Quo Fuit places 8 dated presences for Spike Lee across 6 places, from 1982 to 2020.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American filmmaker and actor.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Spike Lee is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Spike Lee was documented, and when
1982year
New York Universityattested“He did graduate work at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where he earned a Master of Fine Arts in film and television in 1982.”source: Wikipedia: Spike Lee
1982year
New Yorkattested“He did graduate work at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where he earned a Master of Fine Arts in film and television in 1982.”source: Wikipedia: Spike Lee
1991year
Harvardattested“In 1991, Lee taught a course at Harvard about filmmaking.”source: Wikipedia: Spike Lee
1993year
New York Universityattested“In 1993, he began to teach at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in the Graduate Film Program.”source: Wikipedia: Spike Lee
1993year
New Yorkattested“In 1993, he began to teach at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in the Graduate Film Program.”source: Wikipedia: Spike Lee
2015year
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciencesattested“In 2015, Lee received an Academy Honorary Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for his contributions to film.”source: Wikipedia: Spike Lee
2019year
North Americaattested“The film received near universal praise when it opened in North America receiving a 96% on Rotten Tomatoes with the critics consensus reading, "BlacKkKlansman uses history to offer bitingly trenchant commentary on current events – and br…”source: Wikipedia: Spike Lee
March 2020month
Madison Square Gardenattested“In March 2020, Lee and the security team at Madison Square Garden had a disagreement over which entrance to use to see the New York Knicks; Lee stated he would not attend the rest of the games for the season.”source: Wikipedia: Spike Lee
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Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences1 presence · 2015
Other places tied to Spike Lee in the record
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Meccamentioned“The film dramatizes key events in Malcolm X's life: his criminal career, his incarceration, his conversion to Islam, his ministry as a member of the Nation of Islam and his later falling out with the organization, his marriage to Betty X…”source: Wikipedia: Spike Lee
1992year
New Yorkmentioned“Lee met his wife, attorney Tonya Lewis Lee, in 1992, and they were married a year later in New York.”source: Wikipedia: Spike Lee
1997year
16th Street Baptist Church bombingmentioned“His 1997 documentary 4 Little Girls, about the girls killed in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary.”source: Wikipedia: Spike Lee
1997year
Birminghammentioned“His 1997 documentary 4 Little Girls, about the girls killed in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary.”source: Wikipedia: Spike Lee
2013year
Zimmerman'smentioned“The lawsuit, which a court filing reportedly valued at $1.2 million, alleged that the couple suffered "injuries and damages" that continued after the initial settlement up through Zimmerman's trial in 2013.”source: Wikipedia: Spike Lee
October 2015month
Americamentioned“In October 2015, Spike Lee visited the National Basketball Association's Manhattan headquarters to discuss producing a commercial that would denounce gun violence in America.”source: Wikipedia: Spike Lee
2017year
United Statesmentioned“In 2017, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".”source: Wikipedia: Spike Lee
2024year
Barclays Centermentioned“Spike Lee has also frequented New York Liberty games at Barclays Center, sitting courtside during the 2024 WNBA playoffs in a Sabrina Ionescu jersey.”source: Wikipedia: Spike Lee
2025year
New Yorkmentioned“I'm very lucky that I've been able to shoot films that take place in New York." While promoting his film Highest 2 Lowest in the fall of 2025, during an interview with MSNBC's Politics Nation host Rev.”source: Wikipedia: Spike Lee
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explicitly dated record, attested a sentence that states the person was there,
mentioned a sentence that ties the person to the place without stating presence.
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