Spike Lee filmography
is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor, noted for his films that deal with controversial social and political issues. 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."
Lee received a Master of Fine Arts from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, which culminated in his thesis film , the first student film to be showcased in Lincoln Center's New Directors/New Films Festival. 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.
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.
Filmography
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Short films
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Acting roles
Television
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Acting roles
Music videos
| Year | Artist | Song | Album |
| 1983 | Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel | "White Lines " | |
| 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" | 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" | ' |
| 1996 | Michael Jackson | "They Don't Care About Us" | ' |
| 2000 | Mau Maus | "Blak Iz Blak" | Bamboozled |
| 2009 | Michael Jackson | "This Is It" | This Is It |
| 2014 | Eminem | "Headlights" | The Marshall Mathers LP 2 |
| 2019 | The Killers | "Land of the Free" | Land Of The Free - Single |