Kasi Lemmons
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Acting
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.
Filmography
- The Projectionist (2026)
- Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies (2025)
- Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022)
- Blanchard: Fire Shut Up in My Bones (2021)
- Harriet (2019)
- Beauty (2018)
- Half the Picture (2018)
- Black Nativity (2013)
- Disconnect (2013)
- Talk to Me (2007)
- Waist Deep (2006)
- Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos (2004)
- Sisters in Cinema (2003)
- Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs' (2002)
- The Caveman's Valentine (2001)
- Eve's Bayou (1997)
- 'Til There Was You (1997)
- Gridlock'd (1997)
- Dr. Hugo (1996)
- Zooman (1995)
- Drop Squad (1994)
- Override (1994)
- Fear of a Black Hat (1994)
- Hard Target (1993)
- Candyman (1992)
- Afterburn (1992)
- Before the Storm (1991)
- The Five Heartbeats (1991)
- The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
- The Great Los Angeles Earthquake (1990)
- The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (1990)
- Vampire's Kiss (1989)
- School Daze (1988)
- The Gift of Amazing Grace (1986)
- 11th Victim (1984)
- I Miss My Mom & Dream of Our New Home