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Spike Lee

Spike LeeAKA Shelton Jackson Lee

Born: 20-Mar-1957
Birthplace: Atlanta, GA

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Film Director

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Do The Right Thing

Father: Bill Lee (composer, b. 23-Jul-1928)
Mother: Jacquelyn (d. 1977)
Mother: Susan Kaplan (stepmother)
Sister: Joie Susannah Lee (actress-filmmaker, b. 22-Jun-1962)
Brother: David Lee
Sister: Cinqué Lee
Wife: Tanya Lynette Lewis (m. 2-Oct-1993, one daughter, one son)
Daughter: Satchel (b. 1994)
Son: Jackson (b. 1997)
Girlfriend: Halle Berry
Girlfriend: Veronica Webb

    University: BA Mass Communications, Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA (1979)
    University: MFA Film Production, New York University, Tisch School of the Arts

    Endorsement of Absolut Vodka
    Endorsement of Apple
    Endorsement of Nike
    Endorsement of Pizza Hut (Jan-1999)
    Disarm Education Fund National Advisory Board
    Polk Award 2007
    Wedding: Al Reynolds and Star Jones (2004)
    Funeral: Muhammad Ali (2016)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
    BlacKkKlansman (14-May-2018)
    Oldboy (11-Nov-2013)
    Bad 25 (31-Aug-2012)
    Red Hook Summer (22-Jan-2012)
    Passing Strange (16-Jan-2009)
    Miracle at St. Anna (7-Sep-2008)
    When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (16-Aug-2006)
    Inside Man (16-May-2006)
    Sucker Free City (16-Sep-2004)
    She Hate Me (28-Jul-2004)
    25th Hour (16-Dec-2002)
    Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (18-May-2002)
    A Huey P. Newton Story (8-Jun-2001)
    Bamboozled (18-Sep-2000)
    The Original Kings of Comedy (10-Aug-2000)
    Summer of Sam (20-May-1999)
    Freak (10-Oct-1998)
    He Got Game (1-May-1998)
    4 Little Girls (9-Jul-1997)
    Michael Jackson: HIStory on Film - Volume II (1997)
    Get on the Bus (16-Oct-1996)
    Girl 6 (22-Mar-1996)
    Lumi�re and Company (20-Dec-1995)
    Clockers (13-Sep-1995)
    Crooklyn (13-May-1994)
    Malcolm X (18-Nov-1992)
    Jungle Fever (5-Jun-1991)
    Mo Better Blues (3-Aug-1990)
    Do the Right Thing (14-Jan-1989)
    School Daze (12-Feb-1988)
    She's Gotta Have It (May-1986)
    Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop (27-Mar-1983)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Pavarotti (4-Jun-2019) · Himself
    Red Hook Summer (22-Jan-2012)
    PoliWood (1-May-2009) · Himself
    When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (16-Aug-2006) · Himself
    Street Fight (23-Apr-2005) · Himself
    Through the Fire (21-Apr-2005) · Himself
    3 AM (26-Jan-2001) · Filmmaker
    Lisa Picard Is Famous (14-May-2000) · Himself
    Summer of Sam (20-May-1999)
    When We Were Kings (25-Oct-1996) · Himself
    Girl 6 (22-Mar-1996) · Jimmy
    Lumi�re and Company (20-Dec-1995) · Himself
    Clockers (13-Sep-1995) · Chucky
    Drop Squad (28-Oct-1994) · Himself
    Crooklyn (13-May-1994) · Snuffy
    Hoop Dreams (Jan-1994) · Himself
    The Last Party (27-Aug-1993) · Himself
    Malcolm X (18-Nov-1992) · Shorty
    Jungle Fever (5-Jun-1991) · Cyrus
    Mo Better Blues (3-Aug-1990) · Giant
    Do the Right Thing (14-Jan-1989) · Mookie
    School Daze (12-Feb-1988)
    She's Gotta Have It (May-1986) · Mars Blackmon


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