Spike Lee
Biography
Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American filmmaker and actor. His work has continually explored race relations, issues within the black community, the role of media in contemporary life, urban crime and poverty, and other political issues. Lee received numerous accolades for his work, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Peabody Awards as well as nominations for three Golden Globe Awards and a Grammy Award. Lee stud…
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Filmography
Acting (129)
Movies (93)
The 51st AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy
2026 Upcomingas Self
May 31
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025as Self (archive footage)
Be A Part of It
2024as Self
Samuel L. Jackson: Did I Stutter?
2023as self
The Moviemakers: Spike Lee
2023as Self
Sidney
2022as Self
Gold Blooded
2022as Self
Denzel Washington: A Model American
2022as Self
Seen It All
2022as Mars Blackmon
A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé
2022as Self
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
2021as Self
A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks
2021as Self
Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1
2018as Self
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
2018as Self
Plankton Salesmen
2017as Self (archive footage)
Be Truly Free
2017as Narrator (voice)
Birth of a Movement
2017as Self
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
2016as Self
Ray Allen/AKA- Jesus Shuttlesworth
2015
Champs
2015as Self
Director Spike Lee's New York City
2015as Self
French Cinema Mon Amour
2015as Self
NBA 2K16’s Livin’ Da Dream: A Spike Lee Joint
2015as Reporter (voice)
Spike Lee's Lil' Joints: The Greatest Catch Ever
2015as self
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014as Self
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
2014
Red Hook Summer
2012as Mr. Mookie
Bad 25
2012as Self
Brooklyn Boheme
2012as Self
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012as Self
Guest
2011as Self
A Man's Story
2011as Self
On the Shoulders of Giants
2011
Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. The New York Knicks
2010as Self
Four Days in October
2010as Self (archive footage)
PoliWood
2009as Self
Kobe Doin' Work
2009as Self
Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
2009as Self
Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies
2008
40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight
2008as Self
Pixote In Memoriam
2007as Self
Lights, Action, Music
2007as Self
Number 4
2006as Self
Through the Fire
2005
Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation
2005as Self
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
2005as Self
Street Fight
2005as Self
How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)
2005
Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers
2004as Self
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
2004as Self
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
2004as Self
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
2003as Self
New York at the Movies
2002as Self
The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'
2002as Self
It's Black Entertainment
2002as Self
The Making of 'Bamboozled'
2001as Self
3 A.M.
2001as Filmmaker
Michael Jordan to the Max
2000as Self
Lisa Picard Is Famous
2000as Spike Lee
Summer of Sam
1999as John Jeffries
4 Little Girls
1997as Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)
The Universal Story
1996as Self (archive footage)
When We Were Kings
1996as Self
Girl 6
1996as Jimmy
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
1996as Self
Clockers
1995as Chucky
Lumière & Company
1995as Self (segment "Sarah Moon")
Below the Rim
1995
Crooklyn
1994as Snuffy
Hoop Dreams
1994as Self
A Century of Cinema
1994as Self
Drop Squad
1994as Himself
The Last Party
1993as Self
Farewell, Babylon!
1993as Self
Seven Songs for Malcolm X
1993
Malcolm X
1992as Shorty
Our Hollywood Education
1992as Self
Jungle Fever
1991as Cyrus
MTV's 10th Anniversary Special
1991as Self
Branford Marsalis: Steep
1991as Self
Sous les marches du palais
1991as Self
Lonely in America
1990as Spike Lee (Newsstand Customer) (uncredited)
Mo' Better Blues
1990as Giant
Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella
1990as Self
Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella
1990
Do the Right Thing
1989as Mookie
Public Enemy: Fight the Power... Live!
1989 Making 'Do the Right Thing'
1989as Self
First Works
1989as Self
Decade
1989as Self
School Daze
1988as Darrell 'Half-Pint' Dunlap
She's Gotta Have It
1986as Mars Blackmon
Do The Right Thing 25 Year Anniversary A Beats Music Experience
as Spike Lee
Television (36)
Mr. Scorsese
2025as Self
Hollywood Black
2024as Self (archive footage)
They Call Me Magic
2022as Self
Directors on Directors
2021as Self
This Is Pop
2021as Self (archive footage)
Pretend It's a City
2021as Self
Dear...
2020as Self
Tamron Hall
2019as Self - Guest
Desus & Mero
2019as Self - Illustrious Guest
Basketball: A Love Story
2018as Self (archive footage)
She's Gotta Have It
2017as Drum Major
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015as Self - Guest
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014as Self - Guest
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010as Self
It's the Shoes
2005as Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003as Self - Guest
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003as Self
Johnny Vaughan Tonight
2002as Self
The Early Show
1999as Self
The View
1997as Self
The Chris Rock Show
1997as Self
The Daily Show
1996as Self - Guest
Inside the Actors Studio
1994as Self
Late Show with David Letterman
1993as Self - Guest
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993as Self - Guest
Ghostwriter
1992as Special Agent Pete
Ghostwriter
1992as Special Agent Pete (archive footage)
In Living Color
1990
Yo! MTV Raps
1988as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975as Mars Blackmon
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973as Self
Great Performances
1971as Self
The Oscars
1953as Self
Crew (198)
Movies (185)
Talk Me
2026Executive Producer
The Voice of Hind Rajab
2025Executive Producer
Highest 2 Lowest
2025Director
Highest 2 Lowest
2025Executive Producer
Megadoc
2025Thanks
In Between Storms
2025Executive Producer
Nervous Energy
2025Executive Producer
How I Learned to Die
2025Executive Producer
From Sidney, with Love
2025Executive Producer
The Truck
2024Executive Producer
F*ck That Guy
2024Executive Producer
PUNTER
2024Executive Producer
Brownies
2024Executive Producer
In Freedom
2023Executive Producer
Off-Time
2022Associate Producer
You Resemble Me
2022Executive Producer
Seen It All
2022Director
Son of the South
2021Executive Producer
Da 5 Bloods
2020Director
Da 5 Bloods
2020Producer
Da 5 Bloods
2020Writer
Tales from the Hood 3
2020Executive Producer
David Byrne's American Utopia
2020Director
David Byrne's American Utopia
2020Executive Producer
3 Brothers: Radio Raheem, Eric Garner and George Floyd
2020Director
New York New York
2020Director
See You Yesterday
2019Producer
Land of the Free
2019Director
BlacKkKlansman
2018Director
BlacKkKlansman
2018Producer
BlacKkKlansman
2018Writer
The Black 14
2018Executive Producer
Amazing Grace
2018Producer
Tales from the Hood 2
2018Executive Producer
Pass Over
2018Producer
Cherish
2018Executive Producer
Time 2 Surrender
2018Executive Producer
Nigerian Prince
2018Executive Producer
Rodney King
2017Director
Rodney King
2017Producer
Be Truly Free
2017Director
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
2016Director
Touched with Fire
2016Executive Producer
2 Fists Up
2016Director
Spike Lee's Lil' Joints: Redemption Song
2016Executive Producer
Spike Lee's Lil' Joints: $15 Kicks
2016Executive Producer
Ray Allen/AKA- Jesus Shuttlesworth
2015Director
Chi-Raq
2015Director
Chi-Raq
2015Producer
Chi-Raq
2015Writer
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus
2015Director
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus
2015Producer
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus
2015Screenplay
Stop
2015Thanks
Cronies
2015Executive Producer
The Girl Is in Trouble
2015Executive Producer
Spike Lee's Lil' Joints: Italian Imports
2015Assistant Director
Spike Lee's Lil' Joints: Italian Imports
2015Executive Producer
NBA 2K16’s Livin’ Da Dream: A Spike Lee Joint
2015Director
NBA 2K16’s Livin’ Da Dream: A Spike Lee Joint
2015Executive Producer
Spike Lee's Lil' Joints: The Greatest Catch Ever
2015Director
Spike Lee's Lil' Joints: The Greatest Catch Ever
2015Executive Producer
Spike Lee's Lil' Joints: The Ice Breaker
2015Executive Producer
Spike Lee's Lil' Joints: Of the Father and of the Son
2015Executive Producer
Dirty Hands
2014Executive Producer
Throw Like A Girl
2014Director
Katt Williams: Priceless: Afterlife
2014Director
Katt Williams: Priceless: Afterlife
2014Producer
Evolution of a Criminal
2014Executive Producer
Jerrod Carmichael: Love at the Store
2014Director
I Can't Breathe
2014Director
Amex Unstaged Pharrell Williams Live at the Apollo
2014Director
Oldboy
2013Director
Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth
2013Director
Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth
2013Executive Producer
Red Hook Summer
2012Director
Red Hook Summer
2012Producer
Red Hook Summer
2012Screenplay
Bad 25
2012Director
One Night
2012Presenter
You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You
2012Executive Producer
Doubles with Slight Pepper
2011Executive Producer
Pariah
2011Executive Producer
Saint John of Las Vegas
2010Executive Producer
Passing Strange
2009Director
Kobe Doin' Work
2009Director
Kobe Doin' Work
2009Producer
Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
2009Director
Miracle at St. Anna
2008Director
Miracle at St. Anna
2008Producer
Genesis | Come Rain or Shine
2008Camera Operator
Inside Man
2006Director
All the Invisible Children
2006Director
All the Invisible Children
2006Producer
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
2005Presenter
Jesus Children of America
2005Director
She Hate Me
2004Director
Sucker Free City
2004Director
Good Fences
2003Executive Producer
25th Hour
2002Director
25th Hour
2002Producer
Jim Brown: All-American
2002Director
Jim Brown: All-American
2002Producer
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
2002Director
The Making of 'Bamboozled'
2001Director
3 A.M.
2001Co-Executive Producer
3 A.M.
2001Producer
The Concert for New York City
2001Director
The Concert for New York City
2001Director of Photography
Home Invaders
2001Executive Producer
A Huey P. Newton Story
2001Director
Come Rain or Come Shine
2001Director of Photography
One Morning All Over the World
2000Director
Love & Basketball
2000Producer
The Original Kings of Comedy
2000Director
The Original Kings of Comedy
2000Producer
Bamboozled
2000Director
Bamboozled
2000Producer
Bamboozled
2000Screenplay
Bernie Mac: Live from Charlotte
2000Director
The Best Man
1999Producer
Summer of Sam
1999Director
Summer of Sam
1999Producer
Summer of Sam
1999Writer
Pavarotti & Friends 99 for Guatemala and Kosovo
1999Director
He Got Game
1998Director
He Got Game
1998Producer
He Got Game
1998Screenplay
John Leguizamo: Freak
1998Director
Pavarotti & Friends - For the Children of Liberia
1998Director
HIStory on Film, Volume II
1997Director
4 Little Girls
1997Director
4 Little Girls
1997Producer
4 Little Girls
1997Writer
Girl 6
1996Director
Girl 6
1996Producer
Get on the Bus
1996Director
Get on the Bus
1996Executive Producer
Michael Jackson: They Don't Care About Us
1996Director
Clockers
1995Director
Clockers
1995Producer
Clockers
1995Screenplay
Tales from the Hood
1995Executive Producer
Lumière & Company
1995Director
New Jersey Drive
1995Executive Producer
Crooklyn
1994Director
Crooklyn
1994Producer
Crooklyn
1994Screenplay
Drop Squad
1994Executive Producer
Malcolm X
1992Director
Malcolm X
1992Producer
Malcolm X
1992Screenplay
Prince and the N.P.G.: Diamonds and Pearls Video Collection
1992Director
Jungle Fever
1991Director
Jungle Fever
1991Producer
Jungle Fever
1991Writer
Suspect
1991Thanks
Spike Lee Presents Mike Tyson
1990Director
Mo' Better Blues
1990Director
Mo' Better Blues
1990Producer
Mo' Better Blues
1990Writer
Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella
1990Director
Do the Right Thing
1989Director
Do the Right Thing
1989Producer
Do the Right Thing
1989Screenplay
School Daze
1988Director
School Daze
1988Producer
School Daze
1988Writer
Horn of Plenty
1986Director
She's Gotta Have It
1986Director
She's Gotta Have It
1986Editor
She's Gotta Have It
1986Producer
She's Gotta Have It
1986Writer
Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads
1983Director
Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads
1983Editor
Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads
1983Producer
Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads
1983Writer
Sarah
1981Director
The Answer
1980Director
Do The Right Thing 25 Year Anniversary A Beats Music Experience
Director
Boner
Director
Boner
Producer
Boner
Writer
Liberty
Producer
Gordon Hemingway & the Realm of Cthulhu
Producer
Television (13)
Katrina: Come Hell and High Water
2025Director
Katrina: Come Hell and High Water
2025Executive Producer
The Captain
2022Executive Producer
NYC Epicenters 9/11➔2021½
2021Director
NYC Epicenters 9/11➔2021½
2021Producer
She's Gotta Have It
2017Creator
She's Gotta Have It
2017Director
If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise
2010Director
If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise
2010Producer
Shark
2006Director
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
2006Director
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
2006Producer
Miracle's Boys
2005Director
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