Spike Lee was born Shelton Jackson Lee on March 20‚ 1957‚ in Atlanta‚ Georgia. He was making amateur films by age 20‚ and won a Student Academy Award for his graduate thesis film. Lee drew attention with his first feature‚ She’s Gotta Have It -- one of the most profitable films made in 1986 -- and continues to create films that explore provoking topics like race‚ politics and violence. He is also known for his documentaries and commercials. ‚ Lee was making amateur films by age 20. His first student
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Giles @02623399 Black Diaspora Shelton Jackson Lee‚ also known as "Spike Lee" was born on March 20‚ 1957 in Atlanta‚ GA. Spike Lee is one of the most famous African American filmmakers of all time. He is known for his innovative and groundbreaking films that uplift the African American community and define our culture. Lee is credited to be one of the most prolific African American artists of all time. From his extensive work in both television and film‚ Lee has given voice to race relations and issues
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Spike Lee A man with many talents should be forever remembered by people that admired him. Sheldon Jackson Lee is a producer‚ director‚ and actor that was born on March 20th‚1957 in Atlanta Georgia. He was born and raised by a well off family and began making amateur films once he turned 20 years old. The very first he made was “Last Hustle in Brooklyn” and was done when he was still at Morehouse College. He later graduated from New York University Film School in 1982. Once he made “Joe‘s Bed
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I. Intro Spike Lee is one of the many directors who in my opinion always want to keep people alert. Lee is a film director‚ producer‚ writer and actor. He is with no question a very intelligent man that believes he has a responsibility to try and explain the world of black folks and other minorities in their most genuine form. When it comes to making films‚ he always fulfils his responsibility to show the behind the scenes black personnel who are underrepresented in an industry dominated by white
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Woody Allen. The director I have chosen as an auteur is Spike Lee. Lee’s Life: Spike Lee is an American film director who has directed‚ produced‚ written and acted in Spike Lee films such as Malcolm X‚ Jungle Fever‚ Inside Man and Love & Basketball. Spike Lee was born in Atlanta‚ Georgia where he attended Morehouse College and made his first student film Last Hustle in Brooklyn‚ he then graduated from New York University in 1982. Lee grew up in a well-off‚ respective African American family
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The essay‚ "Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts by Bruce Catton‚ compares two hugely diverse American Generals‚ who both shared one unwavering trait. The first of the men‚ Robert E. Lee‚ was an aristocrat stuck in the notions of the noble wealthy‚ who had no wish for change. He presumed that there should be an imbalance within America’s social anatomy. The other General‚ Ulysses S. Grant‚ had desires for America that were the complete opposite of Lee’s. Grant was a man who developed the harsh way
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Knocked Up & The Waitress: Compare and Contrast Knocked Up and The Waitress are two intriguing movies made in the same year. They both show the absurd side of pregnancy as well as the more realistic sensible side. Both of these movies are similar and different in numerous ways. Knocked Up is about a woman who puts herself in a very difficult situation‚ and has to deal with an unplanned pregnancy after being careless during her night out. The Waitress is about a woman in an abusive marriage who
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SCHOOL FOUNDATION IN NATURAL AND BUILD ENVIRONMENT Name : Tan Ming Howe Student ID : 0320199 Films Selected : Interstellar & Inception Word Count : 948 ENGLISH 2 (ELG 30605) Written Assignment 1 : Compare/Contrast Essay Lecturer : Cassandra Wijesuria Submission date : 8th April 2015 Compare Essay Between Inception & Interstellar Darkness‚ why are we so afraid of the unknown. Many including myself are paralised by the thought of an unwelcomed presence‚ I dare not turn my back in fear that
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When Catton says that Grant “was everything Lee was not” (310) he means that Grant and Lee were two very different people from the way they were raised to their views of American life. Grant was very tough and courageous‚ raised from in the western frontier. He was a man who held his head up high‚ looked towards the future‚ and was determined to follow through with his ideas of a “new” American life. In contrast‚ Lee was a Virginia man who believed in old aristocracy. “He was one of a body of men
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Whether it is the Wizarding World of Harry Potter or the vampire-filled Forks‚ Washington they both are home to a teenage obsession. The magical powers and leading trio are found in both movies. The Harry Potter movie series and the Twilight Saga have many similarities and differences. First‚ The Wizarding World of Harry Potter is led by the three main characters Harry‚ Ron‚ and Hermione. These three main characters all have magical powers and have to keep their powers a secret from the “muggels”
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