Spike Lee

Also known as Mars Blackmon, Sheldon Lee, Shelton J. Lee

Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee é um cineasta e ator americano. Citado por várias publicações como um dos cineastas mais importantes do final do século 20, seu trabalho explora questões incluindo relações raciais, questões dentro da comunidade negra, o papel da mídia na vida contemporânea, crime urbano e pobreza. Lee recebeu inúmeros prêmios incluindo um Academy Award, um British Academy Film Award, dois Primetime Emmy Awards e três Peabody Awards, bem como indicações para três Golden Globe Awards e um Grammy Award.

Occupation: film director, actor, screenwriter, film producer
Position held: President of the Jury at the Cannes Festival
Citizenship: United States
Born: March 20, 1957

Visão geral

Da Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Also known as Mars Blackmon, Sheldon Lee, Shelton J. Lee

Notable quotes

“In life, there are times to be quiet, and there are times to shut the fuck up. This is one of those times.”
— School Daze (1988), character of Grady.
“I may have been born yesterday, but I stayed up all night.”
— Mo' Better Blues (1990), character of Bleek Gilliam.
“Everybody's a teacher. People can teach you two things, what to do and what not to do.”
— Mo' Better Blues (1990), character of Clarke Bentancourt.
“I know that it's painful at times, but we're not making this up. The depths of degradation in cartoons, movies, and television shows, the misrepresentation of a people - it's an American legacy. Not just in television or movies, but in all media.”
— Interview with Rebecca Cantu, "About Face: An Interview with Spike Lee", The Crimson, October 20, 2000.
“My film is supposed to reflect that; it is an indictment of the people who write and accept those shows, because we know that they exist today. It also has to do with the $1 million question: What is black? It is a never-ending quest for who we are, and some people are still in search of that.”
— Interview with Rebecca Cantu, "About Face: An Interview with Spike Lee", The Crimson, October 20, 2000.
“Here's the thing. I grew up in Fort Greene. I grew up here in New York. It's changed. And why does it take an influx of white New Yorkers in the south Bronx, in Harlem, in Bed-Stuy, in Crown Heights for the facilities to get better?”
— Reported in Andy Soltis, "Spike Lee rants on hipsters, gentrification", New York Post (February 26, 2014).