Spike Lee
| Spike Lee | |
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Lee at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival
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| Born |
Shelton Jackson Lee March 20, 1957 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Residence | New York City, New York, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater |
Morehouse College, New York University (Tisch School of the Arts) |
| Occupation | Film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, professor |
| Years active | 1977–present |
| Home town | Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States |
| Board member of | 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks |
| Spouse(s) | Tonya Lewis (1993–present) |
| Children | Satchel Lee (b. 1994) Jackson Lee (b. 1997) |
| Parent(s) |
Bill Lee Jacqueline Carroll (née Shelton) |
| Relatives |
Joie Lee (sister) Cinqué Lee (brother) David Lee (brother) Malcolm D. Lee (cousin) |
| Awards | List of awards and nominations received by Spike Lee |
Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor. His production company, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, has produced over 35 films since 1983.
He made his directorial debut with She's Gotta Have It (1986), and has since directed such films as Do the Right Thing (1989), Malcolm X (1992), The Original Kings of Comedy (2000), 25th Hour (2002), Inside Man (2006), and most recently Chi-Raq (2015). Lee has acted in ten of his own films.
Lee's movies have examined race relations, colorism in the black community, the role of media in contemporary life, urban crime and poverty, and other political issues. Lee has received two Academy Award nominations, a Student Academy Award and an Academy Honorary Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and won numerous other awards, including two Emmy Awards, two Peabody Awards, an honorary BAFTA Award, an Honorary César and the 2013 Gish Prize.
Lee was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of Jacqueline Carroll (née Shelton), a teacher of arts and black literature, and William James Edward Lee III, a jazz musician and composer. Lee also had three younger siblings Joie, David, and Cinqué, who all worked in many different positions in Lee's films. Director Malcolm D. Lee is his cousin. When he was a child, the family moved to Brooklyn, New York. His mother nicknamed him "Spike" during his childhood. He attended John Dewey High School in Brooklyn's Gravesend neighborhood.
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