Spike Lee Film Production Fund Recipients 2023-2024

Tuesday, Feb 20, 2024

Spike Lee

Professor Spike Lee (Photography Credit: Satchel Lee)

Professor Spike Lee, Artistic Director of the NYU Tisch Graduate Film Program, is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s Spike Lee Film Production Fund in support of the following students’ thesis films:

Casiano Hamer - $10,000

Joecar Hanna - $10,000

Kwesi Jones - $10,000

Jason Maselle - $10,000

Christin St. John - $10,000

Kaitlyn Busbee - $13,000 from the Sandra Ifraimova Fund

Professor Spike Lee reviews all the materials himself and was impressed with the submissions this year. Close to $1,000,000 have been awarded since he established the fund in 1989, the year he released Do the Right Thing.