Film
Spike Lee
Photographed by Jeremy Jakubowicz
Spike Lee is an American director, screenwriter and producer who has been a defining figure of New York filmmaking since She’s Gotta Have It. Do the Right Thing, Malcolm X and BlacKkKlansman, winner of the Cannes Grand Prix in 2018 and the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, are among his landmark films. He was president of the Cannes jury in 2021.
Career highlights
- She’s Gotta Have It
- Do the Right Thing
- Malcolm X
- BlacKkKlansman, Grand Prix at Cannes 2018
- President of the Cannes jury, 2021
Spike Lee at the Cannes Film Festival 2025, Highest 2 Lowest
19 May 2025 · Cannes · 78th Cannes Film Festival, out of competition
On 19 May 2025, Spike Lee presented Highest 2 Lowest out of competition, his fifth film with Denzel Washington. A lifelong New York Knicks fan, he wore an orange and blue striped suit in the team’s colours for the occasion. Jeremy Jakubowicz photographed him in the late afternoon, in a blue hat and glasses, then full-length.
The same day, he also photographed Denzel Washington and the film’s cast, Jeffrey Wright, Ilfenesh Hadera, A$AP Rocky and Aubrey Joseph.
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