List of awards and nominations received by Spike Lee
This article presents the awards and nominations of American film director, producer, writer, and actor Spike Lee.
Major Associations[]
Academy Awards[]
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1983 | Student Academy Award | Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads | Won | [1] |
1990 | Best Original Screenplay | Do the Right Thing | Nominated | |
1998 | Best Documentary Feature | 4 Little Girls | Nominated | |
2016 | Honorary Award | Himself | Recipient | |
2019 | Best Picture | BlacKkKlansman | Nominated | |
Best Director | Nominated | |||
Best Adapted Screenplay | Won |
British Academy Film Awards[]
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2002 | Special Award | Himself | Recipient | |
2019 | Best Film | BlacKkKlansman | Nominated | |
Best Direction | Nominated | |||
Best Adapted Screenplay | Won |
Golden Globe Awards[]
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 |
Primetime Emmy Awards[]
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1998 | Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special | 4 Little Girls | Nominated | [2] |
2007 | Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programing | When the Levees Broke | Won | [3] |
Exceptional Merit in Documentary | Won | |||
2021 | Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special | David Byrne's American Utopia | Pending |
Cesar Award[]
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2003 | Honorary Cesar | Won |
Peabody Awards[]
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[]
American Black Film Festival[]
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1998 | Best Director | 4 Little Girls | Nominated | |
1999 | Best Director | He Got Game | Nominated | |
Best Screenplay | Nominated | |||
2004 | Time Warner Innovator Award | Won |
Atlanta Film Festival[]
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2005 | Ossie Davis Award | Won |
Berlin International Film Festival[]
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1993 | Golden Bear | Malcolm X | Nominated | |
1997 | Golden Bear | Get on the Bus | Nominated | |
Honourable Mention[4] | Won | |||
2001 | Golden Bear | Bamboozled | Nominated | |
2003 | Golden Bear | 25th Hour | Nominated |
Cannes Film Festival[]
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 | Palme d'Or | 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 |
Other awards[]
Black Movie Awards[]
Black Movie Awards | |||
---|---|---|---|
Year | Film | Category | Result |
2006 | Inside Man | Best Director | Won |
Black Reel Awards[]
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 | Best Film | 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 | Best Director: Television | Nominated | |
2007 | Inside Man | Best Director | Won |
2008 | Miracle at St. Anna | Best Director | 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[]
Detroit Film Critics Society Awards | |||
---|---|---|---|
Year | Film | Category | Result |
2021 | Da 5 Bloods | Best Director | Nominated |
The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize[]
The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize[5] | |||
---|---|---|---|
Year | Category | Result | |
2013 | Gish Prize | Won |
Location Managers Guild Awards[]
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.[6]
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[]
- ^ Microsoft Word - winners-by_year.doc Archived 2006-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "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 2012-01-08.
- ^ Chris Lee (September 18, 2013). "Spike Lee awarded $300,000 Gish Prize". LA Times. Retrieved September 19, 2013.
- ^ Giardina, Carolyn (24 October 2020). "Spike Lee at Location Managers Guild Awards: "God Willing We'll All Be Back Working Together"". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
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