Spike Lee filmography

Spike Lee is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor, noted for his films that deal with controversial social and political issues. Lee's also appeared in films included Mo' Better Blues, Jungle Fever, Malcolm X, Crooklyn, Clockers, Girl 6 and Summer of Sam. Lee's films are typically referred to as "Spike Lee Joints" and the closing credits always end with the phrases "By Any Means Necessary", "Ya Dig" and "Sho Nuff".[1]
Lee received a Master of Fine Arts from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, which culminated in his thesis film Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads, the first student film to be showcased in Lincoln Center's New Directors/New Films Festival.[2] Lee's first feature-film She's Gotta Have It was released three years later in 1986. Lee directed, produced, wrote, and acted in his first three feature-films: She's Gotta Have It, School Daze, and Do the Right Thing. Lee has starred or acted in many of his own films, including the role of Mars Blackmon, which he reprised for a series of Nike commercials that also starred Michael Jordan.[3]
In addition to his feature-film credits, Lee has directed a number of music videos by artists such as Prince, Michael Jackson, Anita Baker and Eminem. He has also directed music videos for songs featured in films he has directed, including "Fight the Power" by Public Enemy, which was featured heavily in the 1989 film Do the Right Thing.[4]
== Filmography ==
=== Films ===
Year	Film 	Credited as	Credited as	Credited as	Credited as
Year	Film 	Director 	Writer 	Producer 	
1983	Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	
1986	She's Gotta Have It 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	
1988	School Daze 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	
1989	Do the Right Thing 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	
1990	Mo' Better Blues 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	
1991	Jungle Fever 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	
1992	Malcolm X 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	
1994	Crooklyn 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	
1995	Clockers 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	
1996	Girl 6 	Yes 	 	Yes 	
1996	Get on the Bus 	Yes 	 	Executive 	
1998	He Got Game 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	
1999	Summer of Sam 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	
2000	Bamboozled 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	
2002	25th Hour 	Yes 	 	Yes 	
2004	She Hate Me 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	
2006	Inside Man 	Yes 	 	 	
2008	Miracle at St. Anna 	Yes 	 	Yes 	
2008	Passing Strange (Broadway show) 	Yes 	 	Yes 	
2012	Red Hook Summer 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	
2013	Oldboy 	Yes 	 	Yes 	
2014	Da Sweet Blood of Jesus 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	
2015	Chi-Raq 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	
2017	Rodney King (stand-up special) 	Yes 	 	Yes 	
2018	Pass Over 	Yes 	 	Yes 	
2018	BlacKkKlansman 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	
=== Producer only ===
Year	Film 	Notes
1994	Drop Squad 	Executive producer
1995	New Jersey Drive 	Executive producer
1995	Tales from the Hood 	Executive producer
1999	The Best Man 	
2000	Afrocentricity 	Executive producer
2000	Love & Basketball 	
2001	3 A.M. 	
2003	Good Fences 	Executive producer
2005	Dream Street 	
2009	Saint John of Las Vegas 	
2011	You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You	
2011	Pariah 	Executive producer
2014	Evolution of a Criminal 	Executive producer
2014	Manos Sucias 	Executive producer
2015	Cronies 	Executive producer
2015	The Girl Is in Trouble 	Executive producer
=== Acting roles ===
Year	Film 	Role 	1986	She's Gotta Have It	Mars Blackmon
1988	School Daze 	Half-Pint 	 	 	
1989	Do the Right Thing 	Mookie 	 	 	
1990	Mo' Better Blues 	Giant 	 	 	
1990	Lonely in America 	Himself 	 	 	
1991	Jungle Fever 	Cyrus 	 	 	
1992	Malcolm X 	Shorty 	 	 	
1994	Crooklyn 	Snuffy 	 	 	
1994	Drop Squad 	Himself 	 	 	
1995	Clockers 	Chucky 	 	 	
1996	Girl 6 	Jimmy 	 	 	
1999	Summer of Sam 	John Jeffries	 	 	
2000	Lisa Picard Is Famous	Himself 	 	 	
2001	3 A.M. 	Filmmaker 	 	 	
2012	Red Hook Summer 	Mookie 	 	 	
== Television ==
Year 	Title 	Credited as	Credited as	Credited as	Notes
Year 	Title 	Director 	Writer 	Producer 	Notes
2004 	Sucker Free City 	Yes 	 	Yes 	Television film
2005 	Miracle's Boys 	Yes 	 	 	Episodes: "New Charlie" and "Bond of Brothers"
2006 	Shark 	Yes 	 	 	Pilot
2011 	Da Brick 	Yes 	 	Yes 	Unaired pilot
2014 	Katt Williams: Priceless: Afterlife 	Yes 	 	Executive 	Stand-up special
2014 	Jerrod Carmichael: Love at the Store	Yes 	 	 	Stand-up special
2017–present	She's Gotta Have It 	Yes 	Yes 	Executive 	Creator
=== Acting roles ===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1986 	Saturday Night Live	Mars Blackmon 	
1992 	Ghostwriter 	Special Agent Pete	Episode: "Into the Comics: Part 1"
2017–present	She's Gotta Have It	Joe the bartender 	
== Music videos ==
Year	Artist 	Song 	Album
1983	Grandmaster Flash
and Melle Mel 	"White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)" 	
1987	Anita Baker 	"No One in the World" 	Rapture
1988	E.U. 	"Da Butt" 	School Daze OST
1989	Public Enemy 	"Fight the Power" 	Do the Right Thing OST
and Fear of a Black Planet
1991	Fishbone 	"Sunless Saturday" 	The Reality of My Surroundings
1991	State of Art 	"Understanding" 	Community
1992	State of Art 	"Laughing at the Years" 	Community
1992	Prince and the New Power Generation	"Money Don't Matter 2 Night" 	Diamonds and Pearls
1992	Arrested Development 	"Revolution"[6] 	Malcolm X OST
1993	Naughty by Nature 	"Hip Hop Hooray" 	19 Naughty III
1993	Eros Ramazzotti 	"Cose della vita" 	Tutte storie
1993	Bruce Hornsby 	"Talk Of The Town" 	Harbor Lights
1994	Buckshot LeFonque 	"Breakfast at Denny's" 	Buckshot LeFonque
1996	Michael Jackson 	"They Don't Care About Us" (Prison Version) 	HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I
1996	Michael Jackson 	"They Don't Care About Us" (Brazil/Olodum Version)	HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I
2000	Mau Maus 	"Blak Iz Blak" 	Bamboozled
2009	Michael Jackson 	"This Is It" 	This Is It
2014	Eminem 	"Headlights" 	The Marshall Mathers LP 2