He took film courses at Clark Atlanta University and graduated with a B.A. Lee enrolled in Morehouse College, a historically black college in Atlanta, where he made his first student film, Last Hustle in Brooklyn. He attended John Dewey High School in Brooklyn's Gravesend neighborhood. His mother nicknamed him 'Spike' during his childhood. When he was a child, the family moved from Atlanta to Brooklyn, New York. Lee has three younger siblings, Joie, David, and Cinqué, each of whom has worked in many different positions in Lee's films. Shelton Jackson Lee was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of Jacqueline Carroll ( née Shelton), a teacher of arts and black literature, and William James Edward Lee III, a jazz musician and composer. Lee's films Do the Right Thing, Malcolm X, 4 Little Girls and She's Gotta Have It were each selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry for being 'culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant'. He has also received an Academy Honorary Award, an Honorary BAFTA Award, an Honorary César, and the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize. He has won numerous accolades for his work, including an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, a Student Academy Award, a BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, two Emmy Awards, two Peabody Awards, the NAACP's President's Award, and the Cannes Grand Prix. Lee's work has continually explored race relations, colorism in the black community, the role of media in contemporary life, urban crime and poverty, and other political issues. Jackson, Giancarlo Esposito, Rosie Perez, Delroy Lindo and John David Washington. His films have featured breakthrough and acclaimed performances from actors such as Denzel Washington, Laurence Fishburne, Samuel L. Lee also acted in eleven of his feature films. He has since written and directed such films as School Daze (1988), Do the Right Thing (1989), Mo' Better Blues (1990), Jungle Fever (1991), Malcolm X (1992), Crooklyn (1994), Clockers (1995), 25th Hour (2002), Inside Man (2006), Chi-Raq (2015), BlacKkKlansman (2018) and Da 5 Bloods (2020).

He made his directorial debut with She's Gotta Have It (1986). His production company, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, has produced more than 35 films since 1983. Shelton Jackson ' Spike' Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor.

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