Spike Lee Highlights

  • 2008: Directed the WWII drama "Miracle at St. Anna" starring Derek Luke and Michael Ealy
  • 2006: Helmed the Hurricane Katrina documentary for HBO, "When the Levees Broke"; earned an Emmy nomination for Producing
  • 2006: Re-teamed with Denzel Washington to direct the hostage drama "Inside Man"
  • 2002: Directed the crime drama "The 25th Hour"
  • 2002: Directed the documentary "Jim Brown: All American"; produced under the auspices of HBO sports (released theatrically in March)
  • 2000: Helmed the comedy film, "The Original Kings of Comedy" with Steve Harvey, D.L. Hughley, Cedric the Entertainer, and Bernie Mac
  • 2000: Again courted controversy with "Bamboozled," about a TV executive who creates a modern-day minstrel show that becomes a surprise hit TV series
  • 1999: Helmed the controversial "Summer of Sam"
  • 1998: First number one hit with "He Got Game" starring Denzel Washington
  • 1997: Signed three-year, first-look production deal with Columbia Pictures
  • 1997: Produced and directed the documentary "4 Little Girls"; earned Academy Award nomination
  • 1996: Filmed "Get on the Bus," about a group of African-American men taking a cross-country bus trip in order to participate in the Million Man March; released on the one year anniversary of the March
  • 1992: Formed record label, Forty Acres and a Mule Music Works, a division of Sony; first artists signed: State of Arts, Youssou N'Dour and Lonette McKee
  • 1992: Directed Denzel Washington as the controversial and influential Black Nationalist leader in "Malcolm X"
  • 1991: Produced first Off-Broadway play, "Folks Remembers a Missing Page"
  • 1989: Helmed the controversial drama, "Do the Right Thing"; earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay
  • 1987: First book published She's Gotta Have It: Inside Guerilla Filmmaking
  • 1986: First feature film (directed, wrote, produced and starred), "She's Gotta Have It" (made for approximately $175,000 and shot in 12 days)
  • 1980: Debuted thesis film, "Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads" at Lincoln Center's New Directors New Films Festival; the first student film to be showcased in the festival
  • Enrolled in New York University's Tisch School of the Arts
  • Founded the production company 40 Acres and A Mule Filmworks

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