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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Important Information for Users of the Collection
  • Biography
  • Collection Scope and Content Summary
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Spike Lee scripts
    Date (inclusive): 1986-2007
    Collection number: 1382
    Creator: Lee, Spike
    Extent: 2 linear feet of papers.
    Repository: Margaret Herrick Library. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
    Languages: English

    Important Information for Users of the Collection

    Access

    Available by appointment only.

    Publication rights

    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

    Spike Lee scripts, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

    Acquisition Information

    Gift of Spike Lee, 2008

    Biography

    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).

    Collection Scope and Content Summary

    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).

    Arrangement

    Arranged in the following series: 1. Production files; 2. Television files.

    Indexing Terms

    Lee, Spike--Archives.
    actors
    directors
    producers
    screenwriters