Spike Lee Spike Lee Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor. His production company, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, has produced over 35 films since 1983. He made his directorial debut with "She's Gotta Have It" (1986), and has since directed such films as "Do the Right Thing" (1989), "Malcolm X" (1992), "The Original Kings of Comedy" (2000), "25th Hour" (2002), "Inside Man" (2006), "Chi-Raq" (2015), and "BlacKkKlansman" (2018). Lee has also acted in 10 of his own films. Lee's films have examined race relations, colorism in the black community, the
Leonard Jackson (actor) adaptation of the Sidney Sheldon novel. Jackson died on December 22, 2013 in Manhattan, New York at age eighty-five after losing his battle with Alzheimer's disease. He is survived by his wife, Ada Jackson, brother-in-law, Alexander Edwards and wife, Janice, sister-in-law, Joan Phillips, nephew, Emerson Thompson and wife, Geraldine, nieces Kim Hunter and Patricia Jackson and a host of other cousins, nieces, nephews, family and friends. Leonard Jackson (actor) Leonard Jackson (February 7, 1928 – December 22, 2013) was an African American stage, film, and television actor, perhaps most widely known for his roles in several PBS television series for