Spike Lee

Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (lahir 20 Maret 1957) adalah seorang pembuat film dan aktor Amerika. Karyanya terus mengeksplorasi hubungan ras, isu-isu dalam komunitas kulit hitam, peran media dalam kehidupan kontemporer, kejahatan dan kemiskinan perkotaan, serta isu-isu politik lainnya. Lee menerima sejumlah penghargaan atas karyanya, termasuk Academy Award, British Academy Film Award, dua Primetime Emmy Awards, dan dua Peabody Awards serta nominasi untuk tiga Golden Globe Awards dan Grammy Award. Lee mempelajari pembuatan film di Morehouse College dan New York University Tisch School of the Arts, tempat ia menyutradarai film mahasiswanya Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads (1983), yang memenangkan Student Academy Award. Ia kemudian mendirikan perusahaan produksi 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, tempat ia memproduksi lebih dari 35 film. Ia membuat debut penyutradaraannya dengan film komedi She's Gotta Have It (1986). Ia menerima pujian kritis luas untuk drama Do the Right Thing (1989), yang membuatnya dinominasikan pada Academy Award untuk Skenario Asli Terbaik. Ia menyutradarai film epik sejarah Malcolm X (1992), dan meraih penghargaan Beruang Emas di Festival Film Internasional Berlin. Dengan drama kriminal biografi BlacKkKlansman (2018), ia memenangkan Academy Award untuk Skenario Adaptasi Terbaik dan Penghargaan Grand Prix Festival Film Cannes. Ia juga menulis dan menyutradarai film seperti School Daze (1988), Mo' Better Blues (1990), Jungle Fever (1991), Crooklyn (1994), Clockers (1995), Bamboozled (2000), 25th Hour (2002), Inside Man (2006), Chi-Raq (2015), Da 5 Bloods (2020), dan Tinggi 2 Terendah (2025). Lee juga berakting di sebelas film layar lebar miliknya. Ia juga dikenal karena menyutradarai berbagai proyek dokumenter, termasuk 4 Little Girls (1997), yang dinominasikan pada Academy Award untuk Film Fitur Dokumenter Terbaik. Ia menyutradarai serial HBO When the Levees Broke (2006), yang memenangkan dua Primetime Emmy Awards untuk Penyutradaraan Luar Biasa untuk Program Dokumenter/Nonfiksi dan Penghargaan Luar Biasa dalam Pembuatan Film Dokumenter. Ia juga menyutradarai film dokumenter HBO If God Is Willing dan da Creek Don't Rise (2010) dan film konser David Byrne American Utopia (2020). Lee telah menerima beberapa penghargaan, termasuk Penghargaan Kehormatan BAFTA pada tahun 2002, Penghargaan Kehormatan César pada tahun 2003, Penghargaan Kehormatan Akademi pada tahun 2015, dan Medali Seni Nasional pada tahun 2023. Lima filmnya telah dipilih oleh Perpustakaan Kongres untuk disimpan di Pendaftaran Film Nasional karena "penting secara budaya, sejarah, atau estetika". Dia telah menerima Gala Tribute dari Film Society of Lincoln Center serta Dorothy dan Lillian Gish Prize. Film-filmnya menampilkan penampilan terobosan dari aktor-aktor seperti Denzel Washington, Laurence Fishburne, Samuel L. Jackson, Giancarlo Esposito, Rosie Perez, Delroy Lindo, John Turturro, dan John David Washington. Deskripsi di atas dari artikel Wikipedia Spike Lee, berlisensi CC-BY-SA, daftar lengkap kontributor di Wikipedia.

Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American filmmaker and actor. His work has continually explored race relations, issues within the black community, the role of media in contemporary life, urban crime and poverty, and other political issues. Lee received numerous accolades for his work, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Peabody Awards as well as nominations for three Golden Globe Awards and a Grammy Award. Lee studied filmmaking at both Morehouse College and the New York University Tisch School of the Arts, where he directed his student film Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads (1983), which won a Student Academy Award. He later founded the production company  40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, where he has produced more than 35 films. He made his directorial debut with the comedy She's Gotta Have It (1986). He received widespread critical acclaim for the drama Do the Right Thing (1989), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He directed the historical epic Malcolm X (1992), earning the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. With the biographical crime dramedy BlacKkKlansman (2018), he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and the Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix Award. He has also written and directed films such as School Daze (1988), Mo' Better Blues (1990), Jungle Fever (1991), Crooklyn (1994), Clockers (1995), Bamboozled (2000), 25th Hour (2002), Inside Man (2006), Chi-Raq (2015), Da 5 Bloods (2020), and Highest 2 Lowest (2025). Lee has also acted in eleven of his feature films. He is also known for directing numerous documentary projects, including 4 Little Girls (1997), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film. He directed the HBO series When the Levees Broke (2006), which won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program and Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking. He also directed the HBO documentary If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise (2010) and the David Byrne concert film American Utopia (2020). Lee has received several honours, including the Honorary BAFTA Award in 2002, an Honorary César in 2003, the Academy Honorary Award in 2015, and the National Medal of Arts in 2023. Five of his films have been selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". He has received a Gala Tribute from the Film Society of Lincoln Center as well as the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize. His films have featured breakthrough performances from actors such as Denzel Washington, Laurence Fishburne, Samuel L. Jackson, Giancarlo Esposito, Rosie Perez, Delroy Lindo, John Turturro, and John David Washington. Description above from the Wikipedia article Spike Lee, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.