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^ Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.
The following is a list of awards and nominations received Spike Lee .
Spike Lee Academy Award , a British Academy Film Award , four Emmy Awards and two Peabody Awards as well as nominations for a Grammy Award , three Golden Globe Awards , and three Critics' Choice Movie Awards .
Lee started his career with an early student film Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads Student Academy Award . He directed his seminal breakthrough work, the racial drama Do the Right Thing Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay as well as two Golden Globe Awards (for Best Director and Best Screenplay ).
He directed the historical documentary film 4 Little Girls Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special . With the historical comedy-drama BlacKkKlansman Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay , his first competitive win, as well as nominations for Best Picture and Best Director .
He the HBO documentary miniseries When the Levees Broke Peabody Award as well as two Primetime Emmy Awards (for Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program and the Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking ). He directed another HBO documentary, If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise Peabody Award . He directed the HBO David Byrne concert film American Utopia Grammy Award for Best Music Film .
Over his career he has received numerous honors including the Special BAFTA Award in 2002, an Honorary César in 2003, The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize in 2013, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 's Honorary Academy Award in 2015 , the Directors Guild of America 's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022, and the American Society of Cinematographers Board of Governor's Award in 2024. He was presented with the National Medal of Arts from President Joe Biden in 2023.
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^ 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.
^ Microsoft Word - winners-by_year.doc Archived 2006-02-07 at the Wayback Machine ^ "62nd Academy Awards" . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Retrieved June 19, 2025 .^ "70th Academy Awards" . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Retrieved June 19, 2025 .^ "88th Academy Awards" . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Retrieved June 19, 2025 .^ "91st Academy Awards" . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Retrieved June 19, 2025 .^ "55th BAFTA Awards" . awards.bafta.org . Retrieved June 19, 2025 .^ "72nd BAFTA Awards" . awards.bafta.org . Retrieved June 19, 2025 .^ "Critics' Choice Awards: 'Roma' Wins Best Picture To Lead Night; 'The Americans' & 'Mrs. Maisel' Top TV – The Complete Winners List" . Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved June 19, 2025 .^ "Critics Choice Awards: 'Nomadland', 'The Crown' Among Top Honorees – Complete Winners List" . Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved June 19, 2025 .^ "4 Little Girls" . Emmys.com . Retrieved January 19, 2020 .^ "When the Levees Broke" . Emmys.com . Retrieved January 19, 2020 .^ "Nominees / Winners 2021 Emmy Awards" . Television Academy . Retrieved June 19, 2025 .^ a b "Spike Lee - Golden Globes" . Golden Globe Awards . Retrieved June 19, 2025 .^ "Spike Lee" . grammy.com . The Recording Academy . Retrieved April 3, 2022 .^ "Berlinale: 1997 Prize Winners" . berlinale.de . Retrieved January 8, 2012 .^ N'Duka, Amanda (January 2, 2019). " . Deadline . Retrieved August 11, 2024 . ^ Giardina, Carolyn (October 24, 2020). "Spike Lee at Location Managers Guild Awards: "God Willing We'll All Be Back Working Together" . Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 25, 2020 . ^ "Spike Lee, Debbie Reynolds And Gena Rowlands To Receive Academy's 2015 Governors Awards" . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Retrieved June 19, 2025 .^ "ASC to Honor Spike Lee with Board of Governors Award". American Cinematographer . February 6, 2024. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
^ "Bafta honours Spike Lee" . The Guardian . Retrieved June 19, 2025 .^ "English-lingo pics parlay place in Cesar noms" . Variety . Retrieved June 19, 2025 .^ "Director Spike Lee to Receive Guild's Highest Tribute at 74th Annual DGA Awards" . DGA Awards . Retrieved June 19, 2025 .^ Chris Lee (September 18, 2013). "Spike Lee awarded $300,000 Gish Prize" . LA Times . Retrieved September 19, 2013 . ^ "Spike Lee Honored with the 2023 National Medal of Arts" . National Endowment for the Arts . Retrieved June 19, 2025 .
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