Possible Clues:

• Director who received a 7-Down (2007)
• He calls his films "joints"
• 'Do the Right Thing' director
• Director who cowrote ''Giant Steps to Change the World''
• Director whose childhood front stoop is depicted on bottles of Absolut Brooklyn
• 'Malcolm X' moviemaker
• Professor at NYU's School of the Arts
• 'Chi-Raq' director, 2015
• "Chi-Raq" director
• 2007 N.A.A.C.P. Image Award winner for 'Inside Man'