Trailblazing Insights: A fireside chat with Spike Lee on leadership and career triumphs

Spike Lee is an Oscar-award winning director, writer, actor, and producer. In addition to filmmaking, he has written several books – for both adults and children – and he now holds a tenured professorship at New York University’s Graduate Film Program, about which he has said, “My students teach me.” Hear Lee share about his work in leadership; career development and mentorship; advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion; and more, including:

• Why he started the Spike Fellows program, his new partnership with Historically Black Colleges and Universities;
• skills he thinks are essential for the future; and
• how he’s navigated his own career over five decades.