Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 7pm
UA Centennial Hall

Spike Lee is known for tackling prickly issues of relevance to the African-American community in his films, which have been described as "controversy-courting" and "consciousness-tweaking." He almost single-handedly ushered in a climate of newfound respect for African-American film-makers and actors in a business that has historically marginalized their contributions to film. Lee's body of work has earned him a Las Vegas Film Critics Society "Lifetime Achievement Award" and an MTV Movie Awards "Silver Bucket of Excellence Award," among numerous other awards for individual productions.

The filmmaker first entered the movie scene in 1986 with his shoe-string-budgeted, mostly black-and-white film "She's Gotta Have It," which was independently produced, but did incredibly well at the box office and thus brought an enormous amount of attention to Lee and his work.

Lee has made some of the most-talked about films of the last few decades, including the epic Malcolm X, Bamboozled, 25th Hour and She Hate Me. He has also written, directed and produced multiple television movies, commercials and music videos. Lee's influence in the film industry as well as his own work have advanced the careers of such actors as Wesley Snipes, Samuel L. Jackson, Angela Bassett and Denzel Washington.

The director's most recent endeavor is the HBO documentary titled "When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts," which he also produced. The film shows the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and includes footage of the devastated New Orleans and first-hand accounts of its citizens who were directly affected by the hurricane. The documentary was scheduled to debut Aug. 29, 2006, marking the first anniversary of the tragedy.

As a writer, Lee has authored, co-authored and edited multiple books about film-making, basketball, baseball and African-American issues.

An avid New York Knicks fan, Spike Lee resides in New York City with his wife and their two children.

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