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 .

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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

Academy Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
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

British Academy Film Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2002 Special Award HimselfRecipient
2019 Best Film BlacKkKlansman Nominated
Best Direction Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay Won

César Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2003 Honorary Cesar Won

Golden Globe Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
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

Grammy Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2022 Best Music Film David Byrne's American Utopia Nominated [3]

Primetime Emmy Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
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

Peabody Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
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

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
1998Best Director 4 Little Girls Nominated
1999 He Got Game Nominated
Best ScreenplayNominated
2004Time Warner Innovator AwardWon

Atlanta Film Festival

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2005Ossie Davis AwardWon

Berlin International Film Festival

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
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

Cannes Film Festival

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
1986 Caméra d'Or She's Gotta Have It Nominated
Award of the YouthWon
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

Capri Hollywood International Film Festival

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2018Best Adapted Screenplay Blackkklansman Won [7]

Other awards

Black Movie Awards

Black Movie Awards
YearFilmCategoryResult
2006 Inside Man Best DirectorWon

Black Reel Awards

Black Reel Awards
YearFilmCategoryResult
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 FilmNominated
A Huey P. Newton Story Best Director: TelevisionNominated
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: TelevisionNominated
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 DocumentaryNominated
2011 If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don't Rise Best Television DocumentaryWon
2013 Red Hook Summer Best Director Nominated
Best Screenplay, Adapted or Original Nominated
Bad 25 Best Feature DocumentaryNominated

Detroit Film Critics Society Awards

Detroit Film Critics Society Awards
YearFilmCategoryResult
2021 Da 5 Bloods Best Director Nominated

The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize

The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize [8]
YearCategoryResult
2013Gish PrizeWon

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. [9]

Location Managers Guild Awards
YearNomineeCategoryResult
2020Spike LeeLocation Managers Guild Trailblazer AwardWon
Da 5 Bloods Outstanding Locations in a Contemporary FilmNominated
2019 BlacKkKlansman Outstanding Locations in a Period FilmNominated

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