Spike Lee
Shelton Jackson Lee
Spike Lee is an American actor from Atlanta, Georgia active since 1983.
- Profession
- Filmmaker, Director, Producer
- From
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Born
- March 20, 1957
- Years active
- 1983–present
Early life
Born in Atlanta and raised in Brooklyn, Shelton "Spike" Lee studied film at NYU and emerged with the independent hit "She's Gotta Have It."
Career
His provocative films "Do the Right Thing," "Malcolm X," and "BlacKkKlansman" reshaped American cinema and earned him an Academy Award for screenwriting.
Major achievements
He won an Academy Award and received an honorary Oscar, becoming a defining auteur of independent and political film.
Legacy
Spike Lee is one of the most influential filmmakers in history, a singular chronicler of Black American life.
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