List of awards and nominations received by Spike Lee

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Spike Lee, Geeta Gandbhir and Sam Pollard for If God is Willing and Da Creek Don't Rise at the 70th Annual Peabody Awards

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[]

  1. ^ Microsoft Word - winners-by_year.doc Archived 2006-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "4 Little Girls". Emmys.com. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
  3. ^ "When the Levees Broke". Emmys.com. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
  4. ^ "Berlinale: 1997 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2012-01-08.
  5. ^ Chris Lee (September 18, 2013). "Spike Lee awarded $300,000 Gish Prize". LA Times. Retrieved September 19, 2013.
  6. ^ 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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