Spike Lee
16 credits on file—15 films and 1 show, spanning 1989–2025.
71
Average MEANRANK
across 16 scored credits
across 16 scored credits
16
Credits
in the catalogue
in the catalogue
36
Years active
1989–2025
1989–2025
Also credited for acting (11), writing (12), created (1).
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On record for their credited titles
Oscars
1 won
+ 3 nominations
Golden Globes
3 nominations
BAFTAs
1 won
+ 2 nominations
Cannes
2 won
+ 2 nominations
- Won Oscar · Best Adapted Screenplay BlacKkKlansman · 2019
- Won BAFTA · Best Adapted Screenplay BlacKkKlansman · 2019
- Won Cannes · Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention BlacKkKlansman · 2018
- Won Cannes · Grand Prix BlacKkKlansman · 2018
- Nominated Oscar · Best Director BlacKkKlansman · 2019
- Nominated Oscar · Best Picture BlacKkKlansman · 2019
- Nominated Oscar · Best Original Screenplay Do the Right Thing · 1990
- Nominated Golden Globe · Best Director BlacKkKlansman · 2019
- Nominated Golden Globe · Best Screenplay – Motion Picture Do the Right Thing · 1990
- Nominated Golden Globe · Best Director – Motion Picture Do the Right Thing · 1990
- Nominated BAFTA · Best Director BlacKkKlansman · 2019
- Nominated BAFTA · Best Film BlacKkKlansman · 2019
- Nominated Cannes · Palme d'Or BlacKkKlansman · 2018
- Nominated Cannes · Palme d'Or Do the Right Thing · 1989
21
Wins
47
Nominations
68 awards — Spike Lee
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Cannes Film Festival
4 nominations, 2 won
| Grand Prix | BlacKkKlansman · 2018 | Winner |
| Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention | BlacKkKlansman · 2018 | Winner |
| Palme d'Or | BlacKkKlansman · 2018 | Nominee |
| Palme d'Or | Do the Right Thing · 1989 | Nominee |
Academy Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | BlacKkKlansman · 2019 | Winner |
| Best Director | BlacKkKlansman · 2019 | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Do the Right Thing · 1990 | Nominee |
| Best Picture | BlacKkKlansman · 2019 | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Awards
2 nominations
| Best Adapted Screenplay | BlacKkKlansman · 2019 | Nominee |
| Best Director | BlacKkKlansman · 2019 | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
2 nominations
| Best Director – Motion Picture | Do the Right Thing · 1990 | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | Do the Right Thing · 1990 | Nominee |
Berlin International Film Festival
1 nomination
| Golden Bear | Malcolm X · 1992 | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
1 nomination
| Best Director | Da 5 Bloods · 2020 | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America
1 nomination
| Feature Film | BlacKkKlansman · 2019 | Nominee |
Golden Globes
1 nomination
| Best Director | BlacKkKlansman · 2019 | Nominee |
Producers Guild of America
1 nomination
| Best Theatrical Motion Picture | BlacKkKlansman · 2019 | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Adapted Screenplay | BlacKkKlansman · 2019 | Nominee |
Hollywood Critics Association Midseason Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Male Director | Da 5 Bloods · 2020 | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | Da 5 Bloods · 2020 | Winner |
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | BlacKkKlansman · 2018 | Winner |
| Best Director | BlacKkKlansman · 2018 | Winner |
St. Louis Film Critics Association
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | BlacKkKlansman · 2018 | Winner |
| Best Director | BlacKkKlansman · 2018 | Winner |
Chicago Film Critics Association
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Director | Do the Right Thing · 1990 | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | BlacKkKlansman · 2018 | Nominee |
| Best Director | Da 5 Bloods · 2020 | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Da 5 Bloods · 2020 | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | BlacKkKlansman · 2019 | Winner |
| Best Director | BlacKkKlansman · 2019 | Nominee |
| Best Film | BlacKkKlansman · 2019 | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Director | Malcolm X · 1992 | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Malcolm X · 1992 | Nominee |
The 20/20 Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Director | Do the Right Thing · 2010 | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | Do the Right Thing · 2010 | Nominee |
AARP's Movies for Grownups Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Director | BlacKkKlansman · 2019 | Winner |
African-American Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Screenplay | BlacKkKlansman · 2018 | Winner |
Celebration of Cinema and Television
1 nomination, 1 won
| Career Achievement Award | Highest 2 Lowest · 2025 | Winner |
Locarno International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Audience Award | BlacKkKlansman · 2018 | Winner |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Director | Do the Right Thing · 1989 | Winner |
National Board of Review
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Director | Da 5 Bloods · 2020 | Winner |
Palm Springs International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Career Achievement Award | BlacKkKlansman · 2019 | Winner |
Savannah Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Legend of Cinema Award | Highest 2 Lowest · 2025 | Winner |
Black Reel Awards
6 nominations
| Outstanding Director | Highest 2 Lowest · 2026 | Nominee |
| Outstanding Director | Da 5 Bloods · 2020 | Nominee |
| Outstanding Director | BlacKkKlansman · 2019 | Nominee |
| Outstanding Film | Da 5 Bloods · 2020 | Nominee |
| Outstanding Screenplay | BlacKkKlansman · 2019 | Nominee |
| Theatrical - Best Director | Summer of Sam · 2000 | Nominee |
AACTA International Awards
2 nominations
| Best Direction | BlacKkKlansman · 2019 | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | BlacKkKlansman · 2019 | Nominee |
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
2 nominations
| Best Adapted Screenplay | BlacKkKlansman · 2019 | Nominee |
| Best Director | BlacKkKlansman · 2019 | Nominee |
Image Awards
2 nominations
| Outstanding Directing | BlacKkKlansman · 2019 | Nominee |
| Outstanding Writing | BlacKkKlansman · 2019 | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society
2 nominations
| Best Adapted Screenplay | BlacKkKlansman · 2019 | Nominee |
| Best Director | BlacKkKlansman · 2019 | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
2 nominations
| Best Adapted Screenplay | BlacKkKlansman · 2019 | Nominee |
| Best Director | BlacKkKlansman · 2019 | Nominee |
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
1 nomination
| Best Director | Highest 2 Lowest · 2026 | Nominee |
Austin Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Adapted Screenplay | BlacKkKlansman · 2019 | Nominee |
Best Director
1 nomination
| Best Director | Chi-Raq · 2016 | Nominee |
Best Screenplay, Adapted or Original
1 nomination
| Best Screenplay, Adapted or Original | Chi-Raq · 2016 | Nominee |
Guldbagge Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | BlacKkKlansman · 2019 | Nominee |
Hollywood Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Male Director | Da 5 Bloods · 2020 | Nominee |
Stinkers Bad Movie Awards
1 nomination
| Worst Supporting Actor | Summer of Sam · 2000 | Nominee |
Valladolid International Film Festival
1 nomination
| Golden Spike | Summer of Sam · 1999 | Nominee |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Adapted Screenplay | BlacKkKlansman · 2018 | Nominee |
