The African-American filmmakers on this list have spent their lives and careers dealing with a double-edged sword: being a successful black director means some people just want them to make movies, while others want to see them specifically address only the grievances and history of their own race. Finding a balance between the two is tough, and those who’ve pulled it off have done what all skilled directors do: they’ve used their personal history and worldview as a lens through which to project their stories onto American screens. They’re all worth exploring, and they’ve all contributed in major ways to the film making world.
Spike Lee: Easily the most well-known black director working today, as well as one of the most talented and energetic filmmakers of the past 30 years, period. Spike Lee has been making amazing movies since blowing up in 1986 with She’s Gotta Have It. (Trivia: It was Fab Five Freddy’s appearance in that film as a hound and flirt that inspired the lines that became Tone Loc’s hit "Wild Thing." Impress your friends.) His impressive filmography has mined his own life for material as much as what it means to be a black man in today’s America, and Lee’s never shied away from asking tough questions or showing the complicated ways people relate to each other, as in Do the Right Thing. Even his more genre-oriented stuff like the crime thrillers Clockers and Inside Man have used race as a springboard for other issues. He’s pretty much fearless, and he’s a titan of American movie-making who casts a long shadow and has acted as a kind of pioneer for other aspiring African-American directors.
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Spike Lee: Easily the most well-known black director working today, as well as one of the most talented and energetic filmmakers of the past 30 years, period. Spike Lee has been making amazing movies since blowing up in 1986 with She’s Gotta Have It. (Trivia: It was Fab Five Freddy’s appearance in that film as a hound and flirt that inspired the lines that became Tone Loc’s hit "Wild Thing." Impress your friends.) His impressive filmography has mined his own life for material as much as what it means to be a black man in today’s America, and Lee’s never shied away from asking tough questions or showing the complicated ways people relate to each other, as in Do the Right Thing. Even his more genre-oriented stuff like the crime thrillers Clockers and Inside Man have used race as a springboard for other issues. He’s pretty much fearless, and he’s a titan of American movie-making who casts a long shadow and has acted as a kind of pioneer for other aspiring African-American directors.
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