SPIKE LEE
March 20, 1957
Atlanta, Georgia
Director
ACADEMY AWARDS
| 1990 | 62nd Academy Awards | Best Original Screenplay | “Do the Right Thing” | Nominated |
| 1998 | 70th Academy Awards | Best Documentary Feature | “4 Little Girls” | Nominated |
| 2016 | 88th Academy Awards | Honorary Award | — | WON |
| 2019 | 91st Academy Awards | Best Picture | “BlackKklansman” | Nominated |
| 2019 | 91st Academy Awards | Best Directing | “BlackKklansman” | Nominated |
| 2019 | 91st Academy Awards | Best Adapted Screenplay | “BlackKklansman” | WON |
FILMOGRAPHY | DIRECTOR
| 1983 | Joe’s Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads |  |
| 1986 | She’s Gotta Have It | |
| 1988 | School Daze | |
| 1989 | Do the Right Thing | |
| 1990 | Mo’ Better Blues | |
| 1991 | Jungle Fever | |
| 1992 | Malcolm X | |
| 1994 | Crooklyn |  |
| 1995 | Clockers | |
| 1996 | Girl 6 | |
| 1996 | Get on the Bus | |
| 1998 | He Got Game | |
| 1999 | Summer of Sam | |
| 2000 | Bamboozled | |
| 2002 | 25th Hour | |
| 2004 | She Hate Me | |
| 2006 | Inside Man | |
| 2008 | Miracle at St. Anna | |
| 2012 | Red Hook Summer | |
| 2013 | Oldboy |  |
| 2014 | Da Sweet Blood of Jesus | |
| 2015 | Chi-Raq | |
| 2018 | BlacKkKlansman |  |
| 2020 | Da 5 Bloods | |
FILMOGRAPHY | DIRECTOR
(DOCUMENTARY)
| 1997 | 4 Little Girls | |
| 2000 | The Original Kings of Comedy | |
| 2012 | Bad 25 | |
| 2016 | Michael Jackson’s Journey from Motown to Off the Wall | |
| 2016 | 2 Fists Up | |
| 2020 | David Byrne’s American Utopia | |
FILMOGRAPHY | PRODUCER
| 1983 | Joe’s Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads | Director | Producer |
| 1986 | She’s Gotta Have It | Director | Producer |
| 1988 | School Daze | Director | Producer |
| 1989 | Do the Right Thing | Director | Producer |
| 1990 | Mo’ Better Blues | Director | Producer |
| 1991 | Jungle Fever | Director | Producer |
| 1992 | Malcolm X | Director | Producer |
| 1994 | Crooklyn | Director | Producer |
| 1994 | Drop Squad | Executive Producer |
| 1995 | New Jersey Drive | Executive Producer |
| 1995 | Tales from the Hood | Executive Producer |
| 1995 | Clockers | Director | Producer |
| 1996 | Girl 6 | Director | Producer |
| 1996 | Get on the Bus | Executive Producer |
| 1997 | 4 Little Girls | Director | Producer |
| 1998 | He Got Game | Director | Producer |
| 1999 | Summer of Sam | Director | Producer |
| 1999 | The Best Man | Producer |
| 2000 | Love & Basketball | Producer |
| 2000 | The Original Kings of Comedy | Director | Producer |
| 2000 | Bamboozled | Director | Producer |
| 2001 | 3 A.M. | Producer |
| 2001 | Home Invaders | Executive Producer |
| 2002 | 25th Hour | Director | Producer |
| 2004 | She Hate Me | Director | Producer |
| 2008 | Miracle at St. Anna | Director | Producer |
| 2009 | Saint John of Las Vegas | Executive Producer |
| 2010 | Dream Street | Executive Producer |
| 2011 | Pariah | Executive Producer |
| 2012 | Red Hook Summer | Director | Producer |
| 2012 | You’re Nobody ’til Somebody Kills You | Executive Producer |
| 2013 | Off-Time | Associate Producer |
| 2013 | Oldboy | Director | Producer |
| 2014 | Evolution of a Criminal | Executive Producer |
| 2014 | Dirty Hands | Executive Producer |
| 2014 | Da Sweet Blood of Jesus | Director | Producer |
| 2015 | Cronies | Executive Producer |
| 2015 | Touched with Fire | Executive Producer |
| 2015 | The Girl Is in Trouble | Executive Producer |
| 2015 | Chi-Raq | Director | Producer |
| 2018 | Pass Over | Producer |
| 2018 | Nigerian Prince | Executive Producer |
| 2018 | BlacKkKlansman | Director | Producer |
| 2018 | Tales from the Hood 2 | Executive Producer |
| 2018 | Amazing Grace | Producer |
| 2019 | See You Yesterday | Producer |
| 2020 | Da 5 Bloods | Director | Producer |
| 2020 | Son of the South | Executive Producer |
| 2020 | David Byrne’s American Utopia | Director | Producer |
FILMOGRAPHY | WRITER
| 1983 | Joe’s Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads |
| 1986 | She’s Gotta Have It |
| 1988 | School Daze |
| 1989 | Do the Right Thing |
| 1990 | Mo’ Better Blues |
| 1991 | Jungle Fever |
| 1992 | Malcolm X |
| 1994 | Crooklyn |
| 1995 | Clockers |
| 1998 | He Got Game |
| 1999 | Summer of Sam |
| 2000 | Bamboozled |
| 2004 | She Hate Me |
| 2012 | Red Hook Summer |
| 2014 | Da Sweet Blood of Jesus |
| 2015 | Chi-Raq |
| 2018 | BlacKkKlansman |
| 2020 | Da 5 Bloods |
SHORT FILMS | DIRECTOR
| 1979 | Last Hustle in Brooklyn | |
| 1980 | The Answer | |
| 1981 | Sarah | |
| 1995 | Lumière and Company (Segment) | |
| 2001 | Come Rain or Come Shine | |
| 2002 | “We Wuz Robbed” (Segment of Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet) | |
| 2005 | “Jesus Children of America” (Segment of All the Invisible Children) | |
| 2017 | Brave: Visions for Moncler | |
| 2020 | “New York, New York” | |
| 2020 | “3 Brothers: Radio Raheem, Eric Garner and George Floyd” | |
TELEVISION
| 1986 | Horn of Plenty | Director | Television short |
| 1990 | Spike Lee & Company: Do It a Cappella | Director | Television documentary |
| 1995 | Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel | Director | Segment: “Coach” |
| 1999 | Pavarotti and Friends for Guatemala and Kosovo | Director | Television documentary |
| 2002 | Jim Brown: All-American | Director | Producer | Television documentary |
| 2004 | Sucker Free City | Director | Producer | Television movie |
| 2005 | Miracle’s Boys | Director | 2 Episodes |
| 2006 | Shark | Director | Episode: “Pilot” |
| 2006 | When The Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts | Director | Producer | Television documentary |
| 2007 | M.O.N.Y. | Director | Unaired Pilot |
| 2009 | Kobe Doin’ Work | Director | Producer | Television documentary |
| 2010 | If God Is Willing and da Creek Don’t Rise | Director | Producer | Television documentary |
| 2011 | Da Brick | Director | Producer | Unaired Pilot |
| 2014 | Katt Williams: Priceless: Afterlife | Director | Executive Producer | Stand-up Special |
| 2014 | Jerrod Carmichael: Love at the Store | Director | Stand-up Special |
| 2017-2019 | She’s Gotta Have It | Director | Executive Producer | Netflix series |
RANKING
- “BlackKklansman”
- “Oldboy”
- “Da 5 Bloods”
- “Crooklyn”
