Biografia
Spike Lee is a notable writer, director, producer, actor, and author, who revolutionized both the landscape of independent cinema and the role of black talent in film. Widely regarded as a premiere African-American filmmaker, Lee is a forerunner in the do-it-yourself school of filmmaking.
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, and raised in Brooklyn, Lee returned south to attend Morehouse College. After graduation, he returned to Brooklyn to continue his education at New York University's Tisch School of Arts in Manhattan, where he received his Master of Fine Arts Degree in film production. He founded 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, based in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn, where he has resided since childhood.
Spike's late works are Red Hook Summer, a feature film, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2012, and a documentary that celebrates Michael Jackson's successful studio album, Bad 25, which premiered international at the Venice Film Festival. Previous to this, he released the Peabody Award winning documentary sequel, If God's Willing and The Creek Don't Rise, which revisits the storm-ravaged Gulf Coast region, as residents attempt to rebuild in their cities while also demanding assistance and accountability from their political leaders. This film comes on the heels of 2006's When the Levees Broke, the groundbreaking first documentary that followed the plight of Americans stranded in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
Set in 1944, Lee's 2008 theatrical release Miracle At St. Anna follows the story of four black American soldiers, members of the all-black 92nd 'Buffalo Soldier' Division in the US army, while trapped behind enemy lines in Tuscany, Italy during World War II. An avid sports enthusiast, Lee also completed a one-day, 18-camera documentary shoot focusing on NBA standout Kobe Bryant, of the Los Angeles Lakers. Produced for ESPN, the unique piece is entitled Kobe Doin' Work. Another recent project, Passing Strange, the critically acclaimed Broadway musical, explores the travels of a young African American musician in search of himself. Passing Strange debuted at the Sundance Film Festival.
Other critical and box office successes have included such films as Inside Man, 25th Hour, The Original Kings of Comedy, Bamboozled, and Summer of Sam. Lee's films Girl 6, Get On the Bus, Do the Right Thing, and Clockers display his ability to showcase a series of outspoken and provocative socio-political critiques that challenge cultural assumptions, not only about race, but class and gender identity as well.
His debut film, the independently produced comedy She's Gotta Have It, earned him the Prix de Jeunesse Award at the Cannes Film festival in 1986, and set him at the forefront of the Black New Wave in American Cinema. His second feature, the very profitable and critically acclaimed School Daze, helped launch the careers of several young Black actors. Lee's timely 1989 film, Do the Right Thing, garnered an Academy Award® nomination for Best Original Screenplay, and Best Film and Director awards from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. Lee's Jungle Fever, Mo' Better Blues, Clockers, and Crooklyn were also well received by critics and fans alike. His epic drama Malcolm X, starring Denzel Washington, received two Academy Award® nominations.
In addition to his film achievements, Lee has produced and directed numerous music videos for diverse artists including Chaka Khan, Tracy Chapman, Anita Baker, Public Enemy, Bruce Hornsby and Michael Jackson. His other music videos include work for the late Miles Davis and Phyllis Hyman, Naughty by Nature and Arrested Development.
Lee's commercial work began in 1988 with his Nike Air Jordan campaign. Collaborating with basketball great Michael Jordan on several commercials, Lee resurrected his popular character, Mars Blackmon from She's Gotta Have It. He has also completed a PSA for UNCF entitled Two Michaels, which also features Michael Jordan. Lee is also well known for his Levi's Button-Fly 501, AT&T and ESPN television commercials. His other commercial ventures include TV spots for Philips, Nike, American Express, Snapple and Taco Bell. Lee has also directed several Art Spot Shorts for MTV, and a short film featuring Branford Marsalis and Diahnne Abbott for Saturday Night Live.
Lee is also involved in documentaries and sports programs. He completed the Emmy- and Oscar®-nominated documentary 4 Little Girls for HBO, and received an Emmy Award for his piece on Georgetown's John Thompson for HBO/Real Sports.
Additionally, Lee has authored several books on the making of his films. The fifth book, Five For Five, served as a pictorial reflection of his first five features. He then followed up with Best Seat in the House, authored with Ralph Wiley. Lee co-authored a children's book entitled, Please, Baby Please with his wife Tonya Lewis Lee, and authored a retrospective book about his film career entitled, That's My Story and I'm Sticking To It.
Ever moving into new areas, Spike Lee has combined his extensive creative experience into yet another venture. Partnering with DDB Needham, he created Spike/DDB, a full-service advertising agency.
Universal Pictures
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Filmy | |
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2024 |
Boner |
Da Understudy |
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High and Low |
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Prince of Cats |
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2020 |
Pięciu braci |
2018 |
Czarne Bractwo. BlacKkKlansman |
2015 |
Chi-Raq |
2014 |
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus |
2013 |
Oldboy: Zemsta jest cierpliwa |
2012 |
Red Hook Summer |
2009 |
Passing Strange (film telewizyjny) |
2008 |
Cud w wiosce Sant Anna |
2007 |
M.O.N.Y. (film telewizyjny) |
2006 |
Plan doskonały |
2005 |
Wszystkie niewidzialne dzieci |
2004 |
She Hate Me |
Sucker Free City (film telewizyjny) |
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2002 |
10 minut później: Trąbka |
25. godzina |
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2000 |
Bamboozled |
1999 |
Mordercze lato |
1998 |
He Got Game |
1996 |
Dziewczyna nr 6 |
Get on the Bus |
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1995 |
Ślepy zaułek |
1994 |
Crooklyn |
1992 |
Malcolm X |
1991 |
Jungle Fever |
1990 |
Mo' Better Blues |
1989 |
Rób, co należy |
1988 |
Szkolne oszołomienie |
1986 |
She's Gotta Have It |
1983 |
Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads (film studencki) |
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2019 |
Ona się doigra |
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#WSiódmymNiebie (S02E01) |
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2017 |
Ona się doigra |
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#WybórNoli (SPOŚRÓD TRZECH) (S01E10) |
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#IdąZmiany (POPRAWA STATUSU) (S01E09) |
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#MiłościąNieOpłaciszRachunków (NAPRAWDĘ JAKA JESTEŚ, NIE WIE NIKT) (S01E08) |
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więcej odcinków (7) | ||
2011 |
Da Brick |
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2006 |
Shark |
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Pilot (S01E01) |
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2021 |
NYC Epicenters 9/11–2021½ (serial) |
Episode 4 (E04) |
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Episode 3 (E03) |
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Episode 2 (E02) |
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Episode 1 (E01) |
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2020 |
American Utopia |
2016 |
Brooklyn Made |
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall |
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2015 |
Spike Lee's Lil Joints (serial) |
2014 |
Jerrod Carmichale: Czarno to widzę |
Mo'ne Davis: I Throw Like a Girl |
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2012 |
Bad 25 |
2010 |
If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise (serial) |
2009 |
Kobe Doin' Work (film telewizyjny) |
2006 |
Kiedy puściły wały: Requiem w 4 aktach (serial) |
2002 |
Jim Brown All American (film telewizyjny) |
We Wuz Robbed |
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2001 |
A Huey P. Newton Story (film telewizyjny) |
Come Rain or Come Shine |
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2000 |
The Original Kings of Comedy |
1998 |
Pavarotti & Friends for the Children of Liberia (koncert) |
1997 |
Cztery małe dziewczynki |
1995 |
Lumiere i spółka |
Programy | |
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2017 |
Rodney King |
2014 |
Katt Williams: Życie po życiu |
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon |
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2013 |
Mike Tyson szczery do bólu |
1998 |
John Leguizamo: Freak |
1995 |
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel |
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2000 |
And Ya Don't Stop: Hip Hop's Greatest Videos |
1997 |
Michael Jackson: HIStory on Film - Volume II |
Koncerty | |
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2014 |
AMEX Unstaged: Pharrell Williams Live at the Apollo |
2001 |
The Concert for New York City |
1999 |
Pavarotti & Friends 99 for Guatemala and Kosovo |
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2018 |
Pass Over |
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2022 |
Nike: Seen It All |
2020 |
3 Brothers: Radio Raheem, Eric Garner and George Floyd |
New York New York |
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2019 |
Coach: Words Matter |
2017 |
Brave, Visions for Moncler |
2007 |
Lovers & Haters |
2005 |
Jesus Children of America |
2000 |
Un matin partout dans le monde (film telewizyjny) |
1986 |
Horn of Plenty |
1981 |
Sarah (film studencki) |
1980 |
The Answer (film studencki) |
1977 |
Last Hustle in Brooklyn (film studencki) |
Producent
Filmy | |
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2020 |
Pięciu braci |
2019 |
American Skin |
See You Yesterday |
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2018 |
Czarne Bractwo. BlacKkKlansman |
2015 |
Chi-Raq |
2014 |
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus |
2013 |
Oldboy: Zemsta jest cierpliwa |
2012 |
Red Hook Summer |
2011 |
Pariah |
2009 |
Passing Strange (film telewizyjny) |
2008 |
Cud w wiosce Sant Anna |
2005 |
Wszystkie niewidzialne dzieci |
2004 |
She Hate Me |
2002 |
10 minut później: Trąbka |
25. godzina |
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2001 |
3 A.M. |
2000 |
Bamboozled |
Love & Basketball |
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1999 |
Drużba |
Mordercze lato |
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1998 |
He Got Game |
1996 |
Dziewczyna nr 6 |
1995 |
Ślepy zaułek |
1994 |
Crooklyn |
1992 |
Malcolm X |
1991 |
Jungle Fever |
1990 |
Mo' Better Blues |
1989 |
Rób, co należy |
1988 |
Szkolne oszołomienie |
1986 |
She's Gotta Have It |
1983 |
Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads (film studencki) |
Dokumentalne | |
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2021 |
NYC Epicenters 9/11–2021½ (serial) |
Episode 4 (E04) |
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Episode 3 (E03) |
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Episode 2 (E02) |
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Episode 1 (E01) |
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2020 |
American Utopia |
2018 |
Amazing Grace: Aretha Franklin |
2015 |
Spike Lee's Lil Joints (serial) |
2010 |
If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise (serial) |
2009 |
Kobe Doin' Work (film telewizyjny) |
2006 |
Kiedy puściły wały: Requiem w 4 aktach (serial) |
2002 |
Jim Brown All American (film telewizyjny) |
We Wuz Robbed |
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2000 |
The Original Kings of Comedy |
1997 |
Cztery małe dziewczynki |
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2017 |
Rodney King |
1995 |
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel |
1971 |
Great Performances |
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2009 |
Michael Jackson: This Is It |
1991 |
State of Art: Beating Heart |
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2018 |
Pass Over |
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2005 |
Jesus Children of America |
Scenarzysta
Filmy | |
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2024 |
Boner |
High and Low |
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2020 |
Pięciu braci |
2018 |
Czarne Bractwo. BlacKkKlansman |
2015 |
Chi-Raq |
2014 |
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus |
2012 |
Red Hook Summer |
2004 |
She Hate Me |
2000 |
Bamboozled |
1999 |
Mordercze lato |
1998 |
He Got Game |
1995 |
Ślepy zaułek |
1994 |
Crooklyn |
1992 |
Malcolm X |
1991 |
Jungle Fever |
1990 |
Mo' Better Blues |
1989 |
Rób, co należy |
1988 |
Szkolne oszołomienie |
1986 |
She's Gotta Have It |
1983 |
Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads (film studencki) |
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2017 |
Ona się doigra |
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#WybórNoli (SPOŚRÓD TRZECH) (S01E10) |
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#IdąZmiany (POPRAWA STATUSU) (S01E09) |
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#MiłościąNieOpłaciszRachunków (NAPRAWDĘ JAKA JESTEŚ, NIE WIE NIKT) (S01E08) |
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więcej odcinków (7) |
Dokumentalne | |
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2002 |
We Wuz Robbed |
Programy | |
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1995 |
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel |
Teledyski | |
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2014 |
Kelly Rowland: The Game |
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2020 |
3 Brothers: Radio Raheem, Eric Garner and George Floyd |
2019 |
Coach: Words Matter |
1986 |
Horn of Plenty |
Aktor
Filmy | |
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2018 |
Chris Rock: Tamborine (film telewizyjny) |
2012 |
Red Hook Summer |
2004 |
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America - narrator |
2001 |
3 A.M. |
2000 |
Famous |
1999 |
Mordercze lato |
1996 |
Dziewczyna nr 6 |
1995 |
Ślepy zaułek |
1994 |
Crooklyn |
Drop Squad |
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1993 |
Abbey Lincoln: You Gotta Pay the Band (film telewizyjny) |
Rock the Vote (film telewizyjny) |
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1992 |
Malcolm X |
1991 |
Jungle Fever |
Lonely in America |
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1990 |
Mo' Better Blues |
1989 |
Rób, co należy |
1988 |
Szkolne oszołomienie |
1986 |
She's Gotta Have It |
Seriale | |
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2019 |
Ona się doigra |
#SuperFunkyCaliFragiSexy (S02E05) |
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2017 |
Ona się doigra |
JakBezWysiłkuKochaćSięZMurzynem (S01E07) |
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2014 |
Czarno to widzę |
2003 |
Chappelle's Show |
1998 |
Comedy Lab - m.a. |
1992 |
Ghostwriter - aktor, m.a. |
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2022 |
Nike: Seen It All |
Montażysta
Filmy | |
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1986 |
She's Gotta Have It |
1983 |
Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads (film studencki) |
Gość
Twórca
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2019 |
Ona się doigra |
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#JestemTwoimZwierciadłem (S02E09) |
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#ToNaDółToDoGóry (S02E08) |
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#NieWieszToSięDowiedz (S02E07) |
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2017 |
Ona się doigra |
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#WybórNoli (SPOŚRÓD TRZECH) (S01E10) |
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#IdąZmiany (POPRAWA STATUSU) (S01E09) |
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#MiłościąNieOpłaciszRachunków (NAPRAWDĘ JAKA JESTEŚ, NIE WIE NIKT) (S01E08) |
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2001 |
Come Rain or Come Shine |
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