Spike Lee

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actor film director film producer human screenwriter university teacher

Spike Lee is an influential American film director, producer, writer, and actor known for his provocative, socially conscious movies exploring race, politics, and urban life.

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Spike Lee canonical 112
Spike Lee filmography 2
Spike Lee films 1

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instanceOf actor ⓘ
film director ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
human ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Honorary Academy Award ⓘ
surface form: Academy Honorary Award

BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Peabody Award ⓘ
Primetime Emmy Awards ⓘ
surface form: Primetime Emmy Award
birthName Shelton Jackson Lee ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1957-03-20 ⓘ
educatedAt Morehouse College ⓘ
Tisch School of the Arts ⓘ
surface form: New York University Tisch School of the Arts
employer Tisch School of the Arts ⓘ
surface form: New York University Tisch School of the Arts
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
familyName Lee ⓘ
fieldOfWork documentary ⓘ
film ⓘ
television ⓘ
founded 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks ⓘ
genre comedy-drama film ⓘ
documentary film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
social problem film ⓘ
givenName Shelton ⓘ
influenced Ava DuVernay ⓘ
Jordan Peele ⓘ
Ryan Coogler ⓘ
influencedBy Akira Kurosawa ⓘ
Martin Scorsese ⓘ
Ossie Davis ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement independent film ⓘ
name Spike Lee self-link ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
Golden Globe Award for Best Director ⓘ
notableFor films addressing race relations in the United States ⓘ
politically charged storytelling ⓘ
notableWork The 25th Hour ⓘ
surface form: 25th Hour

4 Little Girls ⓘ
BlacKkKlansman ⓘ
Chi-Raq ⓘ
Clockers ⓘ
Da 5 Bloods ⓘ
Do the Right Thing ⓘ
He Got Game ⓘ
Inside Man ⓘ
Jungle Fever ⓘ
Malcolm X ⓘ
Mo’ Better Blues ⓘ
School Daze ⓘ
She’s Gotta Have It ⓘ
She’s Gotta Have It ⓘ
surface form: She’s Gotta Have It (TV series)

When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
documentary filmmaker ⓘ
film director ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
professor ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Atlanta ⓘ
surface form: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
positionHeld artistic director of the NYU Tisch School of the Arts graduate film program ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
spouse Tonya Lewis Lee ⓘ

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Morehouse College → notableAlumnus → Spike Lee ⓘ
Spike Lee → name → Spike Lee self-link ⓘ
Samuel L. Jackson → notableCollaboration → Spike Lee ⓘ
Da 5 Bloods → director → Spike Lee ⓘ
Da 5 Bloods → writtenBy → Spike Lee ⓘ
George Eastman Award → hasRecipient → Spike Lee ⓘ
Terence Blanchard → collaboratesWith → Spike Lee ⓘ
The 25th Hour → director → Spike Lee ⓘ
subject surface form: 25th Hour (film)
Inside Man → director → Spike Lee ⓘ
The Autobiography of Malcolm X → adaptationDirector → Spike Lee ⓘ
film "Malcolm X" (1992) → director → Spike Lee ⓘ
subject surface form: Malcolm X (1992 film)
film "Malcolm X" (1992) → producer → Spike Lee ⓘ
subject surface form: Malcolm X (1992 film)
film "Malcolm X" (1992) → screenwriter → Spike Lee ⓘ
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film "Malcolm X" (1992) → starring → Spike Lee ⓘ
subject surface form: Malcolm X (1992 film)
Humanitarian Award → hasRecipient → Spike Lee ⓘ
Theater of the Mind → hasGuestArtist → Spike Lee ⓘ
Bruce Hornsby → associatedAct → Spike Lee ⓘ
Giancarlo Esposito → workedWith → Spike Lee ⓘ
Matthew Libatique → collaboratesWith → Spike Lee ⓘ
Danny Aiello → workedWithDirector → Spike Lee ⓘ
Mo’ Better Blues → director → Spike Lee ⓘ
Mo’ Better Blues → writer → Spike Lee ⓘ
Mo’ Better Blues → screenwriter → Spike Lee ⓘ
Mo’ Better Blues → producer → Spike Lee ⓘ
Mo’ Better Blues → starring → Spike Lee ⓘ
Love & Basketball → producer → Spike Lee ⓘ
The Best Man → producer → Spike Lee ⓘ
Shelton → alsoKnownAs → Spike Lee ⓘ
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Do the Right Thing → director → Spike Lee ⓘ
Do the Right Thing → writer → Spike Lee ⓘ
Do the Right Thing → producer → Spike Lee ⓘ
Do the Right Thing → starredActor → Spike Lee ⓘ
She’s Gotta Have It → director → Spike Lee ⓘ
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She’s Gotta Have It → writer → Spike Lee ⓘ
subject surface form: She's Gotta Have It
She’s Gotta Have It → screenwriter → Spike Lee ⓘ
subject surface form: She's Gotta Have It
She’s Gotta Have It → directorDebutOf → Spike Lee ⓘ
subject surface form: She's Gotta Have It
She’s Gotta Have It → televisionAdaptationCreator → Spike Lee ⓘ
subject surface form: She's Gotta Have It
She’s Gotta Have It → leadActor → Spike Lee ⓘ
subject surface form: She's Gotta Have It
School Daze → director → Spike Lee ⓘ
School Daze → writer → Spike Lee ⓘ
School Daze → screenwriter → Spike Lee ⓘ
School Daze → producer → Spike Lee ⓘ
School Daze → notableWorkOf → Spike Lee ⓘ
Jungle Fever → director → Spike Lee ⓘ
Jungle Fever → writer → Spike Lee ⓘ
Jungle Fever → screenplayBy → Spike Lee ⓘ
Jungle Fever → producer → Spike Lee ⓘ
Jungle Fever → starring → Spike Lee ⓘ
Jungle Fever → filmSeries → Spike Lee ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spike Lee films
Clockers → director → Spike Lee ⓘ