Spike Lee

Q: Has Spike Lee won any Oscars?

Spike Lee won his first Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for 'BlacKkKlansman' in 2019, after receiving numerous nominations throughout his career.

Q: What was Spike Lee's first film?

Spike Lee's first feature film was 'She's Gotta Have It,' released in 1986, which gained significant attention for its portrayal of a young woman navigating relationships.

Q: What are Spike Lee's most successful films?

Some of Spike Lee's most successful films include 'Do the Right Thing,' 'Malcolm X,' and 'BlacKkKlansman,' each receiving critical acclaim and box office success.

Q: What is Spike Lee's personal life like?

Spike Lee is married to Tonya Lewis Lee, and they have two children. He is known for his strong sense of community and activism.

Q: What is Spike Lee's estimated net worth?

Spike Lee's estimated net worth is around $50 million, earned through his successful career in filmmaking, acting, and production.

Q: What are some milestones in Spike Lee's filmography?

Milestones in Spike Lee's filmography include the groundbreaking 'Do the Right Thing,' the biographical epic 'Malcolm X,' and the recent 'BlacKkKlansman,' showcasing his evolution as a filmmaker.

Q: How has Spike Lee influenced modern cinema?

Spike Lee has influenced modern cinema through his bold storytelling and focus on social justice issues, inspiring a new generation of filmmakers to address relevant themes in their work.

Known for

BlacKkKlansman (2018)

IMDb 7.5 / 10

2018 / Biography, Comedy / 135 min

Colorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip Zimmerman, his Jewish colleague, run an undercover operation to infiltrate the...

Inside Man (2013)

IMDb 8 / 10

2013 / Documentary, Reality

Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock provides an insider's view of diverse social and economic issues facing Americans today.

25th Hour (2002)

IMDb 7.6 / 10

2002 / Drama / 135 min

In New York City in the days following the events of 9/11, Monty Brogan is a convicted drug dealer about to start a seven-year...

Name

Spike Lee

Height

5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Born

20 March 1957, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Spouses

Tonya Lewis Lee (1993–present)

Children

2, Satchel and Jackson Lee

Parents

Bill Lee, Jacquelyn Lee

Estimated Net Worth

$50 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2026	Movie AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy Comedy trailblazer Eddie Murphy celebrates his legendary film career in this star-studded tribute filmed live in Los Angeles.	Self	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2025	TV Mr. Scorsese Explore the many lives of Martin Scorsese through intimate interviews with the man himself, access to his private archives, plus...	Self	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2025	Movie Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music Untold stories behind the culture-defining and newsmaking musical performances, sketches and cameos of the past 50 years.	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2024	Movie 13 Steps - Die unglaubliche Karriere von Edwin Moses For nine years, nine months and nine days, track superstar Edwin Moses went unbeaten in the notoriously difficult 400-meter hurdles.The...	Unknown character	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2024	TV Hollywood Black The epic story of the actors, writers, directors, and producers who fought for their place on the page, behind the...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 3.0 / 10
2023	Movie Samuel L. Jackson: Did I Stutter? With a work ethic like no other and a filmography boosting over 150 films, it's hard to doubt Samuel L....	self	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2023	Movie The Moviemakers: Spike Lee A highly driven and motivated trailblazer, Spike Lee has always been a controversial and political filmmaker whose films speak for...	Self	Not rated
2022	Movie Denzel Washington: A Model American In 30 years of a deeply committed career and 50 roles, Denzel Washington, double-Oscar winner, placed the figure of the...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2022	Movie Gold Blooded This 7-part documentary is narrated by Andre Iguodala and tells the story of the Golden State Warriors run to the...	Self	Not rated
2022	Movie Sidney This revealing documentary honors the legendary Sidney Poitier—iconic actor, filmmaker, and civil rights activist. Featuring interviews with Denzel Washington, Spike...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2022	Movie A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé Fatou Cissé accompanies her father, malien director Souleymane Cissé, through a trip down his film career, painting an intimate and...	Self	Not rated
2022	TV They Call Me Magic Earvin “Magic” Johnson is an icon for the ages—from humble beginnings to the Dream Team to business titan. Featuring interviews...	Self	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2021	Movie A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks This documentary chronicles renaissance man Gordon Parks’ stellar career from staff photographer for LIFE magazine, through his artistic development photographing...	Self	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2021	Movie Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist An intimate look at the Oscar-nominated actor’s incomparable artistry, and the acting process which informed his transformative performances. Viola Davis,...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2021	TV This Is Pop Unknown histories take center stage as the hitmakers themselves - from ABBA to T-Pain - explore dimensions of pop music...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2021	TV Directors on Directors	Self	Not rated
2021	TV Pretend It's a City Wander the New York City streets and fascinating mind of wry writer, humorist and raconteur Fran Lebowitz as she sits...	Self	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2020	TV Dear... An inventive and cinematic approach to biographies of the most iconic figures in society today by using letters written by...	Self	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2019	TV Tamron Hall Former news host and journalist Tamron Hall discusses all things topical and engages those she interviews in thorough meaningful and...	Self - Guest	TMDB 4.5 / 10
2019	TV Desus & Mero The first ever weekly late-night talk show on Showtime features popular TV and podcast personalities Desus and Mero speaking off...	Self - Illustrious Guest	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2018	Movie Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists Directors Jonathan Alter, John Block and Steve McCarthy bring New York columnists Jimmy Breslin and Pete Hamill’s courageous writing to...	Self	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2018	TV Basketball: A Love Story 'Basketball: A Love Story' is a series of 62 interconnected short stories that creates a vibrant mosaic of the game,...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2018	TV Konbini Vidéo Club	Unknown character	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2018	Movie Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1 Unbanned explores the dynamic life of AJ1 from its unlikely origins to its role in disrupting NBA rules, birthing sneaker...	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2017	TV She's Gotta Have It Nola Darling struggles to define herself and divide her time among her friends, job and three lovers. A new take...	Drum Major	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2017	Movie Plankton Salesmen A nostalgic look at the birth and death of arthouse film distribution in Russia in the early 2000s. The story...	Self (archive footage)	Not rated
2017	Movie Be Truly Free Spike Lee explains the dream.	Narrator (voice)	Not rated
2017	Movie Birth of a Movement In 1915, Boston-based African American newspaper editor and activist William M. Trotter waged a battle against D.W. Griffith’s technically groundbreaking...	Self	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2016	Movie Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall Director Spike Lee chronicles Michael Jackson's early rise to fame.	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2015	Movie NBA 2K16’s Livin’ Da Dream: A Spike Lee Joint Spike Lee’s movie made for the video game NBA2K16	Reporter (voice)	Not rated
2015	TV The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late...	Self - Guest	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2015	TV Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Some of this year's most talked about talent open up about the challenges and triumphs of creating critically acclaimed series...	Self	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2015	Movie Spike Lee's Lil' Joints: The Greatest Catch Ever	self	Not rated
2015	Movie French Cinema Mon Amour French Cinema Mon Amour is an ensemble film in which each contributor brings their own voice, their own particular approach,...	Self	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2015	Movie Director Spike Lee's New York City Director Spike Lee (Malcolm X) has lived and worked in New York City for his entire career. He loves New...	Self	Not rated
2015	Movie Champs A documentary about the sport of boxing, as seen through the eyes of champions Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield and Bernard...	Self	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2015	Movie Ray Allen/AKA- Jesus Shuttlesworth Spike Lee takes us into the world of NBA nicknames, focusing on how Ray Allen's starring role in Lee's HE...	Unknown character	Not rated
2014	Movie Do The Right Thing 25 Year Anniversary A Beats Music Experience Spike Lee and others reflect on this impactful film, more than two decades later.	self	Not rated
2014	Movie Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee In this open-letter style documentary, Ruby Dee & Ossie Davis' rich lives guide their grandson on his personal quest to...	Self	TMDB 1.5 / 10
2014	TV Late Night with Seth Meyers Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live's" longest serving anchor on the show's wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as...	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2014	TV The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in...	Self	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2014	TV The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in...	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2014	Movie We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama The Election of President Barack Obama began on March 5, 1770 at the Boston Massacre with the death of Crispus...	Unknown character	Not rated
2012	Movie Bad 25 Spike Lee pays tribute to Michael Jackson's Bad on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the epochal album, offering behind-the-scenes footage of...	Self	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2012	Movie Red Hook Summer When his mom deposits him at the Red Hook housing project in Brooklyn to spend the summer with the grandfather...	Mr. Mookie	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2012	Movie Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ A provocative look into the seven-year history of the series that gave hip hop a voice and broke color barriers,...	Self	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2012	Movie Brooklyn Boheme Brooklyn Boheme is a love letter to a vibrant African American artistic community who resided in Fort Greene and Clinton...	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2011	Movie A Man's Story Documentary about British fashion designer Ozwald Boateng.	Self	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2011	Movie Guest Filmmaker José Luis Guerin documents his experience during a year of traveling as a guest of film festivals to present...	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2011	Movie On the Shoulders of Giants The story of the Harlem Rens: the greatest basketball team you never heard of.	Unknown character	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2010	Movie Four Days in October When the night of October 16, 2004 came to a merciful end, the Curse of the Bambino was alive and...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2010	Movie Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. The New York Knicks Reggie Miller single-handedly crushed the hearts of Knick fans multiple times. But it was the 1995 Eastern Conference Semifinals that...	Self	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2010	TV Who Do You Think You Are? From roots in the Deep South to the slums of New Jersey, "Who Do You Think You Are?" follows the...	Self	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2009	Movie PoliWood An in-depth look at the Democratic and Republican national conventions held during the 2008 U.S. Presidential election year.	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2009	Movie Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later In this documentary directed by Spike Lee, he interviews the cast and crew of his 1989 film DO THE RIGHT...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2009	Movie Kobe Doin' Work A documentary following Kobe Bryant during one day of the 2008 NBA playoffs.	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2008	Movie 40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight A history of the Cannes Film Festival's Director's Fortnight selection.	Self	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2008	Movie Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies Documentary portrays the saga of how Italian Americans went from being outsiders who were stereotyped as gangsters in American movies...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2007	Movie Pixote In Memoriam A tribute documentary on Fernando Ramos da Silva, the famous child star of the acclaimed film by Hector Babenco, "Pixote,...	Self	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2007	Movie Lights, Action, Music A wonderful journey through the meaning and relevance of film music composition. Featuring great, albeit brief, insights from some of...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2005	TV It's the Shoes Bibbito Garcia takes you across the country to check out some of the rarest and most unusual sneaker collections owned...	Self	Not rated
2005	Movie Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation On the road documentary with Prince and the New Power Generation during their 2004 Musicology tour from the west coast...	Self	Not rated
2005	Movie Street Fight This documentary follows the 2002 mayoral campaign in Newark, New Jersey, in which a City Councilman, Cory Booker, attempted to...	Self	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2005	Movie How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It) Melvin Van Peebles was one of the first black directors to challenge the white establishment in his films, which include...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2005	Movie By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' A short documentary about the making of Spike Lee's biopic, "Malcolm X."	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2005	Movie Through the Fire "Through the Fire" chronicles the journey of Coney Island basketball star, Sebastian Telfair, from famed Lincoln High School straight to...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2004	Movie Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove' Documentary about actor Peter Sellers and one of his most memorable film roles.	Self	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2004	Movie No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat A documentary exploring the historical concept of the narrative of Stanley Kubrick's 1964 film "Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned...	Self	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2004	Movie Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers This 17-minute documentary is featured on the 3-Disc Criterion Collection DVD of The Battle of Algiers (1966), released in 2004....	Self	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2003	TV The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to just Ellen, is an American television talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres.	Self	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2003	Movie The Evolution of an American Filmmaker Spike Lee's filmmaking career is examined in this partial making-of for the film 25th Hour (2002). Interviews with cast members...	Self	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2003	TV Real Time with Bill Maher Each week Bill Maher surrounds himself with a panel of guests which include politicians, actors, comedians, musicians and the like...	Self	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2003	TV Jimmy Kimmel Live! Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2002	Movie New York at the Movies Meryl Streep conducts us to a trip to New York City as presented in many films during the 20th Century,...	Self	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2002	Movie It's Black Entertainment A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Americans in film over the last century....	Self	TMDB 8.7 / 10
2002	Movie The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family' Featuring inverviews from: Afrika Bambaataa, Ashford & Simpson, Jackson Browne, Kim Burell, Taylor Dayne, Carmen Electra, Faith Evans, Roberta Flack,...	Self	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2002	TV Johnny Vaughan Tonight	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2001	Movie 3 A.M. The feature film directing debut of Spike Lee protege Lee Davis takes the viewer into the world of taxi drivers....	Filmmaker	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2001	Movie The Making of 'Bamboozled' A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Spike Lee's satirical take on the American entertainment industry.	Self	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2000	Movie Lisa Picard Is Famous A documentarian decides to follow the career of New York actress Lisa Picard, believing she is on the brink of...	Spike Lee	TMDB 4.6 / 10
2000	Movie Michael Jordan to the Max This documentary showcases basketball player Michael Jordan's awe-inspiring moves, providing behind-the-scenes and on-the-court action, including footage of Jordan and the...	Self	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1999	TV The Early Show The Early Show is an American morning television show which was broadcast by CBS from New York City from 1999...	Self	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1999	Movie Summer of Sam Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on...	John Jeffries	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1997	TV The View ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro...	Self	TMDB 4.3 / 10
1997	Movie 4 Little Girls On September 15, 1963, a bomb destroyed a black church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young girls who were there...	Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1997	TV The Chris Rock Show The Chris Rock Show is a late night comedy talk show featured on HBO. It was created by Chris Rock...	Self	TMDB 4.6 / 10
1996	Movie The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money An examination of the evolution of commercials as an artistic medium, featuring interviews with media luminaries who relate how the...	Self	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1996	Movie When We Were Kings It's 1974. Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years...	Self	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1996	TV The Daily Show The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.	Self - Guest	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1996	Movie The Universal Story Richard Dreyfuss hosts a celebration of the 80 year history of Universal Studios. Founded as IMP by Carl Leammle to...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1996	Movie Girl 6 A struggling actress in New York City takes a job as a phone sex operator.	Jimmy	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1995	Movie Lumière & Company 40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working...	Self (segment "Sarah Moon")	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1995	Movie Clockers Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug lord Rodney Little. When a night manager at...	Chucky	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1995	Movie Below the Rim Men among giants, the NBA's little big men are the unsung heroes of the court. Defying the odds, these players...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1994	Movie Drop Squad Controversial film about an underground organization that kidnaps and 'deprograms' African Americans who sell out or deny their cultural heritage....	Himself	TMDB 3.5 / 10
1994	Movie Hoop Dreams Every school day, African-American teenagers William Gates and Arthur Agee travel 90 minutes each way from inner-city Chicago to St....	Self	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1994	TV Inside the Actors Studio James Lipton sits down with some of the world's most accomplished actors and directors for penetrating, fascinating interviews.	Self	Not rated
1994	Movie Crooklyn From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living...	Snuffy	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1994	Movie A Century of Cinema A look back at the first 100 years of the movies.	Self	TMDB 8.3 / 10
1993	Movie Seven Songs for Malcolm X The Black Audio Film Collective’s seventh film envisioned the death and life of the African American revolutionary as a seven...	Unknown character	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1993	TV Late Night with Conan O'Brien Stepping into the late-late slot vacated by David Letterman, Conan O'Brien stars in a show that far outdoes its competition...	Self - Guest	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1993	TV Late Show with David Letterman David Letterman uses mature humor to appeal to his audience in this weeknight series, which gets its music from a...	Self - Guest	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1993	Movie Farewell, Babylon! Arrabal's sixth film based on his novel from 1969 with the same name as the movie.	Self	Not rated
1993	Movie The Last Party A youthful perspective on the 1992 presidential campaign with a witty, cautionary message to young Americans to start participating in...	Self	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1992	Movie Malcolm X A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his...	Shorty	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1992	TV Ghostwriter Ghostwriter is an American television program created by Liz Nealon and produced by the Children's Television Workshop and BBC One....	Special Agent Pete	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1992	TV Ghostwriter Ghostwriter is an American television program created by Liz Nealon and produced by the Children's Television Workshop and BBC One....	Special Agent Pete (archive footage)	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1992	Movie Our Hollywood Education In this documentary, a variety of directors and actors, many of them well known, give answers to questions the viewer...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1991	Movie Sous les marches du palais	Self	Not rated
1991	Movie Jungle Fever A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried...	Cyrus	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1991	Movie MTV's 10th Anniversary Special A special commemorating the 10th anniversary of MTV. Included are performances created for this special by contemporary music artists who...	Self	Not rated
1991	Movie Branford Marsalis: Steep Recorded live on 13th November, 1987, at the Spirit Square Arts Centre, North Carolina, USA.	Self	Not rated
1990	Movie Lonely in America An East Indian native immigrates to New York City and stumbles his way onto the corporate fast-track.	Spike Lee (Newsstand Customer) (uncredited)	TMDB 4.4 / 10
1990	Movie Mo' Better Blues Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But...	Giant	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1990	Movie Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella Spike Lee & Company: Do It a Cappella is a 1990 PBS documentary, directed by Spike Lee, around the topic...	Unknown character	Not rated
1990	TV In Living Color Created by stars Keenen Ivory Wayans and Damon Wayans, this Emmy-winning sketch series offers cutting-edge satire and features a host...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1990	Movie Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella A 1990 PBS documentary around the topic of A cappella music. Artists that performed as part of the documentary include...	Self	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1989	Movie Decade Interviews with personalities including John Mellencamp, Spike Lee, Lou Reed, Roseanne Barr, David Byrne, George Michael and more, as they...	Self	TMDB 8.5 / 10
1989	Movie Making 'Do the Right Thing' The Behind-the-Scenes documentary of the dramatic comedy Do the Right Thing.	Self	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1989	Movie First Works It's a mixed bag in the age of illuminating DVD supplements, but First Works effectively demonstrates the early promise of...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1989	Movie Do the Right Thing Sal is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees...	Mookie	TMDB 7.8 / 10
1989	Movie Public Enemy: Fight the Power... Live! THE BLACK PANTHERS OF RAPP-CHUCK D, FLAVOR FLAY, TERMINATOR X, PROFESSOR GRIFF, AND THE S1W'S BRING THE NOISE HOME TO...	Unknown character	Not rated
1988	TV Yo! MTV Raps Popular rap music videos showcased along with live performances and interviews with notable rap artists.	Self	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1988	Movie School Daze Fraternity and sorority members clash with other students at a historically black college during homecoming weekend.	Darrell 'Half-Pint' Dunlap	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1986	Movie She's Gotta Have It The story of Nola Darling's simultaneous sexual relationships with three different men is told by her and by her partners...	Mars Blackmon	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1975	TV Saturday Night Live A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary...	Self (uncredited)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1975	TV Saturday Night Live A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary...	Mars Blackmon	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1973	TV The American Film Institute Salute to ... In 1973 the American Film Institute initiated its Life Achievement Award, to be presented to a yearly recipient whose talent...	Self	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1971	TV Film '72 The BBC's flagship cinema review TV program featuring reviews of new releases, news items and interviews. The title of the...	Self	TMDB 5.1 / 10
1971	TV Great Performances The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical...	Self	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1953	TV The Oscars An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1953	TV The Oscars An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy...	Self - Audience Member	TMDB 7.0 / 10

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2026	Movie Talk Me Pedro, an outsider trapped in a passionless marriage, secretly escapes through music. When he meets Kira, another outsider who shares...	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
2025	Movie Megadoc Presenting a behind-the-scenes account of a visionary at work. From Oscar-nominated Mike Figgis, Megadoc gives audiences an unfiltered and intimate...	Thanks Crew	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2025	Movie The Voice of Hind Rajab January 29, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A five-year old girl is trapped in a car under...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2025	Movie From Sidney, with Love Convinced that she is Sidney Poitier's daughter, a 9-year-old girl from an otherwise all-white town in North Yorkshire runs away...	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
2025	TV Katrina: Come Hell and High Water Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, survivors reflect on the disastrous storm that forever changed their lives and the systemic inequities...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2025	TV Katrina: Come Hell and High Water Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, survivors reflect on the disastrous storm that forever changed their lives and the systemic inequities...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2025	Movie Highest 2 Lowest When a titan music mogul, widely known as having the "best ears in the business", is targeted with a ransom...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2025	Movie Highest 2 Lowest When a titan music mogul, widely known as having the "best ears in the business", is targeted with a ransom...	Director Directing	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2025	Movie How I Learned to Die 16-year-old Iris finds out she has a 60% chance of dying; she’s gotta live it up. Chasing a wild bucket-list,...	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
2025	Movie In Between Storms After a hurricane ravages his hometown, a grieving man breaks into an off-limits cemetery to rescue the lost remains of...	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
2025	Movie Nervous Energy On the cusp of success/failure, two unhinged female filmmakers decide to break up with their boyfriends, and for once, make...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2024	Movie The Piano Lesson A brother and sister's battle over a prized heirloom piano unleashes haunting truths about how the past is perceived —...	Thanks Crew	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2024	Movie Brownies Set in 1983 at camp, Snot and her all-black girl scout brownie troop seek revenge on an all white privileged...	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
2024	Movie The Truck Against the simmering anxieties of post-Roe America, a Chinese-American teenager and her boyfriend attempt to buy the morning-after pill in...	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
2024	Movie PUNTER Young Brett must navigate the underbelly of the Johannesburg gambling world as a seemingly harmless horse-racing bet jeopardizes the surprise...	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
2024	Movie F*ck That Guy Frankie, an on-the-make teen who’s hell-bent on stepping into her sexual power, is forced to pivot when her big night...	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
2023	Movie In Freedom An immigrant couple caring for their grandchildren receives an unexpected visitor after hours, threatening to throw their lives into complete...	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
2022	Movie You Resemble Me Two sisters are abruptly separated, the eldest, Hasna, struggles to find her identity and place in the world.	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2022	TV The Captain A compelling narrative revealing the man behind the icon - Derek Jeter. Amidst a time of great change in New...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2022	Movie Off-Time Cliff Raines is an up-and-coming actor who struggles with living a lonely life in Los Angeles. In his time between...	Associate Producer Production	Not rated
2021	TV NYC Epicenters 9/11➔2021½ An unprecedented, sweeping portrait of New Yorkers as they rebuild and rebound, from a devastating terrorist attack through the ongoing...	Director Directing	TMDB 4.0 / 10
2021	TV NYC Epicenters 9/11➔2021½ An unprecedented, sweeping portrait of New Yorkers as they rebuild and rebound, from a devastating terrorist attack through the ongoing...	Producer Production	TMDB 4.0 / 10
2021	Movie Son of the South In civil rights era Montgomery, Alabama, Klansman's grandson Bob Zellner must choose which side of history to be on during...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2020	Movie Tales from the Hood 3 Following the franchise's cult classic roots, this new anthology featuring Tony Todd and Lynn Whitfield will scare and thrill with...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2020	Movie David Byrne's American Utopia A filmed version of David Byrne's Broadway show, a unifying musical celebration that inspires audiences to connect to each other...	Producer Production	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2020	Movie David Byrne's American Utopia A filmed version of David Byrne's Broadway show, a unifying musical celebration that inspires audiences to connect to each other...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2020	Movie David Byrne's American Utopia A filmed version of David Byrne's Broadway show, a unifying musical celebration that inspires audiences to connect to each other...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2020	Movie Da 5 Bloods Four African-American Vietnam veterans return to Vietnam. They are in search of the remains of their fallen squad leader and...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2020	Movie Da 5 Bloods Four African-American Vietnam veterans return to Vietnam. They are in search of the remains of their fallen squad leader and...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2020	Movie Da 5 Bloods Four African-American Vietnam veterans return to Vietnam. They are in search of the remains of their fallen squad leader and...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2020	Movie 3 Brothers: Radio Raheem, Eric Garner and George Floyd 3 Brothers compiles Radio Raheem’s death scenes from Do the Right Thing with real footage of the deaths of Eric...	Director Directing	Not rated
2020	Movie New York New York Spike Lee's video valentine to New York City during the Coronavirus outbreak of 2020.	Director Directing	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2019	Movie See You Yesterday As two teen prodigies try to master the art of time travel, a tragic police shooting sends them on a...	Producer Production	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2019	Movie Land of the Free Music video by The Killers performing Land of the Free. Copyright Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.	Director Directing	Not rated
2018	Movie Amazing Grace A behind-the-scenes documentary about the recording of Aretha Franklin's best-selling album finally sees the light of day more than four...	Producer Production	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2018	Movie Cherish In the rural south, a Black boy tries to fly.	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
2018	Movie BlacKkKlansman Colorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip Zimmerman, his Jewish colleague, run an undercover...	Writer Writing	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2018	Movie BlacKkKlansman Colorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip Zimmerman, his Jewish colleague, run an undercover...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2018	Movie BlacKkKlansman Colorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip Zimmerman, his Jewish colleague, run an undercover...	Producer Production	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2018	Movie Tales from the Hood 2 Mr. Simms returns to tell more eerie, unsettling tales involving dolls, psychics, possession and ghosts.	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2018	Movie Time 2 Surrender Dino is a disabled Iraqi war vet haunted by the things he's done and is struggling to accept who he's...	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
2018	Movie Nigerian Prince After being sent to Nigeria against his will, a stubborn Nigerian-American teenager joins forces with an internet scammer in order...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2018	Movie The Black 14 The story of what happened when a group of college athletes decided to protest a long-standing racial injustice.	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
2018	Movie Pass Over Moses and Kitch, two young black men, chat their way through a long, aimless day on a Chicago street corner....	Producer Production	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2018	Movie Pass Over Moses and Kitch, two young black men, chat their way through a long, aimless day on a Chicago street corner....	Director Directing	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2017	TV She's Gotta Have It Nola Darling struggles to define herself and divide her time among her friends, job and three lovers. A new take...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2017	TV She's Gotta Have It Nola Darling struggles to define herself and divide her time among her friends, job and three lovers. A new take...	Creator Crew	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2017	TV She's Gotta Have It Nola Darling struggles to define herself and divide her time among her friends, job and three lovers. A new take...	Creator Creator	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2017	Movie Rodney King Roger Guenveur Smith gives voice to the man at the center of the brutal police beating that helped fuel the...	Producer Production	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2017	Movie Rodney King Roger Guenveur Smith gives voice to the man at the center of the brutal police beating that helped fuel the...	Director Directing	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2017	Movie Be Truly Free Spike Lee explains the dream.	Director Directing	Not rated
2016	Movie Spike Lee's Lil' Joints: $15 Kicks In 2006, former NBA star Stephon Marbury endorsed a revolutionary low-cost sneaker called the Starbury. $15 Kicks revisits the Starbury...	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
2016	Movie Spike Lee's Lil' Joints: Redemption Song	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
2016	Movie 2 Fists Up When University of Missouri football players threatened to boycott their game with Brigham Young University last November unless president Tim...	Director Directing	Not rated
2016	Movie 2 Fists Up When University of Missouri football players threatened to boycott their game with Brigham Young University last November unless president Tim...	Producer Production	Not rated
2016	Movie Touched with Fire Two young poets with bipolar disorder begin a highly passionate, volatile relationship that threatens both their futures.	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2016	Movie Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall Director Spike Lee chronicles Michael Jackson's early rise to fame.	Director Directing	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2015	Movie Chi-Raq A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in...	Director Directing	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2015	Movie Chi-Raq A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in...	Producer Production	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2015	Movie Chi-Raq A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in...	Writer Writing	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2015	Movie NBA 2K16’s Livin’ Da Dream: A Spike Lee Joint Spike Lee’s movie made for the video game NBA2K16	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
2015	Movie NBA 2K16’s Livin’ Da Dream: A Spike Lee Joint Spike Lee’s movie made for the video game NBA2K16	Director Directing	Not rated
2015	Movie Spike Lee's Lil' Joints: Of the Father and of the Son	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
2015	Movie Spike Lee's Lil' Joints: The Greatest Catch Ever	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
2015	Movie Spike Lee's Lil' Joints: The Greatest Catch Ever	Director Directing	Not rated
2015	Movie Spike Lee's Lil' Joints: The Ice Breaker	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
2015	Movie Spike Lee's Lil' Joints: Italian Imports	Assistant Director Directing	Not rated
2015	Movie Spike Lee's Lil' Joints: Italian Imports	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
2015	Movie The Girl Is in Trouble A Lower East Side bartender becomes entangled in a murder mystery involving a desperate woman, a missing drug dealer and...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 4.8 / 10
2015	Movie Da Sweet Blood of Jesus Dr. Hess Green becomes cursed by a mysterious ancient African artifact and is overwhelmed with a newfound thirst for blood....	Director Directing	TMDB 4.7 / 10
2015	Movie Da Sweet Blood of Jesus Dr. Hess Green becomes cursed by a mysterious ancient African artifact and is overwhelmed with a newfound thirst for blood....	Producer Production	TMDB 4.7 / 10
2015	Movie Da Sweet Blood of Jesus Dr. Hess Green becomes cursed by a mysterious ancient African artifact and is overwhelmed with a newfound thirst for blood....	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 4.7 / 10
2015	Movie Ray Allen/AKA- Jesus Shuttlesworth Spike Lee takes us into the world of NBA nicknames, focusing on how Ray Allen's starring role in Lee's HE...	Director Directing	Not rated
2015	Movie Cronies Twenty-two-year-old Louis doesn't know whether his childhood friendship with Jack will last beyond today.	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2015	Movie Stop A young man's livelihood is put to the test when he gets profiled and stopped by the police on his...	Thanks Crew	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2014	Movie Throw Like A Girl The best summer of her life is only the beginning for 13-year-old Mo’ne Davis. With the support of her family...	Director Directing	Not rated
2014	Movie Jerrod Carmichael: Love at the Store Rising comedy star Jerrod Carmichael takes to the stage of The Comedy Store in Hollywood, CA where he comically subverts...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2014	Movie Do The Right Thing 25 Year Anniversary A Beats Music Experience Spike Lee and others reflect on this impactful film, more than two decades later.	Director Directing	Not rated
2014	Movie Katt Williams: Priceless: Afterlife Katt Williams performs in an all-new stand-up special recorded in front of a live audience at the Citizens Bank Arena...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2014	Movie Katt Williams: Priceless: Afterlife Katt Williams performs in an all-new stand-up special recorded in front of a live audience at the Citizens Bank Arena...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2014	Movie Amex Unstaged Pharrell Williams Live at the Apollo Pharrell performs for the "American Express Unstaged" music series, directed by Spike Lee, live streamed from The Apollo Theatre.	Director Directing	Not rated
2014	Movie Dirty Hands Towing a submerged torpedo in the wake of their battered fishing boat, a desperate fisherman and a naive kid embark...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2014	Movie Evolution of a Criminal In 1997, 17-year old Darius Clark Monroe robbed a bank and went to prison for it; then he went to...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2014	Movie I Can't Breathe This short film combines footage of the chokehold death of Eric Garner at the hands of the New York City...	Writer Writing	Not rated
2014	Movie I Can't Breathe This short film combines footage of the chokehold death of Eric Garner at the hands of the New York City...	Director Directing	Not rated
2013	Movie Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth Mike Tyson's one-man show is a fascinating journey into his storied life and career. MIKE TYSON: UNDISPUTED TRUTH is a...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2013	Movie Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth Mike Tyson's one-man show is a fascinating journey into his storied life and career. MIKE TYSON: UNDISPUTED TRUTH is a...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2013	Movie Oldboy A man has only three and a half days and limited resources to discover why he was imprisoned in a...	Director Directing	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2012	Movie Bad 25 Spike Lee pays tribute to Michael Jackson's Bad on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the epochal album, offering behind-the-scenes footage of...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2012	Movie Red Hook Summer When his mom deposits him at the Red Hook housing project in Brooklyn to spend the summer with the grandfather...	Director Directing	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2012	Movie Red Hook Summer When his mom deposits him at the Red Hook housing project in Brooklyn to spend the summer with the grandfather...	Producer Production	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2012	Movie Red Hook Summer When his mom deposits him at the Red Hook housing project in Brooklyn to spend the summer with the grandfather...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2012	Movie You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You A serial killer is taking down the hip hop industry one rapper at a time and the detectives on the...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 4.0 / 10
2012	Movie One Night In Havana, Raul dreams of escaping to Miami. Accused of assault, he appeals to Elio to help him reach the...	Presenter Crew	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2011	Movie Pariah A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2011	Movie Doubles with Slight Pepper A complex and compelling Trinidadian tale about a father returning from Canada to a resentful family.	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2010	TV If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise Spike Lee returns to New Orleans five years after Katrina to see how the ambitious plans to reinvent the Crescent...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2010	TV If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise Spike Lee returns to New Orleans five years after Katrina to see how the ambitious plans to reinvent the Crescent...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2010	TV If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise Spike Lee returns to New Orleans five years after Katrina to see how the ambitious plans to reinvent the Crescent...	Creator Creator	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2010	Movie Saint John of Las Vegas An ex-gambler is lured back into the game by a veteran insurance-fraud investigator.	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2009	Movie Passing Strange A young black artist leaves his Los Angeles digs and travels to Europe to find himself. A theatrical stage production...	Director Directing	TMDB 4.9 / 10
2009	Movie Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later In this documentary directed by Spike Lee, he interviews the cast and crew of his 1989 film DO THE RIGHT...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2009	Movie Kobe Doin' Work A documentary following Kobe Bryant during one day of the 2008 NBA playoffs.	Producer Production	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2009	Movie Kobe Doin' Work A documentary following Kobe Bryant during one day of the 2008 NBA playoffs.	Director Directing	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2008	Movie Miracle at St. Anna Miracle at St. Anna chronicles the story of four American soldiers who are members of the all-black 92nd "Buffalo Soldier"...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2008	Movie Miracle at St. Anna Miracle at St. Anna chronicles the story of four American soldiers who are members of the all-black 92nd "Buffalo Soldier"...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2008	Movie Genesis \| Come Rain or Shine Come Rain or Shine is an unusually frank and humorous music documentary about the band Genesis getting back together for...	Camera Operator Camera	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2006	TV Shark Notorious Los Angeles defense attorney Sebastian Stark becomes disillusioned with his career after his successful defense of a wife-abuser results...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2006	TV When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts Spike Lee's award-winning documentary follows the events that preceded and followed Hurricane Katrina's catastrophic passage through New Orleans in 2005.	Producer Production	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2006	TV When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts Spike Lee's award-winning documentary follows the events that preceded and followed Hurricane Katrina's catastrophic passage through New Orleans in 2005.	Director Directing	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2006	TV When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts Spike Lee's award-winning documentary follows the events that preceded and followed Hurricane Katrina's catastrophic passage through New Orleans in 2005.	Creator Creator	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2006	Movie Inside Man When an armed, masked gang enter a Manhattan bank, lock the doors and take hostages, the detective assigned to effect...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2006	Movie All the Invisible Children Seven short films - each one focused on the plight of a different child protagonist.	Director Directing	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2006	Movie All the Invisible Children Seven short films - each one focused on the plight of a different child protagonist.	Producer Production	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2005	Movie Jesus Children of America A Brooklyn teen learns she was born HIV-positive.	Director Directing	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2005	Movie C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America Through the eyes of a British "documentary", this film takes a satirically humorous, and sometimes frightening, look at the history...	Presenter Crew	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2005	TV Miracle's Boys Miracle's Boys is a six-part miniseries based on the novel of the same name by Jacqueline Woodson. It was made...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2004	Movie Sucker Free City The film follows three young men as they are drawn into lives of crime. Nick (Crowley) uses his entry-level corporate...	Director Directing	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2004	Movie She Hate Me Fired from his job, a former executive turns to impregnating wealthy lesbians for profit.	Producer Production	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2004	Movie She Hate Me Fired from his job, a former executive turns to impregnating wealthy lesbians for profit.	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2004	Movie She Hate Me Fired from his job, a former executive turns to impregnating wealthy lesbians for profit.	Director Directing	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2003	Movie Good Fences Set in the 1970s, Tom Spader is an attorney who is determined to end what he has dubbed "the colored...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2002	Movie 25th Hour On the eve of a seven-year prison sentence, a New York drug dealer spends his final day of freedom confronting...	Producer Production	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2002	Movie 25th Hour On the eve of a seven-year prison sentence, a New York drug dealer spends his final day of freedom confronting...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2002	Movie Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet Ten Minutes Older is a 2002 film project consisting of two compilation feature films entitled The Trumpet and The Cello....	Producer Production	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2002	Movie Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet Ten Minutes Older is a 2002 film project consisting of two compilation feature films entitled The Trumpet and The Cello....	Director Directing	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2002	Movie Jim Brown: All-American The film takes a look at the life of NFL hall-of-famer Jim Brown. The film delves into his life—past, present...	Producer Production	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2002	Movie Jim Brown: All-American The film takes a look at the life of NFL hall-of-famer Jim Brown. The film delves into his life—past, present...	Director Directing	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2001	Movie The Concert for New York City The Concert for New York City (2001) captures the star-studded benefit held at Madison Square Garden on October 20, 2001,...	Director Directing	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2001	Movie The Concert for New York City The Concert for New York City (2001) captures the star-studded benefit held at Madison Square Garden on October 20, 2001,...	Director of Photography Camera	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2001	Movie Come Rain or Come Shine Spike Lee's tribute to the New York Yankees.	Director of Photography Camera	Not rated
2001	Movie Come Rain or Come Shine Spike Lee's tribute to the New York Yankees.	Director Directing	Not rated
2001	Movie Home Invaders A seemingly foolproof plan to scam gas station customers backfires when a small-time crook crosses two criminals, who promptly force...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 4.5 / 10
2001	Movie 3 A.M. The feature film directing debut of Spike Lee protege Lee Davis takes the viewer into the world of taxi drivers....	Producer Production	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2001	Movie 3 A.M. The feature film directing debut of Spike Lee protege Lee Davis takes the viewer into the world of taxi drivers....	Co-Executive Producer Production	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2001	Movie A Huey P. Newton Story The story of how the radical Huey P. Newton developed the Black Panther Party based on his 10-point program for...	Director Directing	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2001	Movie The Making of 'Bamboozled' A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Spike Lee's satirical take on the American entertainment industry.	Director Directing	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2000	Movie Bamboozled Frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea, producer Pierre Delacroix pitches the worst idea he can think of in...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2000	Movie Bamboozled Frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea, producer Pierre Delacroix pitches the worst idea he can think of in...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2000	Movie Bamboozled Frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea, producer Pierre Delacroix pitches the worst idea he can think of in...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2000	Movie The Original Kings of Comedy The house is rockin' and the laughs are rollin' as comedians Steve Harvey (The Steve Harvey Show), D.L. Hughley (The...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2000	Movie The Original Kings of Comedy The house is rockin' and the laughs are rollin' as comedians Steve Harvey (The Steve Harvey Show), D.L. Hughley (The...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2000	Movie Bernie Mac: Live from Charlotte Bernie Mac on the "Kings of Comedy tour", this time live from Charlotte, N.C.	Director Directing	TMDB 3.0 / 10
2000	Movie Love & Basketball Monica Wright and Quincy McCall grew up in the same neighborhood and have known each other since childhood. As they...	Producer Production	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1999	Movie The Best Man After writing a soon-to-be bestselling novel, writer and committed bachelor Harper attempts to hide the fact that his saucy new...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1999	Movie Summer of Sam Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1999	Movie Summer of Sam Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1999	Movie Summer of Sam Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1999	Movie Pavarotti & Friends 99 for Guatemala and Kosovo The Pavarotti & Friends for Guatemala and Kosovo concert was held on June 1, 1999, and raised $1 million for...	Director Directing	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1998	Movie John Leguizamo: Freak John Leguizamo's semi-falsified, one-man stand-up performance as...himself. This is his autobiographical story, about his life growing up, and his journey...	Director Directing	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1998	Movie Pavarotti & Friends - For the Children of Liberia The Pavarotti & Friends for the Children of Liberia was held on June 9, 1998, in support of the War...	Director Directing	Not rated
1998	Movie He Got Game A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1998	Movie He Got Game A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1998	Movie He Got Game A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1997	Movie 4 Little Girls On September 15, 1963, a bomb destroyed a black church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young girls who were there...	Producer Production	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1997	Movie 4 Little Girls On September 15, 1963, a bomb destroyed a black church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young girls who were there...	Writer Writing	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1997	Movie 4 Little Girls On September 15, 1963, a bomb destroyed a black church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young girls who were there...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1997	Movie HIStory on Film, Volume II Nearly 2 hours of the short films that made HIStory... Including never before released short films.	Director Directing	TMDB 8.7 / 10
1996	Movie Get on the Bus Fifteen Black men gather in South Central LA to take a cross-country bus trip to attend the Million Man March...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1996	Movie Get on the Bus Fifteen Black men gather in South Central LA to take a cross-country bus trip to attend the Million Man March...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1996	Movie Girl 6 A struggling actress in New York City takes a job as a phone sex operator.	Director Directing	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1996	Movie Girl 6 A struggling actress in New York City takes a job as a phone sex operator.	Producer Production	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1995	Movie Lumière & Company 40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1995	Movie Clockers Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug lord Rodney Little. When a night manager at...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1995	Movie Clockers Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug lord Rodney Little. When a night manager at...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1995	Movie Clockers Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug lord Rodney Little. When a night manager at...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1995	Movie Tales from the Hood A strange mortician tells four horrific tales to three drug dealers that he traps in a local funeral parlor.	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1995	Movie New Jersey Drive Jason and Midget are two young, black teenagers living in Newark, New Jersey, the unofficial car theft capital of the...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1994	Movie Drop Squad Controversial film about an underground organization that kidnaps and 'deprograms' African Americans who sell out or deny their cultural heritage....	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 3.5 / 10
1994	Movie Crooklyn From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1994	Movie Crooklyn From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1994	Movie Crooklyn From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1992	Movie Malcolm X A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1992	Movie Malcolm X A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1992	Movie Malcolm X A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his...	Producer Production	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1992	Movie Prince and the N.P.G.: Diamonds and Pearls Video Collection Prince and the new power generation music video	Director Directing	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1991	Movie Jungle Fever A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1991	Movie Jungle Fever A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1991	Movie Jungle Fever A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1991	Movie Suspect A young white woman leaving a nightclub alone drops her cigarette lighter on the street. When a young black man...	Thanks Crew	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1990	Movie Spike Lee Presents Mike Tyson Spike Lee interviews Mike Tyson and those around him.	Director Directing	Not rated
1990	Movie Mo' Better Blues Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1990	Movie Mo' Better Blues Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1990	Movie Mo' Better Blues Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1990	Movie Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella Spike Lee & Company: Do It a Cappella is a 1990 PBS documentary, directed by Spike Lee, around the topic...	Director Directing	Not rated
1989	Movie Do the Right Thing Sal is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 7.8 / 10
1989	Movie Do the Right Thing Sal is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees...	Producer Production	TMDB 7.8 / 10
1989	Movie Do the Right Thing Sal is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.8 / 10
1988	Movie School Daze Fraternity and sorority members clash with other students at a historically black college during homecoming weekend.	Producer Production	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1988	Movie School Daze Fraternity and sorority members clash with other students at a historically black college during homecoming weekend.	Writer Writing	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1988	Movie School Daze Fraternity and sorority members clash with other students at a historically black college during homecoming weekend.	Director Directing	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1986	Movie Horn of Plenty Struggling jazz musician Cecil busks on a Brooklyn street corner to make some money for his family.	Writer Writing	TMDB 1.0 / 10
1986	Movie Horn of Plenty Struggling jazz musician Cecil busks on a Brooklyn street corner to make some money for his family.	Director Directing	TMDB 1.0 / 10
1986	Movie She's Gotta Have It The story of Nola Darling's simultaneous sexual relationships with three different men is told by her and by her partners...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1986	Movie She's Gotta Have It The story of Nola Darling's simultaneous sexual relationships with three different men is told by her and by her partners...	Editor Editing	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1986	Movie She's Gotta Have It The story of Nola Darling's simultaneous sexual relationships with three different men is told by her and by her partners...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1986	Movie She's Gotta Have It The story of Nola Darling's simultaneous sexual relationships with three different men is told by her and by her partners...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1983	Movie Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads Zack Homer takes over managing the barbershop after Joe is killed for trying to rip off his "investor", Mr. Lovejoy....	Director Directing	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1983	Movie Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads Zack Homer takes over managing the barbershop after Joe is killed for trying to rip off his "investor", Mr. Lovejoy....	Producer Production	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1983	Movie Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads Zack Homer takes over managing the barbershop after Joe is killed for trying to rip off his "investor", Mr. Lovejoy....	Editor Editing	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1983	Movie Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads Zack Homer takes over managing the barbershop after Joe is killed for trying to rip off his "investor", Mr. Lovejoy....	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1981	Movie Sarah The illegal affairs of a recently deceased barbershop owner gets passed down to his manager.	Director Directing	TMDB 4.5 / 10
1980	Movie The Answer A Black screenwriter is hired to write the $50,000,000 remake of The Birth of a Nation.	Director Directing	TMDB 6.0 / 10
TBA	Movie APART In apartheid South Africa, a forbidden friendship between two boys is tested by a life-saving act that forces them to...	Writer Writing	Not rated
TBA	Movie Boner A musical based on Viagra, Pfizer's erectile dysfunction drug. Based on the article, “All Rise: The Untold Story of the...	Director Directing	Not rated
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TBA	Movie Liberty Follows a group of military cadets on one crazy night in New York City during Fleet Week.	Producer Production	Not rated
TBA	Movie Gordon Hemingway & the Realm of Cthulhu East Africa, 1928. Roguish black American gunslinger Gordon Hemingway teams up with the elite warrior Princess Zenebé of Ethiopia to...	Producer Production	Not rated

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