Who is Spike Lee?

Spike Lee is an American director, actor, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for his films like Jungle Fever, Malcolm X, and Do the Right Thing.

Spike Lee: Age, Parents, Siblings, Education, Ethnicity

This director was born on 20 March 1957, in Georgia, the US with the birth name Shelton Jackson Lee. He belongs to All-American descent.

His father William Edward Lee III was a jazz musician and a composer. His mother Jacqueline Carroll was a teacher of black literature and arts. He has two brothers Cinque and David, and a sister Joie.

All of Lee’s siblings have worked in different positions in his films. He studied at John Dewey High School.

Spike made his first student film Last Hustle in Brooklyn, in Morehouse College, where he graduated with BA in mass communication.

Afterward, Spike Lee took a film course at Clark Atlanta University. Later, he earned his Master’s degree in fine arts from New York University’s Tisch School of Arts.