photo of Spike Lee

Spike Lee

Filmmaker
40Acres And A Mule Filmworks

SPIKE LEE (Creator/Executive Producer/Director) recently released his first TV series, the contemporary update of She's Gotta Have It on Netflix. Season two of She’s Gotta Have It goes into production in 2018. Lee’s iconic body of work includes School Daze, Do The Right Thing, Mo' Better Blues, Malcolm X, He Got Game, Inside Man, Jungle Fever, Bamboozled, Crooklyn, Chiraq, She Hate Me, 25th Hour, Clockers, and such outstanding documentary work as the double Emmy Award winning If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise and the Peabody Award winning A Huey P Newton Story. Lee recently directed the Netflix Original Film Rodney King. Spike Lee is a two-time Oscar nominee (Do The Right Thing and 4 Little Girls) and was awarded an Honorary Oscar in 2015 for his lifetime achievement and contributions to the state of motion picture arts and sciences. Most recently Lee wrapped production on Black Klansman. Lee's new filmed stage production Pass Over will be available to Stream on Prime Video exclusively starting in April 2018.

[Programming descriptions are generated by participants and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SXSW.]

Programming descriptions are generated by participants and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SXSW.

Events featuring Spike Lee
Events featuring Spike Lee