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Kasi Lemmons

Kasi Lemmons

Directing
1997 — present · 6 films
Born
24 February 1959 · age 67
From
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).

Career Signature

How Kasi Lemmons’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they directed.