Lee, Spike (1957—)
A controversial artist and a wizard at self-promotion, Spike Lee became America's best known African-American filmmaker in the 1980s. By the end of the 1990s, Lee beca...
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Controversial filmmaker Spike Lee (born ca. 1957) is known for powerful films such as She's Gotta Have It (1986), School Daze (1988), Do The Right Thing (1989), Mo' Better Blues (1990), Malcolm X (199...
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Few Americans in the arts are able to boast the exhaustive list of achievements that Spike Lee has accomplished before his fortieth birthday. Since the mid-1980s, the Brooklyn-bred, New York Universit...
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After the release of only three films, Spike Lee has become one of the most provocative young filmmakers to emerge in the late '80s. "I truly believe I was put here to make films, it's as simple as th...
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