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.

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	actor → film director → film producer → human → screenwriter → university teacher →
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay → Academy Honorary Award → BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay → Peabody Award → Primetime Emmy Award →
birthName	Shelton Jackson Lee →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1957-03-20 →
educatedAt	Morehouse College → New York University Tisch School of the Arts →
employer	New York University Tisch School of the Arts →
ethnicGroup	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 →
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	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 (TV series) → When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts →
occupation	actor → documentary filmmaker → film director → film producer → professor → screenwriter →
placeOfBirth	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 →

Referenced by (15)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
25th Hour (film) → Da 5 Bloods → Inside Man → Malcolm X (1992 film) →	director
George Eastman Award → Humanitarian Award →	hasRecipient
The Autobiography of Malcolm X →	adaptationDirector
Terence Blanchard →	collaboratesWith
Spike Lee →	name
Morehouse College →	notableAlumnus
Samuel L. Jackson →	notableCollaboration
Malcolm X (1992 film) →	producer
Malcolm X (1992 film) →	screenwriter
Malcolm X (1992 film) →	starring
Da 5 Bloods →	writtenBy