spike lee
The man we know as "Spike" was born Shelton Jackson Lee onMarch 20, 1957 in Atlanta ,Georgia. The first of five children, hegot the nickname Spike from his mother for being "a tough baby". Spike's tendency to be difficult is one that goes right back to thecrib. The infant Spike, much like the man he grew into, was smallbut loud. The family he was born into was great for a number ofreasons. His parents, college educated newlyweds, both camefrom families stressing creativity and black tradition. Bill Lee, Spikesfather, was born in 1929 in Snow Hill Alabama. He was a jazzcomposer/musician nicknamed "Bleek". His mother JacquelynShelton Lee taught art and black history. The Lees tried to instill asense of humor in their children, along with educating them inblack culture. They rationed the young ones' TV time, Forbaderock music, In favor of jazz and folk, and had each offspring learnto play a instrument. Spike, a shy, quiet boy, took guitar andpiano lessons. He also played and loved every type of sport. Spike denies that he ever had any thoughts of becoming a filmmaker in those early years. Becoming one of very few black filmmakers has made Spike a black African American
In sharing his wealth with the black community, Spike established two annual $5,000 grants, Spike Lees MinorityFellow ship to help two or three year black students at New YorkUniversity Tisch School of the Arts. Spike says " I'm not saying I'm the grand pooh bahof black cinema. His directing caused majorcontroversy in his early years, but as he matured he began topresent his ideas more open-mindedly and tolerantly. Never has any young black director/ producer/ writer/ actor/editor done so much to pave the path for others to follow. His work builds newroads for the world to start on a new journey. Spike Lee says that he cannot and does not want tobe the savior of black filmmaking; "I'm not trying to righteverything that's been wrong as far as film and black people areconcerned for the last 100 years.
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