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Spike Lee Biography

Spike Lee
  • Birth Name: Shelton Jackson Lee
  • Birth Place: Atlanta, GA
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 03/20/1957, Pisces
  • Profession: Director; producer; screenwriter; actor
Spike Lee Fast Facts:
  • 10-minute graduate school film was titled The Answer, about a black screenwriter hired to pen a remake of Birth of a Nation.
  • In addition to films, he has also directed numerous TV commercials for companies such as Nike, AT&T, Levi's; and music videos for Public Enemy, Miles Davis, Anita Baker, among others.
  • Due to the mounting production cost of 1992's Malcolm X, he solicited financial assistance from Bill Cosby, Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jordan and others so that the film could be completed.
  • Numerous honors include Sports Emmys for programs that aired on HBO, one on Mike Tyson, the other on former Georgetown basketball coach John Thompson.
  • 1998's He Got Game was his first movie to reach number one at the box office.
  • Has published six books on filming techniques.
  • Won the 2006 George Polk Award for documentary journalism for his HBO series When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts.
    Spike Lee Relationships:
  • Malcolm D. Lee - Cousin
  • Arnold Lee - Half Brother
  • Chris Lee - Brother
  • Cinque Lee - Brother
  • David Lee - Brother
  • Jackson Lewis Lee - Son
  • Jacquelyn Shelton Lee - Mother
  • Joie Lee - Sister
  • Satchel Lee - Daughter
  • Susan Kaplan - Stepmother
  • Tonya Linette Lewis - Wife
  • William James Edwards Lee III - Father

    • Spike Lee Awards:
  • 1998 Emmy: Outstanding Non-Fiction Special (Informational) - Nominee
  • 1997 Oscar: Best Documentary (Feature) - Nominee
  • 1989 Oscar: Best Writing (Original Screenplay) - Nominee
  • 2007 Emmy: Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming - Winner
  • 2007 Emmy: Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking - Winner
  • 1990 Golden Globe: Best Director - Motion Picture - Nominee

  • College:
  • Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA (BA in Communications, 1979); New York University, New York, NY (MFA in Filmmaking, 1982)
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