Spike Lee filmmaking. 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. 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"
John Lee (British actor) John Lee (British actor) John Lee (1725–1781) was an English actor and manager of plays. He is first heard of at the theatre in Leman Street, Goodman's Fields, London where he played, on 13 November 1745, Sir Charles Freeman in "The Beaux' Stratagem". His name appears, 14 November 1747, at Drury Lane under Garrick, as the Bastard (i.e. Edmund) in "King Lear", and 3 December as Myrtle in "The Conscious Lovers". Breaking his engagement with Garrick he made his first appearance at Covent Garden, 23 October 1749, as Ranger in "The Suspicious Husband" by Benjamin Hoadly. The beginning of the