# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lee-daniels
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:49:42.695Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lee-daniels"
name: "Lee Daniels"
slug: "lee-daniels"
description: "Lee Daniels is an American filmmaker. He made his directorial film debut with Shadowboxer (2005), followed by Precious (2009) which earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Picture. He has since directed The Paperboy, The Butler (2013), The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021), and The Deliverance (2024). He also produced the films Monster's Ball (2001), The Woodsman (2004), Tennessee (2008), Pimp (2018), and Concrete Cowboy (2020)."
tagline: "American director, producer, and screenwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lee-Daniels-2010-SAG-Awards.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1959-12-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
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ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lee Daniels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump