal Story
1996
Hoop Dreams
1994
New York at the Movies
2002
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
2004
School Daze
1988
French Cinema Mon Amour
2015
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
1989
Lisa Picard Is Famous
2000
Kobe Doin' Work
2009
On the Shoulders of Giants
2011
Sidney
2022
Red Hook Summer
2012
A Man's Story
2011
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
2016
Crooklyn
1994
Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
2009
Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies
2008
MTV's 10th Anniversary Special
1991
NBA 2K16’s Livin’ Da Dream: A Spike Lee Joint
2015
Seven Songs for Malcolm X
1993
PoliWood
2009
The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'
2002
Lumière & Company
1995
A Century of Cinema
1994
3 A.M.
2001
Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation
2005
Summer of Sam
1999
Clockers
1995
Drop Squad
1994
Gold Blooded
2022
Plankton Salesmen
2017
Lonely in America
1990
4 Little Girls
1997
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
Pretend It's a City
2021
The View
1997
Ghostwriter
1992
Tamron Hall
2019
The Early Show
1999
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
In Living Color
1990
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Dear...
2020
Johnny Vaughan Tonight
2002
Basketball: A Love Story
2018
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010
This Is Pop
2021
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Daily Show
1996
The Chris Rock Show
1997
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
They Call Me Magic
2022
Yo! MTV Raps
1988
It's the Shoes
2005
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
Desus & Mero
2019
She's Gotta Have It
2017
The Oscars
1953
Great Performances
1971
Directors on Directors
2021
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
Mr. Scorsese
2025
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
Hollywood Black
2024