Spike Lee
DirectingBorn
March 20, 1957
Place of Birth
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Biography
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 t…
Known For
The Daily Show
1996
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
The View
1997
Filmography
The 51st AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy
2026
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
Samuel L. Jackson: Did I Stutter?
2023
The Moviemakers: Spike Lee
2023
Denzel Washington: A Model American
2022
Gold Blooded
2022
Sidney
2022
A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé
2022
A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks
2021
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
2021
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
2018
Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1
2018
Plankton Salesmen
2017
Be Truly Free
2017
Birth of a Movement
2017
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
2016
NBA 2K16’s Livin’ Da Dream: A Spike Lee Joint
2015
Spike Lee's Lil' Joints: The Greatest Catch Ever
2015
French Cinema Mon Amour
2015
Director Spike Lee's New York City
2015
Champs
2015
Ray Allen/AKA- Jesus Shuttlesworth
2015
Do The Right Thing 25 Year Anniversary A Beats Music Experience
2014
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
2014
Bad 25
2012
Red Hook Summer
2012
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012
Brooklyn Boheme
2012
A Man's Story
2011
Guest
2011
On the Shoulders of Giants
2011
Four Days in October
2010
Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. The New York Knicks
2010
PoliWood
2009
Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
2009
Kobe Doin' Work
2009
40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight
2008
Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies
2008
Pixote In Memoriam
2007
Lights, Action, Music
2007
Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation
2005
Street Fight
2005
How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)
2005
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
2005
Through the Fire
2005
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
2004
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
2004
Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers
2004
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
2003
New York at the Movies
2002
It's Black Entertainment
2002
The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'
2002
3 A.M.
2001
The Making of 'Bamboozled'
2001
Lisa Picard Is Famous
2000
Michael Jordan to the Max
2000
Summer of Sam
1999
4 Little Girls
1997
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
1996
When We Were Kings
1996
The Universal Story
1996
Girl 6
1996
Lumière & Company
1995
Clockers
1995
Below the Rim
1995
Drop Squad
1994
Hoop Dreams
1994
Crooklyn
1994
A Century of Cinema
1994
Seven Songs for Malcolm X
1993
Farewell, Babylon!
1993
The Last Party
1993
Malcolm X
1992
Our Hollywood Education
1992
Sous les marches du palais
1991
Jungle Fever
1991
MTV's 10th Anniversary Special
1991
Branford Marsalis: Steep
1991
Lonely in America
1990
Mo' Better Blues
1990
Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella
1990
Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella
1990
Decade
1989
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
1989
First Works
1989
Do the Right Thing
1989
Public Enemy: Fight the Power... Live!
1989
School Daze
1988
She's Gotta Have It
1986
Mr. Scorsese
2025
Hollywood Black
2024
They Call Me Magic
2022
This Is Pop
2021
Directors on Directors
2021
Pretend It's a City
2021
Dear...
2020
Tamron Hall
2019
Desus & Mero
2019
Basketball: A Love Story
2018
She's Gotta Have It
2017
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010
It's the Shoes
2005
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Johnny Vaughan Tonight
2002
The Early Show
1999
The View
1997
The Chris Rock Show
1997
The Daily Show
1996
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
Ghostwriter
1992
Ghostwriter
1992
In Living Color
1990
Yo! MTV Raps
1988
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
Great Performances
1971
The Oscars
1953
The Oscars
1953