斯派克·李，美国知名导演。父亲是一位爵士音乐家，母亲是一位教师。他在亚特兰大莫浩斯大学开始学习电影制作技术，从莫浩斯毕业后他又加入特诗艺术学校的电影课程，在80年制作了短片“答案”。到1986年他制作了首部电影作品《稳操胜劵》，大获成功，令他成为众所周知的电影人。随后他又推出不少作品，如《丛林热》、《25小时》、《马尔科姆·艾克斯》等一系列名片，作为一名成功的导演他通常集编导于一身。作为一名最具黑人意识的导演，他一生的愿望就是拍出真正的“黑人电影”，因而他所涉及的题材也大都与黑人的出路、觉醒、与种族歧视有关的主题。他的电影风格相当犀利、节奏明快有爆发力，对于黑人的习性和社会困境有着深刻的体会。作为一名出色的独立导演，他相当受各大奖项的欢迎，在2002年他还被戛纳电影节特邀参加了拍摄电影短片集《十分钟年华老去》，2005年又和其他导演一起合作了短片集《被遗忘的天使》。近年导演作品有《局内人》和《圣安娜奇迹》等。

Christopher Julius “Chris” Rock III[6] (born February 7, 1965)[7][8] is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer, and director.

After working as a standup comic and appearing in small film roles, Rock came to wider prominence as a cast member of Saturday Night Live in the early 1990s. He went on to more prominent film roles, and a series of acclaimed comedy specials for HBO.

He was voted as the fifth greatest stand-up comedian of all time by Comedy Central.[9] He was also voted in the United Kingdom as the ninth greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4’s 100 Greatest Stand-Ups in 2007, and again in the updated 2010 list as the eighth greatest stand-up comic.