Overview
Mini Biography:
Spike Lee was born Shelton Lee in 1957, in Atlanta, Georgia. At a very young age... more
Trivia:
Has been trying for more than ten years to direct his dream project: a... more
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
Another
28 wins
&
31 nominations
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Alternate Names:
Shelton J. Lee | Shelton Lee
Filmography
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Archive Footage - "Ghostwriter" .... Special Agent Pete (1 episode, 1992)
- Into the Comics: Part 1 (1992) TV episode .... Special Agent Pete
- "Saturday Night Live" .... Mars Blackmon (1 episode, 1986)
... aka NBC's Saturday Night (USA: complete title)
... aka SNL (USA: informal title)
... aka SNL 25 (USA: alternative title)
... aka Saturday Night (USA: first season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live '80 (USA: sixth season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live 15 (USA: fifteenth season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live 20 (USA: twentieth season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live 25 (USA: twentiefifth season title)
- Malcolm-Jamal Warner/Run-DMC (1986) TV episode .... Mars Blackmon
- "Newsnight" .... Himself (1 episode, 2009)
- Episode dated 21 September 2009 (2009) TV episode .... Himself - "Late Show with David Letterman" .... Himself - Visits the NBA Finals (1 episode, 2009)
... aka Late Show Backstage (USA: title for episodes with guest hosts)
... aka Letterman (Australia)
... aka The Late Show (USA: informal short title)
- Episode #16.155 (2009) TV episode .... Himself - Visits the NBA Finals - "Entertainment Tonight" .... Himself (3 episodes, 2008)
... aka E.T. (USA: informal title)
... aka ET Weekend (Australia: weekend title)
... aka Entertainment This Week (weekend title)
... aka This Week in Entertainment (USA: weekend title)
- Episode dated 5 November 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 26 September 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 25 August 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Himself - "Up Close with Carrie Keagan" .... Himself (1 episode, 2008)
- Episode dated 22 September 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Himself - "Showbiz Tonight" .... Himself (1 episode, 2008)
- Episode dated 9 June 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Himself - Lights! Action! Music! (2007) (TV) .... Himself
- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: 10th Anniversary Edition (2007) (TV) .... Himself
- That's the Way It Is: Celebrating Cronkite at 90 (2007) (TV)
- "Stars on Stars" .... Himself / ... (2 episodes, 2007)
- The Best of Stars on Stars (2007) TV episode .... Himself
- Spike Lee (2007) TV episode .... Himself - Guest - Building a Dream: The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy (2007) (TV) .... Himself
- The 12th Annual Critics' Choice Awards (2007) (TV) .... Himself - Presenter
- Ali's 65 (2007) (TV) .... Himself
- "Quite Frankly with Stephen A. Smith" .... Himself (1 episode, 2006)
- Episode dated 14 December 2006 (2006) TV episode .... Himself - The 2006 Black Movie Awards (2006) (TV) .... Himself
- "Real Time with Bill Maher" .... Himself (2 episodes, 2005-2006)
... aka Real Time with Bill Maher: Electile Dysfunction '08 (USA: promotional title)
- Episode #4.13 (2006) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #3.21 (2005) TV episode .... Himself - "This Week" .... Himself (1 episode, 2006)
- Episode dated 20 August 2006 (2006) TV episode .... Himself - "Tavis Smiley" .... Himself (3 episodes, 2004-2006)
- Episode dated 16 August 2006 (2006) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 20 October 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 22 July 2004 (2004) TV episode .... Himself - "When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts" (2006) TV mini-series .... Himself (unknown episodes)
... aka When the Levees Broke (USA: short title) - "Chappelle's Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 2006)
... aka Chappelle's Show: The Lost Episodes (USA: third season title)
- Episode #3.1 (2006) TV episode .... Himself - 2006 MTV Movie Awards (2006) (TV) .... Himself
- Legends Ball (2006) (TV) .... Himself
- The Ultimate Heist: Making 'Inside Man' (2006) (TV) .... Himself
- "TV One on One" .... Himself (1 episode, 2006)
- Episode dated 23 March 2006 (2006) TV episode .... Himself - Inside Men: Denzel & Spike - Man to Man (2006) (TV) .... Himself
- "Corazón de..." .... Himself (1 episode, 2006)
- Episode dated 21 March 2006 (2006) TV episode .... Himself - "HARDtalk Extra" .... Himself (1 episode, 2006)
- Spike Lee (2006) TV episode .... Himself - "That's What I'm Talking About" .... Himself (1 episode, 2006)
- Movers, Shakers and Playmakers (2006) TV episode .... Himself - An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Stevie Wonder (2006) (TV) .... Himself
- "CenterStage" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)
- Spike Lee (2005) TV episode .... Himself - 2nd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors (2005) (TV) .... Himself
- "Movies That Shook the World" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)
- Do the Right Thing (2005) TV episode .... Himself - "Comme au cinéma" .... Himself (1 episode, 2004)
... aka Comme au cinéma: l'émission (France: long new title)
... aka Comme au cinéma: le magazine (France: long new title)
- Episode dated 23 November 2004 (2004) TV episode .... Himself - "Film '72" .... Himself (1 episode, 2004)
... aka Film '73 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '74 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '75 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '76 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '77 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '78 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '79 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '80 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '81 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '82 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '83 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '84 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '85 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '86 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '87 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '88 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '89 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '90 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '91 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '92 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '93 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '94 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '95 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '96 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '97 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '98 (UK: new title)
... aka Film '99 (UK: new title)
... aka Film 2000 (UK: new title)
... aka Film 2001 (UK: new title)
... aka Film 2002 (UK: new title)
... aka Film 2003 (UK: new title)
... aka Film 2004 (UK: new title)
... aka Film 2005 (UK: new title)
... aka Film 2006 (UK: new title)
... aka Film 2007 (UK: new title)
... aka Film 2008 (UK: new title)
... aka Film 2009 (UK: new title)
... aka Film of the Year (UK: teaser title)
... aka The Film Programme (UK: informal alternative title)
- Episode dated 20 September 2004 (2004) TV episode .... Himself - "Film School" (2004) TV series .... Himself
- "The Daily Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 2004)
... aka A Daily Show with Jon Stewart (USA: new title)
... aka Jon Stewart (Australia)
... aka The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (USA: new title)
... aka The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Global Edition (International: English title: cut version)
- Episode dated 3 August 2004 (2004) TV episode .... Himself - "The View" .... Himself (1 episode, 2004)
- Episode dated 27 July 2004 (2004) TV episode .... Himself - "ESPN SportsCentury" .... Himself (1 episode, 2004)
- Disciples of Jackie Robinson (2004) TV episode .... Himself - "Breakfast" .... Himself (1 episode, 2003)
- Episode dated 22 April 2003 (2003) TV episode .... Himself - 34th NAACP Image Awards (2003) (TV) .... Himself
- 2003 Trumpet Awards (2003) (TV) .... Himself
- "Listen Up! Charles Barkley with Ernie Johnson" .... Himself (1 episode, 2002)
... aka Listen Up! (USA: short title)
- Episode #1.1 (2002) TV episode .... Himself - New York at the Movies (2002) (TV) .... Himself
- It's Black Entertainment (2002) (TV) .... Himself
- "Independent View" (2002) TV series .... Himself
- The 2001 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (2001) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself - Presenter
- "Inside the Actors Studio" .... Himself (1 episode, 2000)
... aka Inside the Actors Studio: The Craft of Theatre and Film (USA: first season title)
- Episode #7.6 (2000) TV episode .... Himself - "Arena" .... Himself (1 episode, 2000)
- The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money (2000) TV episode .... Himself
- "The Chris Rock Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1999)
- Episode #3.1 (1999) TV episode .... Himself - "Magacine" .... Himself (1 episode, 1999)
- Episode dated 1 May 1999 (1999) TV episode .... Himself - "I'll Make Me a World" (1999) TV mini-series .... Himself
... aka A Century of African-American Art (USA: subtitle) - "The Directors" .... Himself (1 episode)
- The Films of Spike Lee (????) TV episode .... Himself - Pavarotti & Friends for the Children of Liberia (1998) (TV)
- "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" .... Himself (1 episode, 1998)
... aka Late Night with Conan O'Brien (Australia)
- Episode dated 9 May 1998 (1998) TV episode .... Himself - Wie man die Leute von ihrem Geld trennt (1998) (TV) .... Himself
... aka The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money (USA) - "American Cinema" .... Himself (1 episode)
- The Edge of Hollywood (????) TV episode .... Himself - The Essence Awards (1994) (TV) .... Himself
- Abbey Lincoln: You Gotta Pay the Band (1993) (TV) .... Himself
- "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" .... Himself (1 episode, 1993)
... aka Jay Leno (Australia)
- Episode dated 7 January 1993 (1993) TV episode .... Himself - "The Arsenio Hall Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1992)
- Episode dated 17 November 1992 (1992) TV episode .... Himself - The 64th Annual Academy Awards (1992) (TV) .... Himself - Presenter: Documentary Awards
- Oliver Stone: Inside Out (1992) (TV) .... Himself
- "Saturday Night Live" .... Himself (1 episode, 1991)
... aka NBC's Saturday Night (USA: complete title)
... aka SNL (USA: informal title)
... aka SNL 25 (USA: alternative title)
... aka Saturday Night (USA: first season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live '80 (USA: sixth season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live 15 (USA: fifteenth season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live 20 (USA: twentieth season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live 25 (USA: twentiefifth season title)
- Michael Jordan/Public Enemy (1991) TV episode (uncredited) .... Himself - MTV's 10th Anniversary Special (1991) (TV) .... Himself
- "Great Performances" .... Himself (1 episode, 1990)
- Spike & Co.: Do It Acapella (1990) TV episode .... Himself - The 62nd Annual Academy Awards (1990) (TV) .... Himself - Nominee: Best Original Screenplay
- American Tribute to Vaclav Havel and a Celebration of Democracy in Czechoslovakia (1990) (TV) .... Himself
- "Ebony/Jet Showcase" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1988-1990)
- Episode dated 2 February 1990 (1990) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 12 February 1988 (1988) TV episode .... Himself - The 11th Annual Black Achievement Awards (1990) (TV) .... Himself
- 22nd NAACP Image Awards (1990) (TV) .... Himself
- Story of a People: The Black Road to Hollywood (1990) (TV) .... Himself
- Making 'Do the Right Thing' (1989) (TV) .... Himself
- First Works (1989) (TV) .... Himself
- 21st NAACP Image Awards (1989) (TV) .... Himself
- "The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross" .... Himself (1 episode, 1988)
... aka The Last Resort (UK: new title)
- Episode #3.10 (1988) TV episode .... Himself - The 9th Annual American Black Achievement Awards (1988) (TV) .... Himself
- 20th NAACP Image Awards (1988) (TV) .... Himself
Additional Details
Other Works:
Profiles of John Thompson (1995) and Albert Belle (1996)
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Publicity Listings:
1 Biographical Movie | 1 Portrayal | 1 Print Biography | 17 Interviews | 21 Articles | 1 Pictorial | 3 Magazine Cover Photos
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