Kasi Lemmons
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, USA — Feb 24 1959
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Kasi Lemmons (/ˈkeɪsi/; born Karen Diane Lemmons, February 24, 1959) is an American film director, screenwriter, and actress. She made her directorial debut with Eve's Bayou (1997), followed by The Caveman's Valentine (2001), Talk to Me (2007), Black Nativity (2013), Harriet (2019), and Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022). She also directed the Netflix limited series Self Made (2020) and an episode of ABC's Women of the Movement (2022). She is also known as an actress, having started her career with roles in commercials with McDonald's a…
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ER
Gamma Knife Tech
Murder, She Wrote
Paula Raynor
The Equalizer
Zandili
The Cosby Show
Miss McKegney
Walker, Texas Ranger
Diane Warren
Finding Your Roots
Self
Marvel's Luke Cage
Directing
Shots Fired
Directing
Another World
Hard Target
Det. Marie Mitchell
The Silence of the Lambs
Ardelia Mapp
Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker
Directing
Candyman
Bernadette Walsh
Disconnect
Roberta Washington
A Man Called Hawk
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Directing
Harriet
Directing
Vampire's Kiss
Jackie
Eve's Bayou
Writing
The Five Heartbeats
Cookie
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
Self
Gridlock'd
Madonna
Black Nativity
Directing
One Perfect Shot
Self
Waist Deep
Angry Black Woman
'Til There Was You
Angenelle
Zooman
Grace
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
Melanie Bryant
Talk to Me
Directing
Afterburn
Carol North
Half the Picture
Self
School Daze
Perry
The Caveman's Valentine
Directing
The Projectionist
11th Victim
Hostage
Drop Squad
June Vanderpool
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Self - (archive footage)
Before the Storm
Alex Robbins
Dr. Hugo
Writing
Fear of a Black Hat
Nina Blackburn
Override
Clerk
Blanchard: Fire Shut Up in My Bones
Writing
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
Rachel
The Gift of Amazing Grace
Subaya
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Self
I Miss My Mom & Dream of Our New Home
Crew
Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos
Self
Sisters in Cinema
Self
Beauty
Production