List of awards and nominations received by Spike Lee
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The following is a list of awards and nominations received by American filmmaker Spike Lee.
Over the course of his distinguished film career, Lee has received various awards and nominations. He has received five competitive Academy Award nominations winning Best Adapted Screenplay for BlacKkKlansman (2018). He has also received two special Oscars, a Student Academy Award for Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads (1983), and an Honorary Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2016. He has also received two Primetime Emmy Awards for HBO documentary series When the Levees Broke (2007). He has also received five Golden Globe Award nominations, a Grammy Award nomination, and four British Academy Film Award nominations. In March 2024, Lee will receive a Board of Governor's Award from the American Society of Cinematographers.[1]
Major Associations
[edit]| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Student Academy Award | Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads | Won | [2] |
| 1990 | Best Original Screenplay | Do the Right Thing | Nominated | |
| 1998 | Best Documentary Feature | 4 Little Girls | Nominated | |
| 2016 | Honorary Academy Award | Recipient | ||
| 2019 | Best Picture | BlacKkKlansman | Nominated | |
| Best Director | Nominated | |||
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Won | |||
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Special Award | Himself | Recipient | |
| 2019 | Best Film | BlacKkKlansman | Nominated | |
| Best Direction | Nominated | |||
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Won |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Honorary Cesar | Won | ||
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Best Motion Picture - Drama | Do The Right Thing | Nominated | |
| Best Director | Nominated | |||
| Best Screenplay | Nominated | |||
| 2019 | Best Motion Picture - Drama | BlacKkKlansman | Nominated | |
| Best Director | Nominated |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Best Music Film | David Byrne's American Utopia | Nominated | [3] |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special | 4 Little Girls | Nominated | [4] |
| 2007 | Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programing | When the Levees Broke | Won | [5] |
| Exceptional Merit in Documentary | Won | |||
| 2021 | Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special | David Byrne's American Utopia | Nominated |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Peabody Award | When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts | Won | |
| 2010 | If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise | Won |
Film Festival Awards
[edit]| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Best Director | 4 Little Girls | Nominated | |
| 1999 | He Got Game | Nominated | ||
| Best Screenplay | Nominated | |||
| 2004 | Time Warner Innovator Award | Won |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Ossie Davis Award | Won |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Golden Bear | Malcolm X | Nominated | |
| 1997 | Get on the Bus | Nominated | ||
| Honourable Mention[6] | Won | |||
| 2001 | Golden Bear | Bamboozled | Nominated | |
| 2003 | 25th Hour | Nominated |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Caméra d'Or | She's Gotta Have It | Nominated | |
| Award of the Youth | Won | |||
| 1989 | Palme d'Or | Do the Right Thing | Nominated | |
| 1991 | Jungle Fever | Nominated | ||
| Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention | Won | |||
| 1999 | C.I.C.A.E. Award | Summer of Sam | Nominated | |
| 2002 | Un Certain Regard Award | Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet | Nominated | |
| 2018 | Palme d'Or | BlacKkKlansman | Nominated | |
| Grand Prix | Won | |||
| Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention | Won |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Blackkklansman | Won | [7] |
Other awards
[edit]| Black Movie Awards | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Category | Result |
| 2006 | Inside Man | Best Director | Won |
| Black Reel Awards | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Category | Result |
| 2000 | Summer of Sam | Best Director | Nominated |
| The Best Man | Best Film | Nominated | |
| 2001 | Bamboozled | Best Screenplay, Adapted or Original | Nominated |
| Best Director | Nominated | ||
| Best Film | Nominated | ||
| Love & Basketball | Won | ||
| 2002 | 3 A.M. | Network/Cable - Best Film | Nominated |
| A Huey P. Newton Story | Best Director: Television | Nominated | |
| 2003 | 25th Hour | Best Director | Nominated |
| Best Film | Nominated | ||
| 2005 | She Hate Me | Best Screenplay, Adapted or Original | Nominated |
| Best Director | Nominated | ||
| 2006 | Sucker Free City | Best Director: Television | Nominated |
| Miracle's Boys | Nominated | ||
| 2007 | Inside Man | Best Director | Won |
| 2008 | Miracle at St. Anna | Nominated | |
| Best Film | Nominated | ||
| 2010 | Passing Strange | Best Director | Nominated |
| Best Feature Documentary | Nominated | ||
| 2011 | If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don't Rise | Best Television Documentary | Won |
| 2013 | Red Hook Summer | Best Director | Nominated |
| Best Screenplay, Adapted or Original | Nominated | ||
| Bad 25 | Best Feature Documentary | Nominated | |
| Detroit Film Critics Society Awards | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Category | Result |
| 2021 | Da 5 Bloods | Best Director | Nominated |
| The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize[8] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Category | Result | |
| 2013 | Gish Prize | Won | |
Spike Lee has been recognized by the Location Managers Guild International with their Trailblazer Award for his innovative and collaborative use of locations as a distinct character in his films.
Lee saluted location managers, saying without them, "I would not be able do what I do" as he rarely shoots on sets. "I'm out in the streets; I love shooting in the streets of New York City, especially the people's republic of Brooklyn, New York."
His films Da 5 Bloods & BlacKkKlansman have previously been nominated for their use of locations in their annual awards ceremony.[9]
| Location Managers Guild Awards | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Nominee | Category | Result |
| 2020 | Spike Lee | Location Managers Guild Trailblazer Award | Won |
| Da 5 Bloods | Outstanding Locations in a Contemporary Film | Nominated | |
| 2019 | BlacKkKlansman | Outstanding Locations in a Period Film | Nominated |
References
[edit]- ^ "ASC to Honor Spike Lee with Board of Governors Award". American Cinematographer. February 6, 2024. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
- ^ Microsoft Word - winners-by_year.doc Archived 2006-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Spike Lee". grammy.com. The Recording Academy. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
- ^ "4 Little Girls". Emmys.com. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
- ^ "When the Levees Broke". Emmys.com. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
- ^ "Berlinale: 1997 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
- ^ N'Duka, Amanda (January 2, 2019). "'Vice' Gets Best Picture Award At Capri, Hollywood Festival; 'Roma', 'First Man', 'A Star Is Born' Among Winners". Deadline. Retrieved August 11, 2024.
- ^ Chris Lee (September 18, 2013). "Spike Lee awarded $300,000 Gish Prize". LA Times. Retrieved September 19, 2013.
- ^ Giardina, Carolyn (October 24, 2020). "Spike Lee at Location Managers Guild Awards: "God Willing We'll All Be Back Working Together"". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 25, 2020.