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A Scheme for abolishing all Words is one of the wittiest and smartest comments on semantics. (Illustration: extreme close-up from the movie "The Big Swallow" (1901), produced and directed by James Williamson (1855-1933)
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A Scheme for abolishing all Words is one of the wittiest and smartest comments on semantics. (Illustration: extreme close-up from the movie "The Big Swallow" (1901), produced and directed by James Williamson (1855-1933)

Shelton Jackson Lee (born March 20, 1957 in Atlanta, Georgia), better known as Spike Lee, is an American filmmaker noted for his films dealing with controversial social and political issues.

Filmography

Year Film Awards/Nominations
1983 Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop:
We Cut Heads

Drama:

1983 She's Gotta Have It
1988 School Daze
1989 Do the Right Thing
1990 Mo' Better Blues
1991 Jungle Fever
1992 Malcolm X (film)
1994 Crooklyn
1995 Clockers
1995 Girl 6
1996 Get on the Bus
1997 4 Little Girls
1998 He Got Game
1999 Summer of Sam
2000 The Original Kings of Comedy
Bamboozled
2002 25th Hour
2002 Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
segment: "We Wuz Robbed"
2004 She Hate Me
2006 All the Invisible Children
segment: "Jesus Children of America"
Inside Man
2008 Untitled Inside Man sequel
2009 Miracle at St. Anna
Selling Time

"†" denotes films in which Lee also acted.



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