Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024

The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) will fete Spike Lee with its Board of Governors Award at the 38th Annual ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards Gala on Mar. 3 at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif.

“Spike Lee is one of the most brilliant filmmakers of our time and the...

Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023

The Toronto International Film Festival has revealed the first honorees of this year’s Tribute Awards: Academy Award®–winning directors and legends Pedro Almodóvar and Spike Lee. One of the world’s  foremost filmmakers and provocative storytellers, Almodóvar will receive the Jeff Skoll Award in...

Thursday, Apr. 27, 2023

Filmmaker, screenwriter, actor and producer Spike Lee has been named Cannes Lions’ first honorary Creative Maker of the Year. The inaugural award will be presented at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.

When the Festival was founded in 1954, the original Lion was...

Thursday, Sep. 29, 2022

The One Club for Creativity will induct the collaborative trio of basketball legend Michael Jordan, Nike chairman emeritus Phil Knight and Oscar-winning screenwriter, filmmaker and actor Spike Lee into its Creative Hall of Fame next month.

The threesome created work--including famous...

Sunday, Jun. 19, 2022

On the eve of Juneteenth, the Tribeca Festival came to a close with the Rev. Al Sharpton documentary “Loudmouth” in a premiere that united on stage Sharpton and Spike Lee — two towering New York figures who have each been vilified and celebrated for careers championing racial justice.

The...

Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022

Spike Lee will receive the Directors Guild of America’s top honor, the Lifetime Achievement Award for Distinguished Achievement in Motion Picture Direction.   

“Icon. Trailblazer. Visionary. Spike Lee has changed the face of cinema, and there is no single word that encapsulates his...

Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021

When David Lee was growing up in Brooklyn, his older brother would drag him out of the house whenever he got the urge to make a film.

"Spike would say, 'You gotta come with me. I'm shooting something,'" says David Lee. "His early impulse was to document. The '77 blackout, he went out and...

Saturday, Jul. 17, 2021

Julia Ducournau's "Titane," a wild body-horror thriller featuring sex with a car and a surprisingly tender heart, won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, making Ducournau just the second female filmmaker to win the festival's top honor in its 74 year history.

The win on Saturday...

Wednesday, Jul. 7, 2021

"I got one thing to say before I sit down," said Spike Lee during the Cannes Film Festival opening ceremony. "I wish I could speak French like Jodie Foster!"

In the first two days of Cannes, one thing everyone can agree on is that Jodie Foster really speaks terrific French. On Tuesday,...

Tuesday, Jul. 6, 2021

The Cannes Film Festival rolled out the red carpet for the first time in more than two years on Tuesday, launching the French Riviera spectacular with the premiere of Leos Carax's "Annette," the introduction of Spike Lee's jury, and with high hopes for shrugging off a punishing pandemic year for...

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