The movie, "Do the Right Thing", was directed by whom?

The movie Do the Right Thing was directed by Spike Lee. Released in 1989, it was also written and produced by Lee, who played the central character, Mookie.

The film takes place during one sweltering summer day in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. Its story follows racial tension between local Black residents and the Italian American owners of a neighborhood pizzeria. The conflict builds throughout the day and ends in tragedy and unrest.

Do the Right Thing was Lee’s third feature film and helped establish him as one of American cinema’s most influential filmmakers. Its cast included Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, John Turturro, Giancarlo Esposito and Samuel L. Jackson. The film also marked the feature-film debuts of Martin Lawrence and Rosie Perez.

A common mix-up is naming Ernest Dickerson, who was the cinematographer, rather than the director. Dickerson’s striking use of saturated colors and wide-angle imagery became a major part of the film’s visual identity, but Spike Lee directed the movie.