# List of awards and nominations received by Spike Lee

The following is a list of awards and nominations received by American filmmaker Spike Lee.
Over the course of his distinguished film career, Lee has received various awards and nominations. He has received five competitive Academy Award nominations winning Best Adapted Screenplay for BlacKkKlansman (2018). He has also received two special Oscars, a Student Academy Award for Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads (1983), and an Honorary Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2016. He has also received two Primetime Emmy Awards for HBO documentary series When the Levees Broke (2007). He has also received five Golden Globe Award nominations, a Grammy Award nomination, and four British Academy Film Award nominations. In March 2024, Lee will receive a Board of Governor's Award from the American Society of Cinematographers.

## Major Associations
### Academy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1983 | Student Academy Award | Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads | Won |
| 1990 | Best Original Screenplay | Do the Right Thing | Nominated |
| 1998 | Best Documentary Feature | 4 Little Girls | Nominated |
| 2016 | Honorary Academy Award | Honorary Academy Award | Recipient |
| 2019 | Best Picture | BlacKkKlansman | Nominated |
| 2019 | Best Director | BlacKkKlansman | Nominated |
| 2019 | Best Adapted Screenplay | BlacKkKlansman | Won |

### British Academy Film Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2002 | Special Award | Himself | Recipient |
| 2019 | Best Film | BlacKkKlansman | Nominated |
| 2019 | Best Direction | BlacKkKlansman | Nominated |
| 2019 | Best Adapted Screenplay | BlacKkKlansman | Won |

### César Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2003 | Honorary Cesar | Honorary Cesar | Won | |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1990 | Best Motion Picture - Drama | Do The Right Thing | Nominated |
| 1990 | Best Director | Do The Right Thing | Nominated |
| 1990 | Best Screenplay | Do The Right Thing | Nominated |
| 2019 | Best Motion Picture - Drama | BlacKkKlansman | Nominated |
| 2019 | Best Director | BlacKkKlansman | Nominated |

### Grammy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2022 | Best Music Film | David Byrne's American Utopia | Nominated | |

### Primetime Emmy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1998 | Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special | 4 Little Girls | Nominated |
| 2007 | Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programing | When the Levees Broke | Won |
| 2007 | Exceptional Merit in Documentary | When the Levees Broke | Won |
| 2021 | Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special | David Byrne's American Utopia | Nominated |

### Peabody Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2006 | Peabody Award | When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts | Won | |
| 2010 | Peabody Award | If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise | Won | |

## Film Festival Awards
### American Black Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1998 | Best Director | 4 Little Girls | Nominated |
| 1999 | Best Director | He Got Game | Nominated |
| 1999 | Best Screenplay | He Got Game | Nominated |
| 2004 | Time Warner Innovator Award | | Won |

### Atlanta Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2005 | Ossie Davis Award | | Won | |

### Berlin International Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1993 | Golden Bear | Malcolm X | Nominated |
| 1997 | Golden Bear | Get on the Bus | Nominated |
| 1997 | Honourable Mention | Get on the Bus | Won |
| 2001 | Golden Bear | Bamboozled | Nominated |
| 2003 | Golden Bear | 25th Hour | Nominated |

### Cannes Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1986 | Caméra d'Or | She's Gotta Have It | Nominated |
| 1986 | Award of the Youth | She's Gotta Have It | Won |
| 1989 | Palme d'Or | Do the Right Thing | Nominated |
| 1991 | Palme d'Or | Jungle Fever | Nominated |
| 1991 | Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention | Jungle Fever | Won |
| 1999 | C.I.C.A.E. Award | Summer of Sam | Nominated |
| 2002 | Un Certain Regard Award | Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet | Nominated |
| 2018 | Palme d'Or | BlacKkKlansman | Nominated |
| 2018 | Grand Prix | BlacKkKlansman | Won |
| 2018 | Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention | BlacKkKlansman | Won |

### Capri Hollywood International Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2018 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Blackkklansman | Won | |

## Other awards
### Black Movie Awards

Black Movie Awards :
| Year | Film | Category | Result |
| 2006 | Inside Man | Best Director | Won |

### Black Reel Awards

Black Reel Awards :
| Year | Film | Category | Result |
| 2000 | Summer of Sam | Best Director | Nominated |
| 2000 | The Best Man | Best Film | Nominated |
| 2001 | Bamboozled | Best Screenplay, Adapted or Original | Nominated |
| 2001 | Bamboozled | Best Director | Nominated |
| 2001 | Bamboozled | Best Film | Nominated |
| 2001 | Love & Basketball | Best Film | Won |
| 2002 | 3 A.M. | Network/Cable - Best Film | Nominated |
| 2002 | A Huey P. Newton Story | Best Director: Television | Nominated |
| 2003 | 25th Hour | Best Director | Nominated |
| 2003 | 25th Hour | Best Film | Nominated |
| 2005 | She Hate Me | Best Screenplay, Adapted or Original | Nominated |
| 2005 | She Hate Me | Best Director | Nominated |
| 2006 | Sucker Free City | Best Director: Television | Nominated |
| 2006 | Miracle's Boys | Best Director: Television | Nominated |
| 2007 | Inside Man | Best Director | Won |
| 2008 | Miracle at St. Anna | Best Director | Nominated |
| 2008 | Miracle at St. Anna | Best Film | Nominated |
| 2010 | Passing Strange | Best Director | Nominated |
| 2010 | Passing Strange | Best Feature Documentary | Nominated |
| 2011 | If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don't Rise | Best Television Documentary | Won |
| 2013 | Red Hook Summer | Best Director | Nominated |
| 2013 | Red Hook Summer | Best Screenplay, Adapted or Original | Nominated |
| 2013 | Bad 25 | Best Feature Documentary | Nominated |

### Detroit Film Critics Society Awards

Detroit Film Critics Society Awards :
| Year | Film | Category | Result |
| 2021 | Da 5 Bloods | Best Director | Nominated |

### NAACP Image Awards

NAACP Image Awards :
| Year | Film | Category | Result |
| 1989 | School Daze | NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture | Nominated |
| 1990 | Do the Right Thing | NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture | Nominated |
| 1990 | Do the Right Thing | NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture | Nominated |
| 2007 | Inside Man | NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture | Won |
| 2009 | Miracle at St. Anna | NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture | Nominated |
| 2010 | Passing Strange: The Movie | NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture | Nominated |
| 2019 | BlacKkKlansman | NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture | Nominated |
| 2019 | BlacKkKlansman | NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture | Nominated |

### The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize

The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize :
| Year | Category | Result |
| 2013 | Gish Prize | Won |

### Location Managers Guild Awards

Spike Lee has been recognized by the Location Managers Guild International with their Trailblazer Award for his innovative and collaborative use of locations as a distinct character in his films.
Lee saluted location managers, saying without them, "I would not be able do what I do" as he rarely shoots on sets. "I'm out in the streets; I love shooting in the streets of New York City, especially the people's republic of Brooklyn, New York."
His films Da 5 Bloods & BlacKkKlansman have previously been nominated for their use of locations in their annual awards ceremony.
Location Managers Guild Awards :
| Year | Nominee | Category | Result |
| 2020 | Spike Lee | Location Managers Guild Trailblazer Award | Won |
| 2020 | Da 5 Bloods | Outstanding Locations in a Contemporary Film | Nominated |
| 2019 | BlacKkKlansman | Outstanding Locations in a Period Film | Nominated |

## Awards and nominations received by Lee's feature films

| Year | Film | Academy Awards | Academy Awards | BAFTA Awards | BAFTA Awards | Golden Globe Awards | Golden Globe Awards | NAACP Image Awards | NAACP Image Awards | Black Reel Awards | Black Reel Awards |
| Year | Film | Nominations | Wins | Nominations | Wins | Nominations | Wins | Nominations | Wins | Nominatons | Wins |
| 1988 | School Daze | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| 1989 | Do the Right Thing | 2 | | | | 4 | | 5 | 2 | | |
| 1991 | Jungle Fever | | | | | | | 3 | | | |
| 1992 | Malcolm X | 2 | | | | 1 | | 5 | 4 | | |
| 1995 | Clockers | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| 1996 | Get on the Bus | | | | | | | 2 | | | |
| 1998 | He Got Game | | | | | | | 3 | | | |
| 1999 | Summer of Sam | | | | | | | | | 2 | |
| 2000 | Bamboozled | | | | | | | 1 | | 7 | |
| 2002 | 25th Hour | | | | | 1 | | 3 | | | |
| 2004 | She Hate Me | | | | | | | | | 4 | |
| 2006 | Inside Man | | | | | | | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 2008 | Miracle at St. Anna | | | | | | | 3 | | 6 | |
| 2012 | Red Hook Summer | | | | | | | | | 3 | |
| 2015 | Chi-Raq | | | | | | | 4 | | 7 | 1 |
| 2018 | BlacKkKlansman | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | | 6 | | 11 | |
| 2020 | Da 5 Bloods | 1 | | 1 | | | | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Total | Total | 11 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 44 | 8 | 50 | 2 |