You can’t make any money - especially being an artist. I think the biggest reason why parents can have a negative effect on their children is when they kill their children’s dreams.
I’m a perfect example of how parents can influence their children. But my father loved sports, so he was taking me to Shea Stadium, Madison Square Garden.
#SPIKE LEE 911 MOVIE#
So I was my mother’s movie date - I’m the first child. My late mother was a cinephile, so she would take me to films. So you might say the seeds were planted there. The following is based on two conversations, which have been edited and condensed.Īdvertisement Can you talk about what shaped your desire to become a filmmaker? When did that first take root?
Lee’s company, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, is based in his home borough, “ Da People’s Republic of Brooklyn,” and he lives in Manhattan with his family. Through his bold and provocative storytelling, Lee has been an important voice on race, racism and other social issues for three decades, and he will receive the Director’s Guild Lifetime Achievement Award in March. Spike Lee, 64, is an award-winning filmmaker, cultural icon, social critic and die-hard New York Knicks fan whose career includes directing, producing, writing and acting in feature and documentary films, most recently the HBO documentary “NYC Epicenters: 9/11➔2021½.” His vast body of work - close to 40 films - has won numerous awards, including an Academy Award (best adapted screenplay) for “BlacKkKlansman” and an Emmy Award for the documentary “When the Levees Broke.” Lee’s book “ SPIKE,” a career-spanning monograph of his work and life, was released in late 2021.
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