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Spike Lee revealed what he wants his legacy to be after his death in an exclusive interview with PEOPLE

Lee is a prolific filmmaker and a longtime professor of film studies and directing at NYU Tisch School of the Arts

Some of his most iconic projects include She’s Gotta Have It, School Daze, Do the Right Thing, Mo’ Better Blues, Jungle Fever, Malcolm X and Da 5 Bloods

Spike Lee knows how he wants to be remembered.

Speaking with PEOPLE exclusively at the Critics Choice Association’s 8th Celebration of Black Cinema & Television, the Academy Award winner , 68, revealed what he thinks his legacy will be after his death.

“It’s two things: it’s the films, and also I’m a teacher,” Lee, a longtime professor of film studies and directing at NYU Tisch School of the Arts,

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