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  1. www.biography.com › movies-tv › spike-leeSpike Lee - Movies, Life & Facts - Biography

    Sep 28, 2022 · Spike Lee was making amateur films by age 20 and won a Student Academy Award for his graduate thesis film. Lee drew attention with his first feature, She's Gotta Have It — one of the most ...

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  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Spike_LeeSpike Lee - Wikipedia

    Shelton Jackson " Spike " Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and author. 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.

  4. www.imdb.com › name › nm0000490Spike Lee - Biography - IMDb

    Spike Lee. Director: Do the Right Thing. Spike Lee was born Shelton Jackson Lee on March 20, 1957, in Atlanta, Georgia. At a very young age, he moved from pre-civil rights Georgia, to Brooklyn, New York.

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  6. www.britannica.com › biography › Spike-LeeSpike Lee | Biography, Movies, & Facts | Britannica

    May 7, 2024 · Spike Lee (born March 20, 1957, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.) is an American filmmaker known for his uncompromising provocative approach to controversial subject matter. The son of the jazz composer Bill Lee, he was reared in a middle-class Brooklyn neighbourhood.

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  7. www.imdb.com › name › nm0000490Spike Lee - IMDb

    Spike Lee was born Shelton Jackson Lee on March 20, 1957, in Atlanta, Georgia. At a very young age, he moved from pre-civil rights Georgia, to Brooklyn, New York. Lee came from artistic, education-grounded background; his father was a jazz musician, and his mother, a schoolteacher.

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  8. screenrant.com › spike-lee-first-moviesSpike Lee's First 10 Movies In Chronological Order - Screen Rant

    Jul 22, 2020 · By the time 1989 rolled around, Lee created his masterpiece, a film that was a critically praised film in the rise of the indie filmmaking scene that took Hollywood by storm in the '90s. Here is a look at the first 10 movies of Spike Lee's career.

  9. www.masterclass.com › articles › get-to-know-spikeGet to Know Spike Lee: Movies List and Behind-the-Scenes ...

    Aug 12, 2021 · The eldest of three children, [Spike Lee] (https://www.masterclass.com/classes/spike-lee-teaches-filmmaking) was born in Atlanta, Georgia, though his family would move to what he calls “the Republic of Brooklyn” when he was two years old. This relocation would radically inform the future director’s storytelling.