Kasi Lemmons
American actress and director · United States · On the map · Actors · Born 1961 · age 65
Kasi Lemmons 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).
Kasi Lemmons is read about 430 times a day, in 22 languages.
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The ProjectionistFilm, Ramona2024
Hollywood BlackSeries2022
One Perfect ShotSeries
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with SomebodyFilm, 2022Director, Producer2019
HarrietFilm, Director, Writer2018
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'Series2017
Shots FiredSeries, Director2015
Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSeries2013
Black NativityFilm, Director, Writer2012
Finding Your RootsSeries2007
Talk to MeFilm, Director2004
Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' MythosFilm2002
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'Film1997
'Til There Was YouFilm, Angenelle1995
ZoomanFilm, Grace1993
Walker, Texas RangerSeries, Diane Warren
Hard TargetFilm, 1993Det. Marie Mitchell1992
AfterburnFilm, Carol North1990
The Court-Martial of Jackie RobinsonFilm, Rachel1989
A Man Called HawkSeries1988
School DazeFilm, Perry1984
Murder, She WroteSeries, Paula Raynor
11th VictimFilm, 1984Hostage1964
Another WorldSeries1961Born24 February 1961People around Kasi
Samuel L. Jackson Kasi directed The Caveman's Valentine (2001)
Spike Lee Directed School Daze (1988)
Clarke Peters Kasi directed Harriet (2020)
Tamara Tunie Kasi directed Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022)- Julie Yorn Produced Eve's Bayou and The Caveman's Valentine
Tyrese Gibson Kasi directed Black Nativity (2014)
Diahann Carroll Kasi directed Eve's Bayou (1997)
Meagan Good Kasi directed Eve's Bayou (1997)
Rusty Cundieff Directed Fear of a Black Hat (1994)
Leonard L. Thomas Also in School Daze, Drop Squad and Eve's Bayou
Alan Poul Produced Candyman (1993)
Forest Whitaker Kasi directed Black Nativity (2014)
Martin Sheen Kasi directed Talk to Me (2008)
Chiwetel Ejiofor Kasi directed Talk to Me (2008)
Nas Kasi directed Black Nativity (2014)
Mike Epps Kasi directed Talk to Me (2008)
Jurnee Smollett Kasi directed Eve's Bayou (1997)
Carmen Ejogo Kasi directed Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C. J. Walker (2020)
Theo Rossi Kasi directed All Souled Out (2018)
Nafessa Williams Kasi directed Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022)
Michael Shamberg Produced The Caveman's Valentine (2001)
Tom Rosenberg Produced 'Til There Was You (1997)
Benz Antoine Kasi directed Talk to Me (2007)
Cornelius Smith Jr. Kasi directed Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C. J. Walker (2020)
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The Silence of the Lambs 1991
Harriet 2019
The Five Heartbeats 1991
Disconnect 2013
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody 2022
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 35
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Television 15
About this person
In 2007, film scholar Wheeler Winston Dixon called her first three films "deeply resonant personal statements ... Lemmons's work is an ongoing testament to the creative possibilities of film."
