Film Director

Spike Lee

American film director, film producer, writer, and actor

1957 - today

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His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2024). Spike Lee is the 174th most popular film director (up from 286th in 2024), the 1,435th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,841st in 2019) and the 48th most popular American Film Director.

Spike Lee is most famous for his films "Do the Right Thing" and "Malcolm X."

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#5 / 182

Spike Lee ranks #5 among 182 notable people born in Atlanta, United States, inside the top 3% by HPI.

+5,370

Spike Lee climbed 5,370 places in Pantheon's global HPI ranking, from #17,590 to #12,232.

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Spike Lee's biography appears in 60 language editions of Wikipedia, more than 96% of all Film Directors.

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Among Film Directors

Among film directors, Spike Lee ranks 174 out of 2,296. Before him are Ettore Scola, Tom Holland, Max Ophüls, István Szabó, Roland Emmerich, and Sergio Corbucci. After him are Alice Guy-Blaché, Robert Rodriguez, Andrei Konchalovsky, Jacques Demy, Robert Wise, and Victor Sjöström.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Spike Lee ranks 38. Before him are Carole Bouquet, Ofra Haza, Qasem Soleimani, Dr. Alban, Steve Witkoff, and Richard E. Grant. After him are Dani Rodrik, Peter North, Stefan Löfven, Kelly McGillis, Rumiko Takahashi, and Bruce Beutler.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Spike Lee ranks 1,435 out of 23,232. Before him are Pat Carroll (1927), Alonzo Church (1903), Robin Wright (1966), Gina Haspel (1956), Charles G. Dawes (1865), and Eleanor H. Porter (1868). After him are Tom Morello (1964), Vincent Price (1911), Bill Russell (1934), Betty White (1922), Leland H. Hartwell (1939), and Walter Gilbert (1932).

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Among Film Directors In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Spike Lee ranks 48. Before him are Terrence Malick (1943), Jonathan Demme (1944), Jim Jarmusch (1953), Robert Benton (1932), Don Siegel (1912), and Tom Holland (1943). After him are Robert Rodriguez (1968), Robert Wise (1914), Alan J. Pakula (1928), Kathryn Bigelow (1951), Ed Wood (1924), and Sean Baker (1971).

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