Kasi Lemmons
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). 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."
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The Projectionist
actor
2026
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
director
2022
Harriet
writer
2019
Harriet
director
2019
Half the Picture
actor
2018
Black Nativity
director
2013
Black Nativity
writer
2013
Disconnect
actor
2013
Talk to Me
director
2007
Waist Deep
actor
2006
Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos
actor
2004
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
actor
2002
The Caveman's Valentine
director
2001
Eve's Bayou
director
1997
Eve's Bayou
writer
1997
Zooman
actor
1995
Drop Squad
actor
1994
Fear of a Black Hat
actor
1994
Hard Target
actor
1993
Candyman
actor
1992
Afterburn
actor
1992
The Five Heartbeats
actor
1991
The Silence of the Lambs
actor
1991
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
actor
1990
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
actor
1990
Vampire's Kiss
actor
1989
School Daze
actor
1988