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Spike Lee
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Spike Lee

Spike Lee is one of the most prominent and influential media figures today. His films include the critically acclaimed School Daze; Academy Award nominee Do the Right Thing; Malcolm X; Clockers; and 25th Hour. Born in Atlanta, Spike attended Morehouse College and NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, where he earned his master of fine arts degree in film production. Spike and his wife are the authors of Please, Baby, Please, their first picture book with Simon & Schuster. They live in New York City with their two children.

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Giant Steps to Change the World is now available in eBook
May 03, 2011
Giant Steps to Change the World will be released on May 03, 2011 in eBook
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Giant Steps to Change the World is now available in Hardcover
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Giant Steps to Change the World will be released on January 04, 2011 in Hardcover
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Not Just the Levees Broke is now available in Trade Paperback
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Not Just the Levees Broke will be released on August 11, 2009 in Trade Paperback
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Not Just the Levees Broke is now available in Trade Paperback
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Not Just the Levees Broke will be released on August 11, 2009 in Trade Paperback
Dec 19, 2008
DO THE RIGHT THING will be released on October 06, 2008 in eBook
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DO THE RIGHT THING will be released on October 06, 2008 in eBook
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DO THE RIGHT THING will be released on October 06, 2008 in eBook
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DO THE RIGHT THING will be released on October 06, 2008 in eBook
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Broadway World, June 6, 2013
...feature films American Violet starring Oscar-nominee Alfre Woodard, All Things Fall Apart featuring 50 Cent, the latest in Spike Lee's Chronicles of Brooklyn Red Hook Summer and the acclaimed theatrical romantic comedy Russ Parr's 35 & Ticking....
Lebanon Daily News, June 4, 2013
...most illustrious talents got early confirmation they were on the right track when they won Student Academy Awards. Spike Lee, Robert Zemeckis, Pixar founder John Lasseter and "South Park" creator Trey Parker are just a few of the famous filmmakers who...
Silver Bullet Comics, June 3, 2013
...Frank Miller about his work on Daredevil (including a cool timeline of his work)! An interview with Spike Lee on his upcoming line of comics (say WHAT!?) A nice article on which plastic you should bag your comics in A David Lapham Warriors of Plasm...
Southwest Florida Herald Tribune, June 2, 2013
...being overlooked by commercial distributors. She said fresh studio attention to indie-bred filmmakers recalls an earlier era, when Spike Lee, with ?She?s Gotta Have It,? and Reginald and Warrington Hudlin, with ?House Party,? parlayed outsider hits into...
San Francisco Bay View, June 1, 2013
...• Oscar Grant movement • police terrorism • Richmond • Ryan Coogler • social tolerance • Sophina • Spike Lee • Sundance • Sundance Film Festival • Tatiana • The People’s Minister of Information JR Valrey • Un Certain Regard...
TD Ameritrade, May 31, 2013
...being racist in its approach, language and subject matter. ("Slavery was not a...spaghetti western," acclaimed filmmaker Spike Lee tweeted). Movie critics generally love Tarantino in any case. His pictures rate very highly on Rotten Tomatoes: "Reservoir...
Delaware Online, May 31, 2013
...wrote the best-selling memoir The Color of Water and the novel Miracle at St. Anna, adapted as a Spike Lee movie...
The Reporter Ethiopia, June 1, 2013
...Haile Gerima, who is ahead of them all. Haile broke new ground and he influenced film makers like Spike Lee. How was your recent trip to Lalibela? I am walking around Lalibela, I am being shown around the churches by a deacon, he says to me what do...
On Tap Magazine, June 1, 2013
...Furthermore, the voices commenting on the Williams sisters in the documentary – from comedian Chris Rock, to filmmaker Spike Lee and even former President Bill Clinton – showcases the far-reaching impact of the superstar siblings. The 21st century...
Mail Online UK, June 1, 2013
...seen she reportedly jumped in a cab, leaving Luke on the street. In Mania Days - produced by Spike Lee and set to release in 2014 - Katie stars as a manic depressive poet who becomes pregnant by a manic depressive rapper. The romance, which begins in...
New York Post, June 1, 2013
...time, HMC has managed to take their overused plot and insert into this very white American scene what Spike Lee calls the magical, mystical Negro the all-wise black man who teaches white people about life. Tonights truly trite tale involves yes! a...
Mail Online UK, June 1, 2013
...seen she reportedly jumped in a cab, leaving Luke on the street. In Mania Days - produced by Spike Lee and set to release in 2014 - Katie stars as a manic depressive poet who becomes pregnant by a manic depressive rapper. The romance, which begins in...
E! Online, June 1, 2013
...déclaré Valderrama. "J'en ai fini avec ce personnage, mais je suis content. J'ai un projet avec Spike Lee qui sort à la fin de l'année, et je reviens à la télévision, et j'ai deux ou trois trucs de prévus dans la musique et dans la...
Mail Online UK, June 1, 2013
...seen she reportedly jumped in a cab, leaving Luke on the street. In Mania Days - produced by Spike Lee and set to release in 2014 - Katie stars as a manic depressive poet who becomes pregnant by a manic depressive rapper. The romance, which begins in...