Spike Lee is an accomplished American filmmaker, known for directing She Gotta Have It , Do The Right Thing , Mo’ Better Blues , Malcolm X , He Got Game , Da Sweet Blood Of Jesus , Chi-Raq , and BlacKkKlansman . He holds a Masters of Fine Arts from New York University ‘S Tisch School of the Arts . Spike has over a million followers on Facebook and over 1 million followers on Instagram.

Born name

Shelton Jackson Lee

nickname

Top

Sun sign

fishes

Place of birth

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Residence

New York City, New York, United States

nationality

training

Spike Lee attended John Dewey High School in Brooklyn’s Gravesend neighborhood. He later joined Morehouse College in Atlanta and received his BA in Mass Communications.

He also studied film at Clark Atlanta University . He then earned a Master of Fine Arts in Film & Television from New York University ‘S Tisch School of the Arts .

occupation

Filmmaker, Professor, Actor

family

• Father – William James Edward Lee III (jazz musician and composer)
• Mother – Jacqueline Carroll (Arts and Black Literature teacher)
• Siblings – Joie Lee (Younger Sister) (Writer, Producer, Actress), Cinqué Lee (Younger Brother) (Actor, Filmmaker), David Lee (Younger Brother) (Still Photographer)
• Others – Consuela Lee Morehead (Uncle), Malcolm D. Lee (Cousin) (Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Actor), Arnold Wadsworth Lee (Paternal Grandfather), Alberta Grace Edwards (Paternal Grandfather), Richard J. Shelton (Maternal Grandfather) , Zimmie Retha Jackson (maternal grandmother)

Manager

Spike Lee is managed by –

• 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, Inc., Production Company, Brooklyn, New York, United States
• ICM Partners, Talent and Literary Agency, Los Angeles, California, USA

To build

Slim

Height

5 feet 5 inches or 165 cm

weight

68 kg or 150 lbs

girlfriend/spouse

Spike Lee dated –

1. Veronica Webb (1990-1991) – From August 1990 to December 1991, Spike was in a relationship with model Veronica Webb.
2. Tonya Lewis (1992-Present) – In 1992, Spike began a relationship with a lawyer and producer, Tonya Lewis. The couple tied the knot in New York in 1993. They are blessed with two children – a daughter named Satchel Lee (born 1994) and a son named Jackson Lee (born 1997).

race/ethnicity

Multiracial (Black and White)

He is of African-American (including Cameroonian and Nigerian) and also English descent.

hair colour

Schwarz

eye color

dark brown

sexual orientation

Just

distinguishing features

• Holds the French beard
• Often wears thick glasses
• Usually wears a hat

brand promotion

Spike Lee has endorsed and appeared in commercials for brands such as –

• Mazda Demio (Japan) (2000)
• Nike Air Jordan tennis shoes as Mars Blackmon
• “Orange” UK telephone company

Religion

In an interview with the BBC, he stated that he believed in God.

Known for

Creating and projecting black community issues, urban crime, and politics-related films such as Do the Right Thing (1989), Malcolm X (1992), The Original Kings of Comedy (2000), 25th Hour (2002), Insider (2006), Chi -Raq (2015) and BlacKkKlansman (2018)

first movie

In 1986 he made his big screen debut as Mars Blackmon in the romantic comedy You Must Have It .

First TV show

In 1986, he made his first appearance on the comedy talk show Nightlife .

In 2001, he made his voice acting debut by providing his voice on the family series Just for Me Stories .

Spike Lee Lieblingssachen

• Movie – The Deer Hunter (1978)
• Michael Moore’s Movies – Bowling for Columbine (2002)
• Lunch place – Fred is at Barneys
• Café – Viand

Spike Lee Facts

1. His family moved to Brooklyn, New York when he was little.
2. His mother called him “Spike” when he was little.
3. He often throws himself into his films.
4. He often employs a technique where, in order to obtain floating images of the object, the object is placed on a dolly with the camera and pushed through the scene.
5. A huge New York Knicks fan, he often wears Knicks clothing from head to toe, even when he’s working.
6. He has court seats for all New York Knicks games.
7. Spike also supports the baseball team, the New York Yankees .
8. In 1978 he founded the production company called 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks in New York City, New York. The name 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks was inspired by an unfulfilled promise politicians made to freed slaves after the end of the Civil War.
9. His first feature-length film, You Must Have It (1986) was completed with funds from his grandmother, Zimmie Shelton.
10. He doesn’t drive a car.
11. He has worked frequently with producer/director Monty Ross, who was also his classmate at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
12. In the early 1990s he served as an adjunct professor of African American Studies and Visual and Environmental Studies at Harvard University .
13. In 2002, he also held the rank of Artistic Director of the Kanbar Institute for Film and Television at New York University ‘s Tisch School of the Arts .
14. He is a big fan of Michael Moore’s films.
15. In the past, Entertainment Weekly voted him the 48th greatest director of all time.
16. He is also a football fan and supports English side Arsenal , citing Thierry Henry as his personal friend.
17. Noted Taiwanese director Ang Lee and Spike were classmates at New York University ‘s Tisch School of the Arts .
18. In 2004 he was one of the jury members at the Venice Film Festival .
19. He loves Hollywood’s Golden Age musicals.
20. After seeing the film, he got the inspiration to direct The Deer Hunter (1978).
21. He supported candidate Bernie Sanders in the 2016 US presidential election.
22. He has written and produced several films including BlacKkKlansman (2018), Chi-Raq (2015), The Sweet Blood of Jesus (2014), Red Hook Summer (2012), She Hates Me (2004), Bamboozled (2000 ), Summer of Sam (1999) and many others.
23. Some of the musicians he listens to often are Stevie Wonder, Prince, Bob Marley, Aretha Franklin, Donny Hathaway, John Coltrane and Ella Fitzgerald.
24. Follow him on Facebook and Instagram.