Spike Lee

Spike Lee

Directing

Born March 20, 1957 · Atlanta, Georgia, USA

80 films as director · Active 1980–2025

Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American filmmaker and actor. His work has continually explored race relations, issues within the black community, the role of media in contempo…

Known for

The Daily Show

The Daily Show

1996

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

Late Show with David Letterman

Late Show with David Letterman

Directed(80)

Highest 2 Lowest

2025Highest 2 Lowest★ 5.5

Da 5 Bloods

2020Da 5 Bloods★ 6.4

David Byrne's American Utopia

2020David Byrne's American Utopia★ 7.5

New York New York

2020New York New York★ 7.8

3 Brothers: Radio Raheem, Eric Garner and George Floyd

20203 Brothers: Radio Raheem, Eric Garner and George Floyd

Land of the Free

2019Land of the Free

BlacKkKlansman

2018BlacKkKlansman★ 7.5

Pass Over

2018Pass Over★ 5.8

Be Truly Free

2017Be Truly Free

Rodney King

2017Rodney King★ 5.1

Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall

2016Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall★ 7.0

2 Fists Up

Da Sweet Blood of Jesus

2015Da Sweet Blood of Jesus★ 4.8

Chi-Raq

2015Chi-Raq★ 5.7

Ray Allen/AKA- Jesus Shuttlesworth

2015Ray Allen/AKA- Jesus Shuttlesworth

NBA 2K16’s Livin’ Da Dream: A Spike Lee Joint

2015NBA 2K16’s Livin’ Da Dream: A Spike Lee Joint

Spike Lee's Lil' Joints: The Greatest Catch Ever

2015Spike Lee's Lil' Joints: The Greatest Catch Ever

Jerrod Carmichael: Love at the Store

2014Jerrod Carmichael: Love at the Store★ 6.4

2014Throw Like A Girl

Katt Williams: Priceless: Afterlife

2014Katt Williams: Priceless: Afterlife★ 6.3

2014I Can't Breathe

2014Amex Unstaged Pharrell Williams Live at the Apollo

Do The Right Thing 25 Year Anniversary A Beats Music Experience

2014Do The Right Thing 25 Year Anniversary A Beats Music Experience

Oldboy

2013Oldboy★ 5.9

Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth

2013Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth★ 7.0

Red Hook Summer

2012Red Hook Summer★ 5.4

Bad 25

2012Bad 25★ 7.3

Kobe Doin' Work

2009Kobe Doin' Work★ 6.5

Passing Strange

2009Passing Strange★ 4.9

Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later

2009Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later★ 7.0

Miracle at St. Anna

2008Miracle at St. Anna★ 6.1

Inside Man

2006Inside Man★ 7.4

All the Invisible Children

2006All the Invisible Children★ 7.0

Jesus Children of America

2005Jesus Children of America★ 8.0

She Hate Me

2004She Hate Me★ 5.2

Sucker Free City

2004Sucker Free City★ 5.9

25th Hour

200225th Hour★ 7.3

Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet

2002Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet★ 6.9

Jim Brown: All-American

2002Jim Brown: All-American★ 5.0

A Huey P. Newton Story

2001A Huey P. Newton Story★ 5.4

The Concert for New York City

2001The Concert for New York City★ 5.1

Come Rain or Come Shine

2001Come Rain or Come Shine

The Making of 'Bamboozled'

2001The Making of 'Bamboozled'★ 5.5

The Original Kings of Comedy

2000The Original Kings of Comedy★ 6.4

Bamboozled

2000Bamboozled★ 6.3

One Morning All Over the World

2000One Morning All Over the World★ 4.7

Bernie Mac: Live from Charlotte

2000Bernie Mac: Live from Charlotte★ 3.0

Summer of Sam

1999Summer of Sam★ 6.5

Pavarotti & Friends 99 for Guatemala and Kosovo

1999Pavarotti & Friends 99 for Guatemala and Kosovo★ 8.0

He Got Game

1998He Got Game★ 6.7

John Leguizamo: Freak

1998John Leguizamo: Freak★ 5.9

Pavarotti & Friends - For the Children of Liberia

1998Pavarotti & Friends - For the Children of Liberia

HIStory on Film, Volume II

1997HIStory on Film, Volume II★ 8.6

4 Little Girls

19974 Little Girls★ 7.2

Girl 6

1996Girl 6★ 5.0

Get on the Bus

1996Get on the Bus★ 6.3

Clockers

1995Clockers★ 6.7

Lumière & Company

1995Lumière & Company★ 6.3

Crooklyn

1994Crooklyn★ 6.8

Malcolm X

1992Malcolm X★ 7.6

Prince and the N.P.G.: Diamonds and Pearls Video Collection

1992Prince and the N.P.G.: Diamonds and Pearls Video Collection★ 7.2

Jungle Fever

1991Jungle Fever★ 6.4

Mo' Better Blues

1990Mo' Better Blues★ 6.5

1990Spike Lee Presents Mike Tyson

Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella

1990Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella

Do the Right Thing

1989Do the Right Thing★ 7.8

School Daze

1988School Daze★ 5.7

She's Gotta Have It

1986She's Gotta Have It★ 6.6

Horn of Plenty

1986Horn of Plenty★ 1.0

Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads

1983Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads★ 6.3

1981Sarah★ 4.5

The Answer

1980The Answer★ 5.5

Boner

Acting(125)

2026The 51st AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie MurphySelf

2025Mr. ScorseseSelf

2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL MusicSelf (archive footage)

1993

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

1975

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

1975

2024Hollywood BlackSelf (archive footage)

2023Samuel L. Jackson: Did I Stutter?self

2023The Moviemakers: Spike LeeSelf

2022Denzel Washington: A Model AmericanSelf

2022Gold BloodedSelf

2022A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane CisséSelf

2022They Call Me MagicSelf

2021A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon ParksSelf

2021Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an ArtistSelf

2021This Is PopSelf (archive footage)

2021Directors on DirectorsSelf

2021Pretend It's a CitySelf

2020Dear...Self

2019Tamron HallSelf - Guest

2019Desus & MeroSelf - Illustrious Guest

2018Breslin and Hamill: Deadline ArtistsSelf

2018Basketball: A Love StorySelf (archive footage)

2018Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1Self

2017She's Gotta Have ItDrum Major

2017Plankton SalesmenSelf (archive footage)

2017Be Truly FreeNarrator (voice)

2017Birth of a MovementSelf

2016Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the WallSelf

2015NBA 2K16’s Livin’ Da Dream: A Spike Lee JointReporter (voice)

2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest

2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelf

2015Spike Lee's Lil' Joints: The Greatest Catch Everself

2015French Cinema Mon AmourSelf

2015Director Spike Lee's New York CitySelf

2015Ray Allen/AKA- Jesus Shuttlesworth

2014Do The Right Thing 25 Year Anniversary A Beats Music Experienceself

2014Life's Essentials with Ruby DeeSelf

2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest

2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf

2014We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama

2012Red Hook SummerMr. Mookie

2012Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’Self

2012Brooklyn BohemeSelf

2011A Man's StorySelf

2011On the Shoulders of Giants

2010Four Days in OctoberSelf (archive footage)

2010Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. The New York KnicksSelf

2010Who Do You Think You Are?Self

2009PoliWoodSelf

2009Do the Right Thing: 20 Years LaterSelf

2009Kobe Doin' WorkSelf

200840 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' FortnightSelf

2008Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies

2007Pixote In MemoriamSelf

2007Lights, Action, MusicSelf

2005It's the ShoesSelf

2005Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power GenerationSelf

2005Street FightSelf

2005How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)

2005By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'Self

2005Through the Fire

2004Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'Self

2004No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear ThreatSelf

2004Five Directors On The Battle of AlgiersSelf

2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf

2003The Evolution of an American FilmmakerSelf

2003Real Time with Bill MaherSelf

2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Guest

2002New York at the MoviesSelf

2002It's Black EntertainmentSelf

2002The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'Self

2002Johnny Vaughan TonightSelf

20013 A.M.Filmmaker

2001The Making of 'Bamboozled'Self

2000Lisa Picard Is FamousSpike Lee

2000Michael Jordan to the MaxSelf

1999The Early ShowSelf

1999Summer of SamJohn Jeffries

1997The ViewSelf

19974 Little GirlsInterviewer (voice) (uncredited)

1997The Chris Rock ShowSelf

1996The Fine Art of Separating People from Their MoneySelf

1996When We Were KingsSelf

1996The Daily ShowSelf - Guest

1996The Universal StorySelf (archive footage)

1996Girl 6Jimmy

1995Lumière & CompanySelf (segment "Sarah Moon")

1995ClockersChucky

1995Below the Rim

1994Drop SquadHimself

1994Hoop DreamsSelf

1994Inside the Actors StudioSelf

1994CrooklynSnuffy

1994A Century of CinemaSelf

1993Seven Songs for Malcolm X

1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest

1993Late Show with David LettermanSelf - Guest

1993Farewell, Babylon!Self

1993The Last PartySelf

1992Malcolm XShorty

1992GhostwriterSpecial Agent Pete (archive footage)

1992Our Hollywood EducationSelf

1991Sous les marches du palaisSelf

1991Jungle FeverCyrus

1991MTV's 10th Anniversary SpecialSelf

1991Branford Marsalis: SteepSelf

1990Lonely in AmericaSpike Lee (Newsstand Customer) (uncredited)

1990Mo' Better BluesGiant

1990Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella

1990In Living Color

1990Spike & Co. Do It a-CappellaSelf

1989Making 'Do the Right Thing'Self

1989First WorksSelf

1989Do the Right ThingMookie

1989Public Enemy: Fight the Power... Live!

1988Yo! MTV RapsSelf

1988School DazeDarrell 'Half-Pint' Dunlap

1986She's Gotta Have ItMars Blackmon

1975Saturday Night LiveMars Blackmon

1973The American Film Institute Salute to ...Self

1971Great PerformancesSelf

1953The OscarsSelf

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