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Spike Lee: “I consider myself a storyteller”

May 18, 2026 · Film director

Spike, what makes a story worth telling?

I consider myself a storyteller. I feel that is what good directors do, they are really just following criteria: is this a good story? Is this the story I want to tell? All we're trying to do is the hard task of making interesting, thought-provoking films.