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Spike Lee

Directors and Filmmakers

Shelton Jackson Spike Lee is an American filmmaker and actor, born in Atlanta, Georgia, on 20 March 1957. He has been cited by various publications as one of the most important filmmakers of the late 20th century, and his work explores issues including race relations, issues within the black community, the role of media in contemporary life, and urban crime and poverty. He has received an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards and three Peabody Awards.

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Classification
Award
Primetime Emmy Award 1
Award
Academy Honorary Award 1
Award
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 1
Award
Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize 1
Birth Year
1957 1
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Associated With

Film, Media Forms
Source Wikipedia: Spike Lee

Works Created

Bamboozled (2000 film), Landmark Works
Source Bamboozled (Wikipedia)
Do the Right Thing, Landmark Works
Source Do the Right Thing - Wikipedia
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Nationality

United States

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Sources
1. Wikipedia: Spike Lee
  • Infobox: birth_date
    March 20, 1957
  • Article text
    For the biographical crime dramedy BlacKkKlansman (2018), he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and the Cannes Film Festival's Grand Prix Award.
  • Article text (academy-honorary-award)
    In 2015, Lee received an Academy Honorary Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for his contributions to film.
  • Article text (primetime-emmy-award)
    He directed the HBO series When the Levees Broke (2006), which won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program and Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking.
  • Article text (dorothy-and-lillian-gish-prize)
    He received a Gala Tribute from the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize.
  • Associated With: Film, Lead sentence
    is an American filmmaker and actor
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Do the Right Thing - Wikipedia
Works Created: Do the Right Thing, Infobox: director
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Spike Lee
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Bamboozled (Wikipedia)
Works Created: Bamboozled (2000 film), Infobox: director
Quote, Works Created: Bamboozled (2000 film), Infobox: director
Spike Lee
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