Film & TV1983–present
Spike Lee
The most important American filmmaker working at the intersection of race and cinema — Do the Right Thing is one of the most urgent and visionary films ever made.
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Brooklyn, New York
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Often Compared To
Stanley Kubrick
#2Directors — The Bronx, New York · 1951–1999
A god among directors — The Shining, A Clockwork Orange, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Full Metal Jacket across different genres with an obsessive perfectionism that defined his career.
Steven Spielberg
#3Directors — Cincinnati, Ohio · 1969–present
The most commercially successful director in history — but also one of the most artistically significant. Jaws invented the blockbuster, Schindler's List is a monument, and E.T. is universal.