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
stuff credit filmmaker
A lot of times you get credit for stuff in your movies you didn't intend to be there.
roots trying film
I am trying to stay away from this position of me "returning to my roots." As if my roots are that I'm only comfortable working on low-budget, small films. That's not the case at all.
eulogy warning film
This film [Chi-Raq]is a declaration. It's a scream. It's a warning. And I can really break it down to one scene. That's the scene where we have the eulogy and sermon that is given by the great John Cusack.
cousin filmmaker my-cousin
My cousin Malcolm Lee is also a filmmaker.
firsts actors film
'Do the Right Thing' was like the first film where I really felt comfortable working with actors.
thinking film pessimist
I don't think I'm a total pessimist, so I think you can find hope in all my films.
new-york toronto film
I'll be vilified if I shoot a film in Toronto for New York. And rightfully so!
independent hollywood-films hybrid
I am a hybrid. I do independent films and also do Hollywood films - I love them both.
film endeavor hardest
Making films has got to be one of the hardest endeavors known to humankind.
black grew people position racism woman
People say, 'She's so successful' and 'Look at her position as a black woman.' She is a black woman who grew up in Birmingham, Ala.,and said that she never experienced a day of racism in her life.
constant man people state
People think I'm this angry black man walking around in a constant state of rage.
believe people
People didn't really believe me when I told them that I was going to be a filmmaker,
ninth people
People could not believe, especially the residents of the Ninth Ward, that there wasn't hanky-panky in the flooding.
great voted wanna
Terrance Howard did a great job. I wanna see him win. I voted for him.