Spike Lee notes


  • American, born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1957 (aged 60)
  • Film director
  • Parents are named Bill Lee and Jacqueline Carroll
  • Three siblings and a cousin named Joie, Cinque, David and Malcolm
All Spike Lee films:

4 little girls-1997
25th hour-2002
All the Invisible Children-2005
Bad 25-2012
Bamboozled-2000
Chi-Raq-2015
Clockers-1995
Crooklyn-1994
Do the Right Thing-1989
Freak-1998
Get on The Bus-1996
Girl 6-1996
He Got Game-1998
A Huey P. Newton story-2001
If God is willing and da Creek don't Rise-2010
Inside Man-2006
Jim Brown: All American-2002
Joe's bed stuy Barbershop: We cut Heads-1983
Jungle Fever-1991
Kobe doin' work-2009
Malcolm X-1992
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to off the Wall-2016
Miracle at St.Anna-2008
Mo' Better Blues-1990
Oldboy-2013
The Original Kings of Comedy-2000
Red Hook summer-2012
School Daze-1988
She Hate Me-2004
She's gotta Have it-1986
Sucker Free City-2004
Summer of Sam-1999
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus-2014
Ten Minutes Older-2002


  • Real name is Shelton Jackson Lee
  • Lee's independent film, 'Joe's Bed-stuy Barbershop:We Cut Heads' was the first student film to be showcased in Lincoln's New directors/films festival
  • Lee met his wife, Tonya Lewis in 1992 and they got married a year later. They have a daughter named Satchel (born in 1992) and a son named Jackson (1997)
  • Spike has made films based off of a lot of controversial topics
  • Spike wrote music videos for artists such as Public Enemy and Michael Jackson
  • Lee worked with many brands such as Nike
  • Spike Lee didn't go to the Oscars in 2016, but instead went to the Knicks game
  • Spike has made films that have dealt with racism, politics and violence
  • Spike is widely considered racist for many of his comments and his statement against interracial marriage
  • His production company is called "Four Acres and a Mule"
  • He's the director of MyCareer in the video game NBA2k16
  • Lee is very fond on making films in Brooklyn
Quotes:
"It has been my observation that parents kill more dreams than anybody"
"Fight the power that be. Fight the power"
"A lot of times you get credit for stuff in your movies that you didn't mean to be there"

Spike Lee's ten rules for success:

1.Love what you do
2.Don't be lazy
3.Perfect your craft
4.Express yourself
5.Make a way
6.Believe in your work
7.Attack, attack, attack, attack
8.Follow your passion
9.Write
10.Defend your work

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