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
Lal (actor) Lal (actor) M. P. Michael (born 2 December 1958), better known by his stage name Lal, is an Indian film director, actor, screenwriter, producer, and film distributor who works in Malayalam cinema. He started his career as a mimicry artist in Kalabhavan, along with his childhood friend Siddique, who would later team up as Siddique-Lal to make many films. Lal and Siddique joined as assistant directors to Fazil in 1984. After that, both decided to part ways as a director pair and Lal turned producer with the Siddique-directed Mammootty-starrer "Hitler". Lal debuted in acting with a villain role as Paniyan