Spike Lee
Academy Award-Winning Writer, Producer, Actor & Director; Best Known for "BlacKkKlansman" & "Malcolm X"
Academy Award Winner Spike Lee’s iconic body of storytelling has made an indelible mark on filmmaking and television
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Academy Award Winner Spike Lee’s iconic body of storytelling has made an indelible mark on filmmaking and television. Most recently, he directed and co-wrote Da 5 Bloods for Netflix, his latest joint. His directed version of David Byrne’s American Utopia was released by HBO. Prior to “Da 5 Bloods”, the visionary filmmaker co-wrote and directed the Academy Award®-nominated and critically acclaimed hit film BlacKkKlansman, winning the Oscar® for Best Adapted Screenplay.
His career spans over 30 years and includes: She’s Gotta Have It, School Daze, Do the Right Thing, Mo’ Better Blues, Jungle Fever, Malcolm X, Crooklyn, Clockers, Girl 6, Get on the Bus, He Got Game, Summer of Sam, Bamboozled, 25th Hour, She Hate Me, Inside Man, Miracle at St. Anna, Red Hook Summer, Old Boy, and Chi-Raq. Lee’s outstanding feature documentary work includes the double Emmy® Award-winning If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise, a follow up to his HBO documentary film When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts and the Peabody Award-winning A Huey P Newton Story. In the Television arena, he launched his Netflix original series “She’s Gotta Have It”, which ran 2 seasons on the platform. The series is a contemporary update of his classic film.
Lee is also known for his legendary “Air Jordan” TV commercials and marketing campaigns with Michael Jordan for Nike. In 1997 he launched the advertising agency Spike DDB, a fully integrated agency with a focus on trendsetter, cross-cultural and millennial audiences. In addition to his films, TV series and commercials, Lee has Directed several music videos and shorts for artists such as Michael Jackson, Prince, Public Enemy, Branford Marsalis, Bruce Hornsby, Miles Davis and Anita Baker.
Spike Lee is a five-time Oscar nominee and was awarded an Honorary Oscar in 2015 for his lifetime achievement and contributions to the state of motion picture arts and sciences. He is a graduate of Morehouse College and New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, where he is a tenured Professor of Film and Artistic Director. Lee’s Production Company 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks is based in Da Republic of Brooklyn, NY.
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SAP COMPANY
Thank you again, Dr. Kimbrough, for a great presentation, our attendees are still talking about it!
CAMPUS LABS
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GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY
Jordan Carlos was very very entertaining! A majority of students who answered the event survey indicated they really enjoyed Jordan and definitely will bring him back!
WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY
On behalf of myself and my organization Entertainment Unlimited the Campus Programming Board of Ferris State University, we thank you PDA and Dan for a successful event!! Dan was magnificent! Students really enjoyed the presentation. I know I did. Can't wait to bring in more programs with PDA Group.
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He was quite engaging and the crowd was thrilled to have him.
General Mills
Spike Lee was a huge success. We sold over 1100 tickets. He was very gracious…our students were thrilled with him. Thank you.
Syracuse University
Things went very well, actually. He was personable and very easy to get a long with. He spoke for about 30 minutes but took questions for 45 minutes. He had a question for a 10 year old boy who asked him how to become an actor – after the lecture Spike met with him, signed and autograph and took a picture. It was great. He was we’ll received by our audience. Thanks for everything – he was a great choice for us.
Mark Twain House & Museum, CT
The event went really well. He was very easy to work with and was great with everyone. The content of the speech was very interesting and the Q&A worked out well. Overall, we had about 1,600 in attendance.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Town Hall 2008 had a great experience having Spike Lee here in Sarasota! Although we have a pretty grueling schedule for our speakers to handle, (doing two lectures in one day with extended exposure at our luncheon and evening reception), Spike Lee was well received and I think he enjoyed the visit here.
Helen R. McBean, Town Hall Chair, Sarasota, FLA
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