Kasi Lemmons
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".
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Known for
Murder, She Wrote
Paula Raynor
ER
Gamma Knife Tech
The Equalizer
Zandili
The Cosby Show
Miss McKegney
Walker, Texas Ranger
Diane Warren
Finding Your Roots
Self
Zooman
Grace
Disconnect
Roberta Washington
One Perfect Shot
Self
Another World
A Man Called Hawk
Candyman
Bernadette Walsh
Vampire's Kiss
Jackie
Half the Picture
Self
The Silence of the Lambs
Ardelia Mapp
Hard Target
Det. Marie Mitchell
Afterburn
Carol North
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
Self
School Daze
Perry
The Five Heartbeats
Cookie
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
Melanie Bryant
'Til There Was You
Angenelle
Gridlock'd
Madonna
Fear of a Black Hat
Nina Blackburn
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Self - (archive footage)
Waist Deep
Angry Black Woman
Drop Squad
June Vanderpool
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
Rachel
11th Victim
Hostage
Before the Storm
Alex Robbins
Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos
Self
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Self
The Gift of Amazing Grace
Subaya
The Projectionist
Sisters in Cinema
Self
Override
Clerk
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self