Spike Lee
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1957-03-20 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Also known As
Спайк Ли
سبايك لي
스파이크 리
スパイク・リー
สไปค์ ลี
史派克·李
Σπάικ Λι
اسپایک لی
Shelton Jackson Lee
Spike Lee
Biography
Spike Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American filmmaker and actor. He was born Shelton Lee in Atlanta, Georgia. At a very young age, he moved from pre-civil rights Georgia, to Brooklyn, New York. His father was a jazz musician, and his mother, a school teacher. His mother dubbed him Spike, due to his tough nature. He attended school in Morehouse College in Atlanta and developed his film making skills at Clark Atlanta University. After graduating, he went to the Tisch School of Arts graduate film program. He made a controversial short, The Answer (1980), a reworking of D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation (1915) -- a ten-minute film. Lee we...
Acting
1989
as Mookie
1991
as Cyrus
1996
as Self
1992
as Shorty
1990
as Spike Lee (Newsstand Customer) (uncredited)
1994
as Snuffy
1986
as Mars Blackmon
2005
as Self
1990
as Giant
1996
as Jimmy
2012
as Self
2012
as Self
2003
2002
as Self
2022
as Mars Blackmon
2017
as Narrator (voice)
2022
as Self
2011
as Self
2017
as Self (archive footage)
1988
as Darrell 'Half-Pint' Dunlap
1993
as Self
1991
2012
1991
as Self
2022
2017
as Self (archive footage)
2015
as Self
2024
as Self
2012
as Mr. Mookie
2000
as Self
2015
as Self
2001
as Filmmaker
1997
as Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)
1989
as Self
-
as Self
2020
as Self (archive footage)
2017
as Self
2000
as Spike Lee
1995
as Chucky
2007
as Self
2011
as Self
1989
as Self
1999
as John Jeffries
2018
2009
as Self
2002
as Self
2009
2001
as Self
2009
as Self
1989
as Self
1990
1993
as Self
2018
as Self
1995
2015
2005
2007
as Self
2014
1994
as Self
1991
as Self
1996
as Self (archive footage)
1992
as Self
1994
as Self
2002
2021
2004
2010
as Self (archive footage)
2023
-
as Self
2025
as Self (archive footage)
2025
1994
as Himself
Production
2006
as Director
2017
as Director
2002
as Producer
2002
as Director
1999
as Director
1991
as Producer
1991
as Director
1992
as Director
1992
as Screenplay
1989
as Screenplay
1989
as Producer
-
as Writer
-
as Director
2004
as Director
2009
as Producer
2009
as Director
1995
as Director
1997
as Director
1995
as Screenplay
2000
as Director
2009
as Director
2002
as Director
2001
as Director
2005
as Director
2000
as Director
2008
as Director
1998
as Screenplay
1998
as Producer
1998
as Director
2002
as Director
2002
as Producer
1997
as Director
1997
as Producer
1994
as Director
1986
as Director
1986
as Writer
1990
as Writer
1990
as Director
1988
as Writer
1988
as Director
1998
as Director
1996
as Director
2004
as Director
1995
as Director
2008
as Camera Operator
1996
as Director
2012
as Director
2020
as Writer
2013
as Director
-
as Producer
1983
as Director
2012
as Director
2012
as Executive Producer
2018
as Writer
2013
as Director
2022
as Director
2022
as Executive Producer
2023
as Executive Producer
2014
as Executive Producer
2008
as Producer
2013
as Executive Producer
2015
as Screenplay
2015
as Director
2015
as Producer
2014
as Director
2014
as Director
1994
as Executive Producer
2014
as Director
1988
as Producer
1995
as Executive Producer
2015
as Executive Producer
2015
as Writer
2015
as Director
2015
as Thanks
1999
as Writer
1999
as Producer
1992
as Producer
2016
2000
as Producer
2012
as Screenplay
2001
as Producer
1991
as Thanks
2005
as Producer
2025
as Executive Producer
2025
as Director
2001
as Co-Executive Producer
2012
as Producer
2018
as Producer
1986
as Producer
1986
as Editor
2015
as Producer
2024
as Executive Producer
1992
2000
as Screenplay
2017
as Director
2017
as Producer
2000
as Producer
-
as Director
-
as Executive Producer
1990
as Producer
2014
as Director
2018
as Director
2004
as Screenplay
2018
as Director
2000
as Director
1995
as Producer
2014
as Writer
2011
as Executive Producer
2018
as Producer
2016
as Director
2016
as Producer
2001
as Director of Photography
1994
as Producer
1994
as Screenplay
2018
as Executive Producer
2018
as Executive Producer
2001
as Director
2024
as Executive Producer
2000
as Director
1990
as Director
2019
as Director
2020
as Producer
2020
as Director
1997
as Writer
2002
as Producer
1983
1983
2019
as Producer
1983
as Producer
2000
as Producer
1996
as Producer
2018
as Producer
2009
as Director
-
as Director
-
as Screenplay
2010
as Executive Producer
2001
as Director
2020
as Director
2020
as Executive Producer
1998
1999
1989
as Director
2020
as Director
2004
as Producer
2014
as Producer
1981
as Director
1986
as Director
1980
as Director
1986
as Writer
2018
as Executive Producer
2014
2005
as Director
2001
as Director
2018
as Executive Producer
2015
as Director
2016
as Executive Producer
2014
as Executive Producer
2011
as Executive Producer
2015
as Executive Producer
2018
as Executive Producer
2003
as Executive Producer
2001
as Executive Producer
2012
as Presenter
1995
as Executive Producer
1999
as Producer
2005
as Presenter
1996
as Executive Producer
1991
as Writer
2021
as Executive Producer
2020
as Executive Producer
2020
-
as Producer
2025
as Executive Producer
-
as Producer
2025
as Executive Producer
2025
as Executive Producer
2025
as Executive Producer
2001
as Director of Photography
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