Editing Spike Lee (section)

== Awards and honors ==
{{Main|List of awards and nominations received by Spike Lee}}

In 1983, Lee won the [[Student Academy Awards|Student Academy Award]] for his film ''Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/saa/winners/winners.pdf |title=Student Film Award Winners |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |page=10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041205013039/http://www.oscars.org/saa/winners/winners.pdf |archive-date=December 5, 2004 |access-date=June 19, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> He won awards at the [[Black Reel Awards]] for ''Love and Basketball'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blackreelawards.com/past-winners/ |title=Past Winners |publisher=[[Black Reel Awards]] |access-date=June 19, 2018 |archive-date=February 26, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160226112208/http://blackreelawards.com/past-winners/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> the [[Black Movie Awards]] for ''Inside Man'', and the [[Berlin International Film Festival]] for ''Get on the Bus''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1997/03_preistr_ger_1997/03_Preistraeger_1997.html |title=Prizes & Honours 1997 |publisher=[[Berlin International Film Festival]] |access-date=June 19, 2018}}</ref> He won [[BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay]] for ''[[BlacKkKlansman]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/bafta-awards-2019-winners-list-1203133526/ |title=BAFTA Awards 2019: Complete Winners List |access-date=February 12, 2019 |date=February 10, 2019 |author=Nickolai, Nate |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>

Lee was nominated for [[Academy Awards]] for Best Original Screenplay for ''Do the Right Thing''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1990|title=The 62nd Academy Awards &#124; 1990|website=Oscars.org &#124; Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|date=October 5, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT6QnJLxWxw|title=Dead Poets Society Wins Original Screenplay: 1990 Oscars|date=August 11, 2014 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> and Best Documentary for ''4 Little Girls'', but did not win either award. In 2015, at the age of 58, Lee became the youngest person ever to receive an [[Honorary Academy Award]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/aug/28/spike-lee-to-get-honorary-oscar-25-years-after-do-the-right-thing|title= Spike Lee to get honorary Oscar 25 years after Do the Right Thing|website= [[The Guardian]]|date= August 28, 2015|access-date= August 5, 2020}}</ref> Lee received the award as "a champion of independent film and an inspiration to young filmmakers". Frequent collaborators [[Denzel Washington]], [[Samuel L. Jackson]], and [[Wesley Snipes]] presented Lee with the award at a private ceremony at the [[Governors Awards]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-34826275|title= Spike Lee calls for diversity as he receives honorary Oscar|work= BBC News|date= November 15, 2015|access-date= August 5, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/honorary-oscar-recipient-spike-lee-818143|title= Honorary Oscar Recipient Spike Lee Also a Frequent Critic of the Academy|website= [[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date= August 27, 2015|access-date= August 6, 2020}}</ref> In 2019, Lee's film ''[[BlacKkKlansman]]'' went on to receive six [[Academy Award]] nominations. Lee himself was nominated for three; Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/22/entertainment/spike-lee-oscars-best-director-nomination/index.html |title=Spike Lee earns first Oscar nomination for directing |access-date=February 27, 2019 |date=January 22, 2019 |publisher=[[CNN]] |author=Gonzalez, Sandra}}</ref> He went on to win the [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]], his first Academy Award.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/24/movies/spike-lee-oscars-speech.html |title=Spike Lee Won an Oscar. Read His Passionate Speech. |access-date=February 27, 2019 |date=February 24, 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]] |author=Deb, Sopan}}</ref>

Two of his films have competed for the [[Palme d'Or]] award at the [[Cannes Film Festival]], and of the two, ''BlacKkKlansman'' won the Grand Prix in 2018.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last1=Debruge |first1=Peter |title=Japanese Director Hirokazu Kore-eda's 'Shoplifters' Wins Palme d'Or at Cannes |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/cannes-film-festival-2018-award-winners-palme-d-or-1202816743/ |website=Variety |access-date=May 22, 2018 |date=May 19, 2018}}</ref> Lee's films ''[[Do the Right Thing]]'',<ref name="cnn.com" /> ''[[Malcolm X (1992 film)|Malcolm X]]'',<ref name="philasun.com" /> ''[[4 Little Girls]]'', ''[[She's Gotta Have It]]'', and ''[[Bamboozled]]'' were each selected by the [[Library of Congress]] for preservation in the [[National Film Registry]] for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".<ref name="Chow" /> On May 18, 2016, Lee delivered the Commencement address for The Johns Hopkins University Class of 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://hub.jhu.edu/2016/05/18/commencement-2016-spike-lee/ |title=Filmmaker Spike Lee speaks at Johns Hopkins graduation |quote=I wish you could be graduating into a world of peace, light, and love, but that's not the case |website=Johns Hopkins University |date=May 18, 2016 |author=Bryan Stevenson |access-date=June 26, 2020}}</ref>

He has been named as the recipient of the Ebert Director Award at the [[TIFF Tribute Awards]] for the [[2023 Toronto International Film Festival]].<ref>[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/spike-lee-and-pedro-almod-var-to-receive-tiff-tribute-awards-while-dicks-the-musical/article_d99c652e-a900-5b50-bf5b-4c37f4d5c14f.html "Spike Lee and Pedro Almodóvar to receive TIFF Tribute Awards, while ‘Dicks: The Musical’ to open Midnight Madness"]. ''[[Toronto Star]]'', August 3, 2023.</ref> In March 2024, Lee received a Board of Governor's Award from the [[American Society of Cinematographers]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 6, 2024 |title=ASC to Honor Spike Lee with Board of Governors Award |url=https://theasc.com/news/asc-to-honor-spike-lee-with-board-of-governors-award |access-date=February 26, 2024 |website=American Cinematographer}}</ref>