He is infamous. A living legend. Challenging, inspiring, and educating the young and the old one film at a time. SPIKE LEE IS AMERIKAZ MOST WANTED. A rebel in his own right a leader of a misunderstood generation. He gives words opinions, reenactment, and life to overseen issues in today's society. Spike Lee has established himself as one of Hollywood's...Scratch that...The world's most important and influential filmmakers. With over 20 films to his credit he his from from finished. Spike lee is them an behind such films as She's Gotta Have It (1986),
School Daze (1988), Do the Right Thing (1989,)Mo' Better Blues (1990), Jungle Fever (1991), Malcolm X (1992), Crooklyn (1994) all of which he acted in. Pause...OK let's keep it moving. He also did, 4 Little Girls (1997), He Got Game (1998), Summer of Sam (1999), bamboozled, and The Original Kings of Comedy (2000). All of these films offer fresh insight into African American society and a often overlooked way of life.
In addition to his achievements in feature films, Spike Lee has produced and directed numerous music videos for such diverse artists as Miles Davis, Chaka Khan, Tracy Chapman, Anita Baker, Public Enemy, Bruce Hornsby and Michael Jackson. He also has contributed his talents to over 50 television commercials including the Nike Air Jordan campaign where he collaborated with his friend Michael Jordan on seven commercials. His other commercials include Levi's Buttonfly 501, AT&T, ESPN, Snapple and Taco Bell.
A man of many talents, he also diversely involved in documentaries and sports programs, such as the Emmy and Oscar nominated documentary, 4 Little Girls. A famously tragic defining moment in the civil rights movement about the church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963 that killed 4 young girls attending Sunday school. He also received an Emmy Award for his piece on Georgetown's John Thompson for HBO/Real Sports. Additionally, Spike has authored children's books like Please Baby Please and Please Puppy Please.
Do your research he is history in the making.
HTtp://www.gale.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/lee_s.htm
http://www.gale.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/lee_s.htm
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000490/
No comments:
Post a Comment