Kasi Lemmons
Known for: Acting
Born: February 24, 1959
Place of birth: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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 and Levi's. She made her film debut in Spike Lee's School Daze (1988). She continued acting in Vampire's Kiss (1989), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), and Candyman (1992). Film scholar Wheeler Winston Dixon described her as "an ongoing testament to the creative possibilities of film". Description above from the Wikipedia article Kasi Lemmons, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
36 movies · 15 TV shows, newest first
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The Projectionist
2026
NR
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025
3.0
Hollywood Black
2024
7.0
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
2022
4.7
One Perfect Shot
2022
NR
Blanchard: Fire Shut Up in My Bones
2021
7.5
Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker
2020
7.3
Harriet
2019
6.3
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
2018NR
Beauty
2018
6.6
Half the Picture
2018
5.6
Shots Fired
2017
6.9
Marvel's Luke Cage
2016
6.2
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
5.2
Black Nativity
2013
7.1
Disconnect
2013
6.5
Finding Your Roots
2012
6.8
Talk to Me
2007
6.4
Waist Deep
2006
7.3
Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos
20047.0
Sisters in Cinema
2003
6.5
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
2002
5.9
The Caveman's Valentine
2001
6.5
Eve's Bayou
1997
4.0
'Til There Was You
1997
6.6
Gridlock'd
1997
4.2
Dr. Hugo
1996
6.2
Zooman
1995
3.5
Drop Squad
1994
8.0
Override
1994
7.8
ER
1994
6.1
Fear of a Black Hat
1994
6.5
Hard Target
1993
7.0
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
6.7
Candyman
1992
4.2
Afterburn
1992
9.0
Before the Storm
1991
7.3
The Five Heartbeats
1991
8.3
The Silence of the Lambs
1991
6.7
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
1990
7.2
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
1990
6.0
Vampire's Kiss
1989
7.0
A Man Called Hawk
1989
5.7
School Daze
1988
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The Gift of Amazing Grace
1986
7.1
The Equalizer
1985
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
7.0
The Cosby Show
1984
4.0
11th Victim
1984
5.5
Another World
1964
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I Miss My Mom & Dream of Our New Home
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