Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Spike Lee scripts
- Dates:
- 1986-2007
- Creators:
- Lee, Spike
- Extent:
- 2 linear feet of papers.
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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Spike Lee scripts, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Spike Lee scripts span the years 1986-2007 and encompass 2 linear feet. The collection contains photocopies of the scripts for most of Lee's major feature films as director and for one television film. The earliest film represented is SHE'S GOTTA HAVE IT (1986) and the latest is MIRACLE AT ST. ANNA (2008).
- Biographical / historical:
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Spike Lee is an African-American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor active in film from the mid-1980s. He received a 1983 Student Academy Award and was nominated for an Academy Award in the screenplay category for DO THE RIGHT THING (1989).
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Spike Lee, 2008
- Arrangement:
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Arranged in the following series: 1. Production files; 2. Television files.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- actors
directors
producers
screenwriters - Names:
- Lee, Spike--Archives.
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2014
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from Inmagic. Date of source: November 24, 2014
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Available by appointment only.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical object belong to the Margaret Herrick Library. Researchers are responsible for obtaining all necessary rights, licenses, or permissions from the appropriate companies or individuals before quoting from or publishing materials obtained from the library.
- Preferred citation:
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Spike Lee scripts, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- Location of this collection:
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333 S. La Cienega BlvdBeverly Hills, CA 90211, US
- Contact:
- (310) 247-3036 extension 2226