SPIKE LEE

March 20, 1957
Atlanta, Georgia
Director

ACADEMY AWARDS

1990	62nd Academy Awards	Best Original Screenplay	“Do the Right Thing”	Nominee
1998	70th Academy Awards	Best Documentary Feature	“4 Little Girls”	Nominee
2016	88th Academy Awards	Honorary Award	—	WINNER
2019	91st Academy Awards	Best Picture	“BlackKklansman”	Nominee
2019	91st Academy Awards	Best Directing	“BlackKklansman”	Nominee
2019	91st Academy Awards	Best Adapted Screenplay	“BlackKklansman”	WINNER

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
2025	Highest 2 Lowest

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
2025	Highest 2 Lowest	Executive 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
2025	Highest 2 Lowest

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

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