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Spike Lee Filmography
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Shelton Jackson Lee (born March 20, 1957), better known as
Spike Lee, is an film director, producer, writer, and actor noted for his bold, overtly political films. In addition he is a distinguished documentarian and teaches film at Harvard University.
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, his family moved to Brooklyn, New York when he was very young. He developed his film skills at Morehouse College, Atlanta and the New York University (NYU) Tisch School of the Arts, graduating in 1982.
His distinctive filming style is energetic, colorful, and engaging. At his best, his films are penetrating and energetic portraits of people and places, brilliantly interweaving psychology and context, time and place. Lee's movies have examined diverse and complex issues, ranging from race relations, the role of media in contemporary life, urban crime and poverty, and political issues. Many of his films include a distinctive and powerful use of music.
Lee's films have garnered considerable critical acclaim. Noted film critic Roger Ebert has described Spike Lee as one of the greatest filmmakers working in America today. Lee's film
Do the Right Thing was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1989. His moving documentary
Four Little Girls was nominated for Best Feature Documentary in 1997.
In Paris, France, in 2003, Mr Lee received an honorary Cesar Award for Lifetime Achievement in the film industry.
In 2003 Lee sued the Spike TV television network claiming that they were capitalizing on his fame by using his name for their network. The claim was settled out of court.
His production company is 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, named after the "40 acres and a mule" which Abraham Lincoln promised to each former slave.
Lee is also famous for directing a series of Nike commercials featuring
Michael Jordan, which helped establish Jordan as a highly successful commercial pitchman. In several of the commercials, Lee also played his alter ego of Mars Blackmon, a character he created for his first major film, She's Gotta Have It.
He is a well-known and highly visible fan of the NBA's New York Knicks, a team he has supported since childhood. Lee has courtside seats, and had several famous verbal run-ins with Indiana Pacers star Reggie Miller.
He wrote a Playboy article in 2004 calling NASCAR a racist sport and gained criticism by many NASCAR fans.
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NewspapersReview: 'Miracle at St. Anna'
Spike Lee's retelling of World War II's black infantry draws on all the clichés.
Published: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 07:00:00 GMT - Source: Csmonitor.Com - Read the articleMoviesMiracle at St. Anna
Starring:
Omar Benson Miller, Michael Ealy, Derek Luke, Laz Alonso
Review:
Critics are raining down hard on Spike Lee's first war epic. And
it's not like I don't have objections. Miracle at St. Anna
is too long, lazily constructed, and crammed with too many
characters and subplots for any director to develop fully outside
of an HBO miniseries. But Lee isn't any director. He's an
African-American maverick with a legit gripe against the white face
that Hollywood puts on war. The first scene in Miracle
shows us a black World War II veteran watching John Wayne on TV
lording it over the D-Day invasion in The Longest Day. "We
fought that war too," says the vet. Point taken.
It's no surprise that Lee decided to make a film of James
McBride's well-received novel about the Buffalo Soldiers, black GIs
segregated from the regular Army, who served with the 92nd
Infantry...
Rating:
2 Stars
Published: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:57:21 GMT - Source: Rollingstone.Com - Read the articleSystemsComing Attractions: Miracle at St. Anna
Spike Lee?s Miracle at St. Anna tells the story of four black American soldiers caught behind enemy lines in World War II. The film opens next Friday. Catch the trailer on our site, and if you?re in New York on the 25th, hear filmmaker Spike Lee discuss his new film at the Apple Retail Store, SoHo. In fact, SoHo hosts 2 directors on 2 successive nights: Fernando Mereilles (?Blindness?) on the 24th and Lee the next night.
Published: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:43:32 GMT - Source: Apple.Com - Read the article
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