Spike Lee
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Spike Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American movie director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He also teaches movie at New York University and Columbia University.
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Early life [change]
Lee was born Shelton Jackson Lee in 1957 in Atlanta, Georgia. His mother was a teacher, and his father was a jazz musician.[1] When Lee was very young, the family moved to live in Brooklyn, New York City. His mother gave him the nickname "Spike".
Films [change]
- 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
- 1997: 4 Little Girls
- 1999: Summer of Sam
- 2000: Bamboozled
- 2004: She Hate Me
- 2006: Inside Man
References [change]
Other websites [change]
- Spike Lee at the Internet Movie Database
Categories:
- Actors from Georgia (US)
- Actors from New York City
- African American actors
- African American movie directors
- African American movie producers
- American movie actors
- American screenwriters
- American television directors
- American television producers
- Movie directors from Georgia (US)
- Movie directors from New York
- Movie producers from New York
- People from Atlanta, Georgia
- Writers from Georgia (US)
- Writers from New York City
- 1957 births
- Living people
