Lo nyaka USpike Lee uzoba umqondisi wokuqala omnyama ukuwina indondo ye-Hollywood Academy Award, nakuba kuyoba inhlonipho.
Yize abanye abaqondisile abafana noSidney Poitier noma uDenzel Washington sebewutholile lo mfanekiso, ikakhulukazi abalingisi kanti i-Oscar ize kubo ngalo mkhakha.
USpike Lee uzothola indondo ye-Oscar ngomsebenzi wakhe wokuqondisa, kanye nasembhalweni, nakuba engakaze aqokelwe i-Oscar ukuze athole isiqondiso esingcono kakhulu, into efinyelelwe kuze kube manje ngabaqondisi abathathu abamnyama, uJohn Singleton wethi 'Boyz N the Hood' ngo-1992 kanye no-Lee Daniels wethi ' Precious' ngo-2010 kanye noSteve McQueen ngo-2013 'Iminyaka Eyishumi Nambili Eyisigqila'.
USpike Lee akuyena yedwa ozothola indondo ye-Oscar, kodwa njengaseminyakeni yakamuva, kuzoba nabathathu abawinile, uGena Rowlands noDebbie Reynolds bazoba abanye abahlonishwayo.
UGena Rowlands uzothola indondo ye-Oscar eneminyaka engama-85 ngemva kokudlala kumafilimu ezinganekwane afana ne-'A Woman Under the Influence' ('A Women Under the Influence') noma 'Gloria', okumenze waqokwa njenge-Oscar, noma muva nje 'Idayari KaNoah' ('Incwadi Yamanothi' ).
nomlingisikazi, U-Debbie Reynolds uzothola indondo ye-Oscar engxenyeni yekhulu leminyaka ngemuva kokuqokwa kwakhe okuwukuphela kwakhe U-Oscar njengomlingisi ohamba phambili we-'The Unsinkable Molly Brown'.