Spike Lee already had several big moments with the Oscars by the time he finally won a competitive statuette in 2019. His first came almost 40 years earlier, in 1983, when he was a film student at New York University. Lee submitted his master’s thesis film “Joe’s Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads,” starring Monty Ross,…
Spike Lee already had several big moments with the Oscars by the time he finally won a competitive statuette in 2019.
His first came almost 40 years earlier, in 1983, when he was a film stude.
Spike Lee already had several big moments with the Oscars by the time he finally won a competitive statuette in 2019. Lee submitted his master’s thesis film “Joe’s Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads,” starring Monty Ross, to the Student Academy Awards. The Student Academy Awards may not be as glitzy or high profile as the Oscars, but in its 50 years it has proven to be a vital launching ground for emerging filmmakers.
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