Spike Lee

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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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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


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