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Name: Spike Lee
Variant Name: Sheldon Jackson Lee
Birth Date: March 20, 1957
Place of Birth: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Nationality: American
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Male
Occupations: filmmaker, actor, author/poet

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Biography of Spike Lee
8,408 words, approx. 28 pages
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 that. I'm doin' what I'm 'posed to be doin'. It's...
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Biography of Spike Lee
5,728 words, approx. 19 pages
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 University-trained filmmaker has written, directed, and acted...
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Biography of Spike Lee
3,561 words, approx. 12 pages
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 (1992), and many others. "Fight the power," the theme...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Lee, Spike (1957—) Summary
1,404 words, approx. 5 pages
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 became widely recognized in critical circles as one of the top five most important...
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Spike Lee Information
2,837 words, approx. 10 pages
Shelton Jackson Lee (born March 20, 1957, in Atlanta, Georgia), better known as Spike Lee, is an Emmy Award - winning, and Academy Award - nominated American film director, producer, writer, and actor noted for his films dealing with controversial...


News and Journals
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Film - Dienst
Spike Lee
05/24/2007: 356 words, approx. 1 pages
Spike Lee Hrsg. von Gunnar Landsgesell und Andreas Ungerböck. Bertz + Fischer Verlag, Berlin 2006. 304 S.; 25,00 EUR. Der Sammelband mit Essays zu Spike Lees Filmschaffen bietet eine längst überfällige Würdigung des amerikanischen "auteurs" und Filmkünstlers, der sich in seinen Arbeiten...
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The Washington Post
Unmistakably Spike Lee
03/24/2006: 800 words, approx. 3 pages
Spike Lee has never been a thriller guy. The prolific, button-pushing director has spent two decades making movies often defined more by their Spike Lee-ness (see "Do the Right Thing," "Jungle Fever," "Crooklyn") than their relationship to any genre. In fact, one could...
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AP News
Spike Lee wins Polk Award
2/20/2007: 557 words, approx. 2 pages
Director Spike Lee was named Tuesday as a winner of the annual George Polk Awards for his documentary on life in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.Lee, the director of "Malcolm X" and "Do the Right Thing," was honored for "When the Levees Broke: A Requiem...
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AP News
Spike Lee to focus on black soldiers
7/3/2007: 347 words, approx. 1 pages
Spike Lee announced plans Tuesday to make a movie about the struggle against Nazi occupiers in Italy during World War II that he hopes will highlight the contribution of black American soldiers who fought and died to liberate Europe.The film will spotlight the courage of...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Kent Jones
3,699 words, approx. 12 pages
In the following essay, Jones discusses Lee's body of work.


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