Spike Lee | Master of Fine Arts

The 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks production company, Spike Lee owned, has produced more than thirty-five films since 1983, with the comedy-drama She’s Gotta Have It as his directorial debut in 1986. Since then, Lee has written and directed multiple films such as Do the Right Thing, Mo’s Better Blues, Jungle Fever, Malcolm X, Crooklyn, Clockers, and Inside Man. Lee also got credited with several awards, including an Academy Award, Student Academy Award, BAFTA Award, two Emmy Awards, two Peabody Awards, and Cannes Grand Prix Award, to name a few.

Lee studied at John Dewey High School in the Gravesend neighborhood in Brooklyn. After graduating, he attended a historically black college in Atlanta, Morehouse College, where he made his first student film, Last Hustle in Brooklyn. He graduated with a degree in mass communication. Later on, Lee obtained his masters in fine arts from Tisch School of Arts in New York University.