Lee, Spike

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
לי, ספייק
Name (Latin)
Lee, Spike
Other forms of name
Lee, Spike, 1957-
Lee, Shelton Jackson
Date of birth
1957-03-20
Place of birth
Atlanta (Ga.)
Place of residence/headquarters
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Associate group
Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks
Occupation
Producers and directors
Motion picture producers and directors
Screenwriters
Actors
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 100242985
Wikidata: Q51566
Library of congress: n 86129800
HAI10: 000173679
Sources of Information
  • African American National Biography, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, July 27, 2014:(Lee, Spike; Shelton Jackson Lee; motion picture producer / director, screenwriter; born 20 March 1957 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States; BA in Mass Communications, Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia (1979); won the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences' Best Student Film Award; in 1980 Lee and Monty Ross established the production company Forty Acres and a Mule Filmworks; won an Oscar for Best Screenplay (1989); directed a number of documentary films and won an Academy Award for Best Documentary (1997))
  • Spike Lee's gotta have it, c1987:CIP t.p. (Spike Lee) galley (Shelton Jackson Lee)
  • Bernotas, B. Spike Lee, c1993:CIP galley (b. Mar. 20, 1957)
  • IMDb, Apr. 19, 2006(Spike Lee; b. Mar. 20, 1957, Atlanta, Ga.; sometimes credited as Shelton J. Lee, Shelton Lee; birth name: Shelton Jackson Lee; graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, 1982)
  • Wikipedia, June 19, 2013(Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee; born March 20, 1957 in Atlanta; American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. His production company, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, has produced over 35 films since 1983. Lee has won numerous awards, including an Emmy Award. He has also received two Academy Award nominations. Lives in Brooklyn.)