Spike Lee
Spike Lee
Shelton Jackson "Spike" Leeis an American film director, producer, writer, and actor. His production company, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, has produced over 35 films since 1983...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth20 March 1957
CityAtlanta, GA
CountryUnited States of America
motivational stories directors
All directors are storytellers, so the motivation was to tell the story I wanted to tell. That's what I love.
dream kings needs
I ain't Martin Luther King. I don't need a dream. I have a plan.
thought-provoking people trying
I'm just trying to tell a good story and make thought-provoking, entertaining films. I just try and draw upon the great culture we have as a people, from music, novels, the streets.
holocaust honor slavery
American slavery was not a Sergio Leone Spaghetti Western. It was a holocaust. My ancestors are slaves. Stolen from Africa. I will honor them.
art school cutting
When I went to school, you had to take art, you had to play an instrument. You had to play an instrument. But it's all degraded since then. I do not know what kind of nation we are that is cutting art, music, and gym out of the public-school curriculum.
ignorance kids thinking
We've got to turn this backward thinking around where ignorance is championed over intelligence. Young black kids being ridiculed by their peers for getting A's and speaking proper English: that's criminal.
class people stories
You gotta make your own way. You gotta find a way. You gotta get it done. It's hard. It's tough. That's what I tell my students every day in class. I've been very fortunate. Some people might call me a hardhead, but I'm not going to let other people dictate to me who I should be or the stories I should tell. That doesn't register with me.
brother cat missing
I miss my brother. Prince was a funny cat. Great sence of humor.
brother cat missing
I miss my brother. Prince was a funny cat. Great sence of humor.
jobs
When you love something it's not a job anymore.
people research asks
You have to do the research. If you don't know about something, then you ask the right people who do.
people research asks
You have to do the research. If you don't know about something, then you ask the right people who do.
photography looks costumes
Any time you talk about the look of the film, it's not just the director and the director of photography. You have to include the costume designer and the production designer.
photography looks costumes
Any time you talk about the look of the film, it's not just the director and the director of photography. You have to include the costume designer and the production designer.