Editing Spike Lee (section)

== Early life and education ==
Shelton Jackson Lee was born in [[Atlanta]], Georgia, the son of Jacqueline Carroll ({{née}} Shelton), a teacher of arts and black literature, and [[Bill Lee (musician)|William James Edwards Lee III]], a jazz musician and [[composer]].<ref name="filmrefbio" /><ref name="refwho" /> Lee has five younger siblings, three of whom ([[Joie Lee|Joie]], David, and [[Cinqué Lee|Cinqué]]) have worked in many different positions in Lee's films; a fourth, Christopher, died in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |first=Megan |last=Saad |date= January 3, 2014 |url=https://www.vibe.com/news/movies-tv/spike-lees-brother-passes-away-55-200876/ |work=Vibe |title= Spike Lee's Brother Passes Away At 55|access-date= May 25, 2023}}</ref> His youngest sibling is half-brother Arnold. Director [[Malcolm D. Lee]] is his cousin. When he was a child, the family moved from Atlanta to [[Brooklyn]], New York. His mother nicknamed him "Spike" during his childhood. He attended [[John Dewey High School]] in Brooklyn's [[Gravesend, Brooklyn|Gravesend neighborhood]].

Lee enrolled in [[Morehouse College]], a historically [[Historically black colleges and universities|black college]] in Atlanta, where he made his first student film, ''Last Hustle in Brooklyn''. He took film courses at [[Clark Atlanta University]] and graduated with a B.A. in [[mass communication]] from Morehouse. He did graduate work at [[New York University]]'s [[Tisch School of the Arts]], where he earned a [[Master of Fine Arts]] in film and television.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.morehouse.edu/about/boardbios/slee.html |publisher=Morehouse College |title=SHELTON "SPIKE" LEE '79 |date=April 9, 2012 |access-date=April 9, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506002442/https://www.morehouse.edu/about/boardbios/slee.html |archive-date=May 6, 2012}}</ref>

===David Lee===
'''David Lee''' (born February 16, 1961), a younger brother of Spike, is a still photographer,<ref name="raquelwilson">{{cite web |url=http://www.raquelwilson.com/portfolio/no-jheri-curls-no-drugs-a-david-lee-photo-exhibit/ |title=No Jheri Curls & No Drugs: A David Lee Photo Exhibit |last=Wilson |first=Raquel |publisher=raquelwilson.com |year=2009 |accessdate=September 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170408224259/http://www.raquelwilson.com/portfolio/no-jheri-curls-no-drugs-a-david-lee-photo-exhibit/ |archive-date=April 8, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and has done the still photography for all of his older brother's feature films before 2013 with the exception of ''[[Get on the Bus]]'' and ''[[He Got Game]]''. Other films he has done still photography for include ''[[The Preacher's Wife]]'', ''[[The Best Man (1999 film)|The Best Man]]'', ''[[Pollock (film)|Pollock]]'', ''[[Made (2001 film)|Made]]'', ''[[Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind]]'', and ''[[American Gangster (film)|American Gangster]]'', and the television series ''[[The Wire]]''.<ref name="raquelwilson"/>