ABOUT SPIKE LEE
Iconoclastic director of the 1989 film Do the Right Thing , which earned him critical praise and an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. His celebrated films Malcolm X , Inside Man and 25th Hour added to his legacy.
He earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in film & television from New York University . He then went on to film his first feature-length picture She's Gotta Have It in just two weeks.
He is widely known as an avid New York Knicks fan, often found sitting courtside at Madison Square Garden .
He married Tonya Lewis Lee on October 2, 1993. He and Tonya have a son named Jackson and a daughter named Satchel.
He directed Denzel Washington in the title role of the 1992 biopic Malcolm X.
