Spike Lee

Spike Lee is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor.

His early films include ‘Shes Gotta Have It’ (1986),  ‘Jungle Fever’ (1991) and ‘Malcolm X’ (1992.) Lee’s films have been praised for covering topics of race, poverty and many other political issues.

His most recent film ‘BlacKkKlansman’ (2018) won Lee the Grand Prix at Cannes Film Festival,  the film also won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Lee has been instrumental in advocating for human rights, especially in the US, where he has been highly critical of the US government as well as police brutality on African-Americans.