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.
26 movies · 12 shows
The Projectionist
2026·0.0
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025·0.0
Half the Picture
2018·6.6
Disconnect
2013·7.1
Waist Deep
2006·6.4
Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos
2004·7.3
Sisters in Cinema
2003·7.0
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
2002·6.5
'Til There Was You
1997·4.0
Gridlock'd
1997·6.6
Zooman
1995·6.2
Drop Squad
1994·3.5
Override
1994·8.0
Fear of a Black Hat
1994·6.0
Hard Target
1993·6.5
Candyman
1992·6.7
Afterburn
1992·4.2
Before the Storm
1991·9.0
The Five Heartbeats
1991·7.3
The Silence of the Lambs
1991·8.3
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
1990·6.7
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
1990·7.2
Vampire's Kiss
1989·6.0
School Daze
1988·5.7
The Gift of Amazing Grace
1986·0.0
11th Victim
1984·4.0